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…
Ever since Ernst Abbe set a lower limit to the size of things that can be seen under a microscope, people have been looking for ways to surpass that limit. While electron microscopes and several new types of microscopy have…
The primary task of the immune system is to defend the body against viruses, cancer cells and other pathogens. T cells, a group of white blood cells which play a central role in immune response, recognize and target specific cells throughout the body that…
Israeli security firm Regulus Cyber, which specializes in protecting the communication and sensor suite of autonomous vehicles, announced it has received $6.3 million in seed and Series A funding from Sierra Ventures and others. In addition to the funding haul,…
Nematodes, worms found in virtually all environmental habitats, are among the most studied model organisms. They reproduce quickly and their genome contains nearly the same number of genes as the human genome. A new Tel Aviv University study finds a mechanism exhibited…