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a Treatment by Watertown biotech improves vision in two legally blind people

2015-07-13 22:24:28| Biotech - Topix.net

A drug-and-device combination developed by Watertown-based pSivida Corp. not only helped improve vision in all 11 patients in a mid-stage trial, according to results announced today. It actually helped two patients who were legally blind to see well enough to drive a car again.

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New Lockheed Martin Center Improves Satellite Sensing And Communication Technologies

2015-07-10 07:51:14| rfglobalnet Home Page

A new development center will advance satellite sensing and communication technologies, broadly known as Radio Frequency (RF) payloads, at the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) facility in Denver. The RF Payload Center of Excellence will focus on developing reconfigurable payloads and advancing satellite systems that many already rely on, from high-def television broadcasts to GPS transmissions and secure government communications.

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Frontier Airlines improves complaint rate, climbs out of last place

2015-07-07 21:37:46| Airlines - Topix.net

Frontier Airlines increased its on-time arrival percentage and decreased its complaint rate between April and May, relinquishing the last-place ranking in both categories to ultra-low-cost-carrier rival Spirit Airlines. The Denver-headquartered airline, which aroused a great deal of passenger ire earlier this year after changing to a new online-reservations system and outsourcing its gate staff, reduced its complaint rate in May to 8.2 per every 100,000 enplanements - slightly below April's rate of 8.67 and less than half of March's high-water rate of 15.84 , according to the monthly Air Travel Consumer Report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation .

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Saving stillborns improves profits

2015-07-06 17:07:00| National Hog Farmer

By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, Neb. Weaned pig prices are projected to be lower for an extended period of time, making it imperative to become more efficient in the farrowing room. The SMS team estimates the breakeven for all pigs drops an estimated $1.20 for each additional pig that is saved per sow per year. read more

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