Mankai, a high-protein aquatic plant strain of duckweed, has significant potential as a superfood by providing glycemic control needed after carbohydrate consumption, a team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has determined. Hila Zelicha, a registered dietician…
Ecologist Dr. Assaf Shwartz of the Technion leads a multi-national team that investigates the effect of invasive species in Israel and Europe: “It is important to prevent the release of non-native species in nature” Non-native parrots can cause substantial agricultural damage…
Eco Wave Power finished the design and engineering of its Jaffa Port project expansion and started procurement of parts for the construction of the plant. The project (which is co-funded by the Israeli Energy Ministry) is planned to include the construction…
In Israel, BGU and Hebrew U. researchers through two experiments contributed to the debunking of the theory that babies only develop the ability to empathize after one year. “The findings indicate that even during a baby’s first year, the infant…
The Zika virus has affected over 60 million people, mostly in South America. It has potentially devastating consequences for pregnant women and their unborn children, many of whom are born with severe microcephaly and other developmental and neurological abnormalities. There…
The only experimental research station focusing on climate change in the Middle East is located in the heart of the Judean Hills in central Israel. Its unique location, surrounded by nature, allows for a rare look at the changes and…
The first detection of an interstellar asteroid/comet-like object visiting the Solar system two years ago has sparked ideas about the possibility of interstellar travel. New research from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology suggests that such objects also raise far reaching…
EPM, the Medellin based public utilities service company has chosen TaKaDu as their Central Event Management software provider, being the first customer for TaKaDu in Colombia. Owned by the Municipality of Medellin, EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellín) brings the highest…
Medium-Scale Atmospheric Water GeneratorGenerates up to 900 liters of clean water every day. Schools, hospitals, commercial and residential buildings and more can now take advantage of their very own on-site renewable water source.Requiring no infrastructure other than an electricity supply,…
Tropical fish can control their gut microbes to help them survive extremes of temperature, Ben-Gurion University researchers said Tuesday. In a study published in eLife, a peer-reviewed journal published in Cambridge, England, Prof. Itzhak Mizrahi and BGU Postdoctoral Research Fellow Fotini Kokou of the Department of Life Sciences found that…