Social video chat co Rounds (Israel) raises $5m
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
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Women and science, Israel: Keren Yizhak (Tel Aviv University) and Bar-Ilan researchers turn off the “Aging Genes”
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…
Weizmann Institute (Israel): New Hope for Gaucher Patients
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…
Fuel from CO2 and water : Israeli start-up NCF has completed stage 1 of proof of concept of NewCO2Fuels.
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…
Tel Aviv University, Weizmann and Technion: RSA Key Extraction via Low-Bandwidth Acoustic Cryptanalysis
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) chose Israeli company Chip PC Technologies
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…
Israeli start-up the Sockee to participate at KKL-JNF exhibition in Paris, the 2nd of February
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 Knesset (Israel) aims to be the greenest parliament in the world
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…
Israeli scientists find a new mechanism underlying depression. Hebrew University research could lead to efficient and fast-acting antidepressant drugs
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,…
Women and science, Israel: PhD Technion student Shani Elitzur shows how to power a car or boat with water
PhD student Shani Elitzur with Prof. Alon Gany and Dr. Valery Rosenband demonstrate — at the Fine Rocket Propulsion Center, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering — how to power a model boat and car using just aluminum and water. The technology…
