The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute has decided to award the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation This year’s Nobel Prize…
Antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens are on the rise, while fewer antibiotics are being developed. Prof. Ariel Kushmaro and his local and international colleagues tackled the need by focusing on the long pepper. Known in traditional medicine for its treatment of…
With 9 recipients, Israel ranked third in Europe for the number of companies awarded funding, following Germany and France The Israel Innovation Authority announced today that nine Israeli startup companies have been awarded a total of € 108 million from…
Invasive brown widow spiders across three continents were highly infected with a single strain of Rhabdochlamydia, a bacterium that is related to major pathogens of humans and animals, including chlamydia. A bite from these spiders, however, will not infect people…
Israel’s foremost trauma experts have established a new Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to design new clinical approaches and train therapists to deal with the nationwide traumas as a result of the October 7th Hamas attacks. Hebrew University’s…
The Israel-France 2014 call, Launch: March 19th, 2014, Deadline for submission: May 28th, 2014 The France-Israel Industrial R&D Cooperation Framework (FIRAD) promotes R&D collaboration between French and Israeli companies interested in jointly developing and commercializing new, innovative products, applications or services. FIRAD’s mission…
Prof. Doron Chelouche at the Department of Physics and the Haifa Center for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at University of Haifa: “This will be among the most accurate and extensive mapping campaigns of the immediate environs of active supermassive black…
Groundwork BioAg® announced today the global launch of the Rootella Carbon™ program, based on mycorrhizal carbon – a frontier technology that leverages mycorrhizal fungi as a nature-based solution for carbon dioxide removal. Rootella Carbon harnesses the power of Rootella® –…
The researchers succeeded in identifying new viruses, even specifying which organisms they are likely to attack. Their discovery is expected to help advance the development of repellents for bacteria, fungi and agricultural pests. This is a ninefold increase in the…
In the global fight against climate change, actively removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere must be accelerated if we are to avoid devastating, irreversible damage to our climate. BlueGreen Water Technologies (BlueGreen) is among those leading the way. “After successfully pushing the…