A graduate from MASHAV’s Young Leadership course together with members of a rural community in Ecuador utilized recycled materials to build a much needed clinic which will provide medical assistance to the local population. The project, which came into completion recently,…
Nocamels. We’ve all seen it on the news: tragic oil spills that destroy entire marine ecosystems, often spreading hundreds of miles within the first 24 hours. Just last month, a ruptured pipeline in California leaked over 100,000 gallons of crude…
Technion received Phase II funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables individuals worldwide to test bold ideas to address persistent health and development challenges. Professor Hossam Haick will continue to…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this afternoon (Tuesday, 9 June 2015), in Jerusalem, met with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Prime Minister Netanyahu highlighted the cutting-edge nature of the cyber industry in Israel and pointed out that growing the industry was…
Type 1 diabetes, which usually appears in children and adolescents, affects over 30 million people worldwide. Resulting from an auto-immune reaction that destroys the pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin, the disease leads to pathologically high levels of sugar in…
The red, itchy rash caused by varicella-zoster – the virus that causes chickenpox – usually disappears within a week or two. But once infection occurs, the varicella-zoster virus, or VZV, remains dormant in the nervous system, awaiting a signal that…
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, responsible for some 1.59 million deaths a year. That figure is due, in part, to the fact that the cancer often returns after what, at first, seems to be successful…
Cryo electron tomography (CET) reveals the macromolecular and structural organization within cells in a close-to-life state. It is, however, limited to thin specimens, such as peripheral areas of intact eukaryotic cells. Analysis of tissue ultrastructure requires physical thinning prior to…
Allot Communications, a leading global provider of intelligent broadband solutions that empowers communication service providers to optimize and monetize their networks, enterprises to enhance productivity and consumers to improve their digital experience, announced today that Allot WebSafe Personal is powering Vodafone Germany’s…
The Foreign Trade Administration at the Israeli Ministry of Economy, through its Singapore Trade Mission and in cooperation with the Israel Export Institute, are facilitating the Israeli national booth at the CommunicAsia communications expo, one of the flagship mobile communications exhibitions in…
