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…
Israeli biotechnology company Kadimastem has received approval from the IRB (Helsinki Committee) of the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital for the phase I/IIa clinical trial in ALS patients using the cell therapy product developed by the Company. The commencement of the clinical trial is subject…
One of the largest renewable energy projects in the world, the sprawling Negev complex will produce 300 megawatts of clean electricity every day. Four Eiffel Towers could be built with the 28,000 tons of steel being used by Negev Energy…
The first wave of migratory birds was observed in the last few days in the Hula Lake north of the Kinneret where they stop on their way southward. Among other species, one can see pelicans, snake-eagles, ducks, herons, and many…
Coleoid cephalopods, a group encompassing octopuses, squid and cuttlefish, are the most intelligent invertebrates: Octopuses can open jars, squid communicate with their own Morse code and cuttlefish start learning to identify prey when they’re just embryos. In fact, coleoids are the only “animal lineage that…
Doctoral student Tal Gilboa from the Technion receives Clore Fellowship Tal Gilboa, a doctoral student at the Technion Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, will receive the Clore Fellowship for outstanding scientists in November In early November, Tal Gilboa, a doctoral student…
Potential for regenerative medicine and cancer research earns doctoral student Ido Sagi a Kaye Innovation Award Stem cell research holds huge potential for medicine and human health. In particular, human embryonic stem cells (ESCs), with their ability to turn into…
Israel’s 5.1lb mini-lab developed by SpacePharm will be conducting its first experiments on living cells in microgravity environment, simulating body temperature, and will be controlled remotely from Earth. An Israeli-developed, state-of-the-art space laboratory hosting four science experiments docked in the International Space…
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed novel ultrafiltration membranes that significantly improve the virus-removal process from treated municipal wastewater used for drinking in water-scarce cities. Current membrane filtration…
The essence of nuclear fusion is that energy can be released by the rearrangement of nucleons between the initial- and final-state nuclei. The recent discovery1 of the first doubly charmed baryon , which contains two charm quarks (c) and one up quark…
