Infinity Group, a cross-border, private equity platform, announced today that it has invested US$4.2 M in green biotech company BotanoCap (). A little less than a quarter of the investment was made through a Chinese joint venture company established under…
Social video chat developer Rounds has raised $5 million from Verizon Ventures , DFJ’s Tim Draper and Rhodium , bringing to $10.5 million the amount rased by the company to date. rounds.com
Computer algorithm developed by TAU and Bar-Ilan researchers identifies genes that could be transformed to stop the aging process Restricting calorie consumption is one of the few proven ways to combat aging. Though the underlying mechanism is unknown, calorie restriction…
What causes brain damage and inflammation in severe cases of Gaucher disease? Little is known about the events that lead to brain pathology in some forms of the disease, and there is currently no treatment available – a bleak outlook…
NewCO2Fuels (NCF) is an Israeli start-up company which was formed in 2011 as a joint venture between a group of scientists and entrepreneurs, Greenearth Energy Ltd and the Erdi Group. NCF was formed to develop and commercialize an innovative system…
Many computers emit a high-pitched noise during operation, due to vibration in some of theirelectronic components. These acoustic emanations are more than a nuisance: they can conveyinformation about the software running on the computer, and in particular leak sensitive informationabout…
Conseil General de la Moselle (France) has thousands of Jack PC and LXD thin clients distributed in hundreds of colleges and associations, working in a Citrix XenApp environment and smoothly managed by Xcalibur Global domain authenticator. Conseil General chose Israeli…
The Sockee is a unique device, developed to assist anyone incapable of bending down to put on and take off socks, perform this task in an independent, easy and safe method.The principle of operation of this patented product allows the…
The goal of the multi-year “Green Knesset” project, launched on January 1, 2014, is to convert the Knesset into a legislature that is guided by the concept of sustainability. Upon completion, the Knesset will be the greenest parliament in the…
The World health Organization calls depression “the leading cause of disability worldwide,” causing more years of disability than cancer, HIV/AIDS, and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases combined. In any given year, 5-7% of the world’s population experiences a major depressive episode,…
