With up to 300 people missing following the Jan. 25 disaster, Israeli search-and-rescue, medical, engineering and firefighting experts came to help. Israel sent a military humanitarian rescue team to southeastern Brazil on January 27 following last Friday’s collapse of a…
Tuesday 29 January in Tel Aviv, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall was at the 14th Ilan Ramon Conference to take part in a Q&A panel session on NewSpace moderated by Jan Wörner, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA).…
Though humans differ widely in their congenital abilities, a newly-discovered brain learning mechanism has led researchers to reveal an origin of the identical spectrum of strong and weak links that compose all brains. The brain is a complex network containing…
Hadassah Medical Organization researchers, using next generation sequencing (NGS), have identified a highly accurate RNA panel that distinguishes thyroid cancer from benign nodules. The study, authored by Prof. Haggi Mazeh, Chief of Surgery at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus, and Hadassah…
A team of cybersecurity researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has demonstrated that valuable user information can be exfiltrated by tracking smartphone touch movements to impersonate a user on compromised, third party touchscreens while sending emails, conducting financial transactions or…
TiME Continues to Purchase Areas that are Home to Species at Risk of Extinction – This Time a Strategic 5 acre Area of Coral Reef in the Caribbean.Species at risk of extinction in the area, which will now become a…
The Israel National Mediterranean Sea Trail is an exciting new ecotourism initiative that adds a new element to Israel’s impressive line-up of epic nature trails. An opportunity for hikers to enjoy and hike long Israel’s beautiful coastline. Israel is a hiker’s paradise. The country…
Nature conservation programs often become a double-edged sword, as attempts to manage natural systems can have unplanned negative impacts. On the other hand, ecosystems that go unmanaged are exposed to unauthorized manmade interference and are prone to calamities. Whether managed…
Tech Women encourages outstanding female students to continue their academic studies in science & engineering. From Kiryat Shmona to Beer Sheva, Ashdod and the Golan Heights, over 800 outstanding female high school students from all over Israel attended the Tech…
The shredded carcasses of microscopic marine algae could play an important role in the formation of clouds over the world’s oceans, a new study has found. We all know clouds form as microscopic water droplets in the air condense on…
