Buckingham Palace announced that Professor Rivka Carmi, President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, is to receive a rare honour from the Queen. Prof. Carmi will receive an appointment of an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire…
A paper published on April 27th 2015 in Nature Medicine describes a novel retinal implant. The new technology, which is based on photodiode activation of the retina, results in an implant that could restore vision in a resolution five-times better…
As Bar-Ilan University kicks off its 60th anniversary celebrations, the Azrieli Foundation has announced that it will make a $50 million donation to the Bar-Ilan School of Medicine in the Galilee, the largest donation ever made by the Foundation and the…
When you smile, you may think that you’re doing nothing more than sharing a fleeting, emotional moment. But according to new research, the way we smile — as well as our overall level of emotional expressivity — is the product…
Team from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center believes sensitivity to gluten experienced by people with celiac disease could cause a syndrome that looks like Lou Gehrig’s disease. Could sensitivity to gluten cause a syndrome that looks like ALS? Researchers from Israel think…
The 1st conference on “Safety and Smart Cities”, associated to the 4th Israel-France conference on public transports, has taken place in Tel Aviv on May 11th, 2015. This Israeli-French event has associated various types of stakeholders coming from both countries:…
The 1st conference on “Safe and smart cities”, associated to the 4th Israel-France conference on public transports, has taken place in Tel Aviv on May 11th, 2015. This Israeli-French event has associated various types of stakeholders coming from both countries:…
Today, Snapkeys’ subsidiary company TypeTime LLC is introducing the iType Smartwatch, an Android-based standalone smartwatch with an integrated keyboard. Now you can receive, type and send messages, make calls, track your health, or run any Android app, directly from your…
Alopecia Areata (“AA”) is an autoimmune disease, commonly found in children and adults alike, which causes sudden or gradual hair loss. In most cases, AA causes loss of scalp and/or facial hair, but may also cause hair loss from other…
Israel provides the sole exception to this regional tale of woe. It too, as recently as the 1990s, suffered water shortages; but now, thanks to a combination of conservation, recycling, innovative agricultural techniques, and high-tech desalination, the country is awash…