Dr. Rifaat Safadi, head of the Hadassah Medical Organization’s Liver Unit, in its Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, is collaborating with Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. to explore further the healing effects of a new drug that has proven in preclinical…
Bonus BioGroup an Israeli biotechnology company engaged in personalized tissue engineering and cell therapy, and developing proprietary technology for growing live human bone grafts for implant in human patients, has announced, on December 19, 2017, that for the first time…
Afeka Institute of Circular Engineering and Economy (AICEE) is inviting engineers, developers and designers in high tech companies, to an event on circular engineering potential in Israel. We are fortunate to host in Israel Eric Philippon, president of the French fund FAMAE*,…
Legos and kids go together like peanut butter and jelly. But while the favorite spreads haven’t changed all that much over time, the building blocks children play with in the 21st century certainly have. Enter BRIXO, an Israeli startup developing electric blocks that bring…
Smoking parents misperceive where and when their kids are exposed to cigarette smoke, TAU researchers say. Four out of 10 children in the US are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the American Heart Association. A new Tel Aviv University…
THE TECHNION: A WORLD-LEVEL FLAGSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION Under the High Patronage of Mr. Emmanuel MACRON President of the French Republic 15th Edition of the Annual Symposium of Technion France, Monday the 11th of December 2017, Maison de la Chimie, Paris…
Color in the plant kingdom is not merely a joy to the eye. Colored pigments attract pollinating insects, they protect plants against disease, and they confer health benefits and are used in the food and drug industries. A new study conducted at…
The scientific journal Vision Research publishes a study[1] revealing that even people with higher than average visual abilities can improve their near vision with the GlassesOff program. This brain training, based on perceptual learning, and adapted to each and every visual profile, led…
In Jerusalem, the KKL France Israel Today and Tomorrow Mission learned about Jerusalem’s past and how it looks forward into the future. KKL France’s Israel Today and Tomorrow delegation, which spent five days touring the country from November 1st until…
Ocean creatures are known for their weird eyes, but scallops have one of the weirdest visual systems of all. These marine bivalves (above) have up to 200 eyes, and each of them uses a mirror instead of a lens to…