BP has invested $20 million in Israel’s StoreDot, a start-up that claims its batteries can charge electrics cars in five minutes. The oil giant said Tuesday that its venture capital arm BP Ventures was investing in the Tel Aviv-based firm…
What are the most abundant animals on Earth? How do plants stack up against fungi, animals or bacteria? How does the mass of life in the oceans compare to that on land? A new type of global census based on the…
Maabarot Products is Israel’s leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a wide range of advanced nutrition and health products for people and pets. The Maabarot Group is comprised of the following subsidiaries: Altman Health, Biopet, Halavit, Anlit, Laboratoria Natury (Poland),…
Synthetic nanoparticles used to fight cancer could also heal sickly plants. The particles, called liposomes, are nanosized, spherical pouches that can deliver drugs to specific parts of the body (SN: 12/16/06, p. 398). Now, researchers have filled these tiny care packages with…
BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), and The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN) have announced that a research group led by Prof. Varda Shoshan-Barmatz, the Department of Life Sciences and…
For eleven-year-old Nazria and 16-year-old Fano, the doctors and nurses from the Hadassah Medical Center who flew in to Ethiopia from Jerusalem are their last hope. Day 1. Both have been brought to the Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Mekelle,…
Recent research published in Scientific Reports by Prof. Ido Kanter, of the Department of Physics and Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, and colleagues has garnered significant international attention in the scientific community, as well as on social media. In…
In a first-of-its-kind meta-analysis, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found a link between prolonged use of drugs containing acetaminophen (paracetamol or Tylenol) during pregnancy, and increased risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder…
Galilee International Management Institute, based in northern Israel, offers capacity building courses that go far beyond imparting skills and knowledge. We teach professionals in both the public and private sectors how to think differently. We encourage them to dare to…
Three laureates for the fourth edition of the UNESCO–Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences are: Agricultural Research Organization (Volcani Center, Israel)The institute has successfully developed cutting-edge innovations and methodologies in agricultural research with practical applications as…
