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Feeling Their Pain at the Multiplex
Thursday, September 18, 2014 9:30:00 AMTAU researcher shows movie audiences and schizophrenics share brain activity patternsIn one of the final scenes of the 2010 psychological thriller Black Swan, Nina, a ballerina played by Natalie Portman, finally loses her grip on reality,…
Weizmann (Israel) : A new study reveals that certain gut bacteria may induce metabolic changes following exposure to artificial sweeteners
Artificial sweeteners, promoted as aids to weight loss and diabetes prevention, could actually hasten the development of glucose intolerance and metabolic disease; and they do it in a surprising way: by changing the composition and function of the gut microbiota…
Israel ‘best place’ on planet for clean-tech entrepreneurs according to Cleantech Group and WWF
The Cleantech Group and WWF have published the Global Cleantech Innovation Index for 2014, and Israel is in the number 1 position. According to the report, “Israel topped the 2014 index, with its relative outperformance on the measure of start-up companies per capita being a…
Women and science: gender difference, better drugs for men and women at Weizmann (Israel)
Laboratory mice are one of the most common animal models used in biological and medical research. Thousands of laboratory mouse strains are produced by artificial selection – the process by which humans breed animals over dozens of generations for particular traits.…
Ben Gurion University of the Negev on the trail of an Ebola cure
As the most severe Ebola epidemic on record spreads through central Africa, infecting and killing hundreds of citizens and foreign aid workers, and raising the specter of outbreaks all over the world, an Israeli research team is working with survivors…
Resilience of Israel economy during the Israël-Hamas conflict. MobileEye raises 890 M$ (NYSE)!
Top scores on global indexes of economic competitiveness, a striking concentration of innovative people, a culture that promotes experimentation and daring, and governmental eagerness to create supportive conditions for investors, combine to make Israel a leading site of investment far beyond…
Weizmann (Israel): New research reveals the comparative environmental costs of livestock-based foods
We are told that eating beef is bad for the environment, but do we know its real cost? Are the other animal or animal-derived foods better or worse? New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, conducted in collaboration with…
Technion: 2 israeli arabs invent the world’s smallest computer – all wrapped up and ready to go
At 2” X 2” X 2” the CuBox-i is the tiniest computer in the world. Its elegant enclosure makes it ideal for mini-computing solutions – while its size is perfect for integrated solutions. Take advantage of the wide variety of…
TAU (Israel): Nano-sized Chip “Sniffs Out” Explosives Far Better than Trained Dogs, designed by Tracense (Israel)
Security forces worldwide rely on sophisticated equipment, trained personnel, and detection dogs to safeguard airports and other public areas against terrorist attacks. A revolutionary new electronic chip with nano-sized chemical sensors is about to make their job much easier. The…
