Alternating lockdown strategy involves splitting the population into two groups that alternate between lockdown and routine activity in weekly succession. Most projections indicate that social distancing – from mobility restrictions to complete lockdowns — may take many weeks, possibly even months,…
Following an agreement signed this morning between the Ministry of Health and the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Weizmann Institute began conducting tests to diagnose coronavirus today. The tests will be carried out at the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National…
UNESCO on 30 March hosted an online meeting of representatives of ministries in charge of science all over the world. Participants included 77 ministers, including governmental secretaries representing a total of 122 countries, as well as Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation,…
Is the coronavirus playing games with the world? Do lockdowns have a lasting effect? Hong Kong was a rare success story in the global war on coronavirus. But it also showed what happens when such measures as social distancing, hygiene…
Onshore marine energy developer, Eco Wave Power (EWPG Holding AB) installs a new combined wave and solar system in the EWP grid connected wave energy power station in Gibraltar, in line with its’ newly submitted patent for a combined wave and solar…
Israeli application BreezoMeter has won sought after funding & endorsement from the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation programme. The research will focus on understanding air quality health impact & improving forecast methods. Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research & Innovation programme,…
For decades, hydrogen has been considered the fuel of the future, because its burning releases only energy and water, and does not pollute the environment. But most of today’s hydrogen is produced from natural gas in a polluting process that…
Despite political tensions between countries along the Red Sea, researchers band together to call upon UNESCO to declare the Red Sea’s entire coral reef as a Marine World Heritage Site while recommending additional measures critical for the reef’s survival. Rapid ocean…
Bacteria in the lab of Prof. Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute of Science have not just sworn off sugar – they have stopped eating all of their normal solid food, existing instead on carbon dioxide (CO2) from their environment. That is, they…
Patients with severe osteoporosis are now benefitting from the introduction of a new biological treatment at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem. The drug, given subcutaneously by injection, is an antibody that works against the protein inhibiting bone formation. Given once a month for up to a year,…
