Women and science: many attendees at French National assembly for the women’s day
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Women and science, Israel: Ornim Medical completes $10 million fundraising. Co-funders are Dr. Revital Shechter and Dr. Michal Balberg
Ornim Medical, a biomedical technology company pioneering non-invasive patient monitoring solutions for cerebral and tissue blood flow with the innovative CerOx™ & c-FLOW™ devices, completed a fundraising round of $10 million led by OrbiMed Israel, with participation by GE and Agate venture…
Making sense of Big Data, annual mission of Technion France, May 30 to June 2nd 2014
Technion is the only Israeli institute to make it into the world’s top 100 universities listed by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings this year. With nine other universities, it is ranked 91st to 100th. The 2014 World Reputation Rankings is…
International Women’s Day is marked in Israel by public demonstrations, events and panels concerning the state of women
March 8th is International Women’s Day, celebrated by the United Nations and many countries, including Israel. Civilization has made a long way since the struggle for equal rights for women, aimed at balancing the legal status of women to that…
Hydro-diplomacy, the Vehicle towards Peace in the Middle-East? by Norbert Lipszyc
The shortage of water in the Jordan basin, historically a source of conflict, could, through cooperation, become a vector of peace. Water is a vector of collaboration between humans, according to the Director of the “Cercle de l’Eau”, the European deputy…
Characteristics of the Israeli innovation ecosystem, by David Harari, member of the Scientific committee of Israel Science Info
The State of Israel is an example of the nation where technological innovation has become a priority and paramount to any scale, that affects all sectors of the country. It has the largest number of new firms, engineers and scientists…
The BMIP, Bethlehem Multidisciplinary Industrial Park, a bridge for peace
This project reflects a state of the art French-Palestinian Partnership that aims to greatly enhance the economic sector in Palestine. The Bethlehem Multidisciplinary Industrial Park (BMIP) will develop and operate the Bethlehem Industrial Estate (BIE). The BMIP is regulated by…
Women and science, Israel: Yaarit Adamovich (Weizmann) shows that changing meal times could have a significant effect on the levels of triglycerides in the liver
New findings in mice suggest that merely changing meal times could have a significant effect on the levels of triglycerides in the liver. The results of this Weizmann Institute of Science study, recently published in Cell Metabolism, not only have…
Israeli Hospital Hadassah’s Project Continues to Nurture Ethiopian Orphans Who Have HIV/AIDS
As part of the Hadassah Medical Center’s ART-Joy-Love project in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, devoted to helping orphans with HIV/AIDS, Hadassah’s health professionals once again traveled to Ethiopia for a multi-layered outreach—this time including an art show which showcased the work…
China chooses Netafim to conserve water and increase water and fertilizer and to use efficiency and optimize tuber yields
China is the world’s largest potato producer, accounting for 22% of the global production. With increased potato production and domestic consumption, together with a gradual transition towards a market economy, China has significantly expanded its trade of potatoes and potato…