Millions of disabled people and seniors worldwide suffering from impaired walking, are confined to a sedentary lifestyle in a wheelchair, causing health deterioration, poor quality of life, and high medical expenses – a burden for the disabled, their families and…
A new Tel Aviv University study identified a gene coding for a protein that turns off neurotransmission signaling, which contributes to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The gene, called RGS2 (Regulator of Protein Signaling 2), has never before been implicated in AD. The researchers…
Following a successful diet, many people are dismayed to find their weight rebounding – an all-too-common phenomenon termed “recurrent” or “yo-yo” obesity. Worse still, the vast majority of recurrently obese individuals not only rebound to their pre-dieting weight but also…
A delegation of Tel Aviv University students from The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering recently arrived in Tanzania, under the auspices of Engineers Without Borders. The delegation settled in the city of Arusha and began the preparations for improving the infrustrcutre in a…
Last week, the Chairman of the Israel Innovation Authority, Mr. Avi Hasson, signed an R&D cooperation agreement with his Chilean counterpart, Mr. Eduardo Bitran, Vice President of the Innovation Authority of Chile (CORFO). The South American country is among the…
UNFCCC Side Event Information Implementing Adaptation for Resilient Mediterranean-climate Regions Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 from 11:30-13:00Arabian (Room capacity: 150 people) Mediterranean cities, located on six continents, face many pressing management challenges because of climate change. This event will present best…
The Israel Innovation Authority is inviting Israeli companies along with academic nano-institutes to submit proposals to receive support for industrial cooperation with parallel German entities in the field of nanotechnology. Head of the Israel Innovation Authority and Chief Scientist Avi…
A study from the lab of Prof. Noam Adir of the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology: natural evolutionary processes prevent the presence of dangerous and potentially lethal molecular interactions by avoiding the presence of…
In less than ten years, the world as we know it today has completely been transformed. It entered a new cycle of its economic history as decisive as the first industrial revolution. This phenomenon is rising, everyday, and now, it…
In January 11, 2016, two Hebrew University scientists annouced that they have reached a breakthrough in destroying the HIV virus and have planned to begin clinical trials on human beings within three months. When a person is infected with HIV,…
