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From the earliest X-rays to the latest body scanners, the ability to visualise the inside of the living body has revolutionised medical diagnosis. With a profound understanding of physics, great technical ingenuity and a mission to put these skills to use in the service of medicine, John Mallard, who has died aged 94, was one of the first to establish routine scanning services that revealed tumours in organs such as the brain and the liver. His team at the University of Aberdeen built the first whole-body MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner and produced the first clinically significant MRI images of a hospital patient.
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding
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Director/PDMR Shareholding
Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high-technology solutions, information and services for industry and research, was notified on 10 March 2021 that on that date certain purchases and awards of ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company were made under the all-employee Oxford Instruments Share Incentive Plan (the SIP ) including by and to the Executive Directors.
The transactions listed below were undertaken on behalf of the Executive Directors by the trustee of the SIP.
The Matching Shares are subject to a risk of forfeiture which will normally be removed on the third anniversary of award subject to the participant s continued employment and the retention of the linked Partnership Shares. No consideration was paid by the participants for the award of, or is due on the release of, the Matching Shares.
Oxford Instruments NanoScience Gains Momentum in Quantum Computing
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Oxford Instruments NanoScience ProteoxLX (Photo: Business Wire)
Optimised for quantum computing, the ProteoxLX is part of Oxford Instruments family of next generation dilution refrigerators which all share the same modular layout to provide cross-compatibility and added flexibility for cryogenic installations. The LX system can maximise qubit counts with its large sample space and ample coaxial wiring capacity, low vibration features for reduced noise and support of long qubit coherence times, and full integration of signal conditioning components.
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLC - Holding(s) in Company PR Newswire London, March 10 TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR
Oxford Instruments has announced a new R&D collaboration has been formed with the University of Oxford’s Department of Materials and the Henry Royce. Click to read more.