Lung specialists from Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem set up a stand in the capital’s Mahaneh Yehuda market – not to sell anything, but rather to perform free tests on smokers. The aims of the test was early diagnosis…
Safety evaluation is a critical part of drug and cosmetic development. In recent years there is a growing understanding that animal experiments fail to predict the human response, necessitating the development of alternative models to predict drug toxicity. The recent…
The 13th annual conference of the Technion France, headed by Muriel Touaty, Director General, which took place December 14, 2015 at La Maison de la Chimie in Paris “Applying BIG DATA ‘, given to the economy” , has emerged once again as the meeting must for French and Israeli Technion ecosystems. The event was a remarkable success with a packed auditorium for the scientific symposium about Big Data, more than…
It is increasingly clear that the thousands of different bacteria living in our intestinal tract – our microbiome – have a major impact on our health. But the details of the microbiome’s effects are still fairly murky. A Weizmann Institute…
A life-sized artificial human lung created at the Technion is the first diagnostic tool for understanding in real time how tiny particles move and behave in the deepest part of the human lungs (alveolar tissue). The patented platform could provide…
Roy Cohen is an Israeli-French filmmaker, was present world congress of science and factual producers (WCSFP, December 1st-4th 2105). His feature-length documentary film, Machine of Human Dreams, tells the story of Dr. Ben Goertzel, a guru in the field of artificial…
The yearly Conference of Technion France last December (over 800 participants) and delegation at the Technion in Israel (more than 60 people gathered ) on big data, organized by Muriel Touaty general manager of Technion France, had a huge success. In the extension…
Robert Zbili, chairman KKl JNF France told Israel Science Info: “This is a success at three levels: the agreement between the Parties climate is a victory for the planet and for Israel that participated in the negotiations; it is also an extraordinary experience because the JNF booth, main actor of Israel at the COP21, has received numerous visits from many countries, including traditionally opposed to Israel; in terms technology, this is a very important achievement…
Four women, Shira Dvir Gvirsman (Hebrew U., Tel Aviv University), Yifat Merbl (Weizmann), Tali Kristal (Haifa University) and Reut Shalgi (Technion), are among the 24 israeli laureates of ERC grants. The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the awarding of…
Message from Evi Meyer CEO of uMake: “we’re happy to announce a great milestone for uMake – we raised more than $5M that will bring uMake to even more incredible achievements. We’re very proud to be part of the BlueRun Ventures…
