Chief Scientist at the Israel Ministry of Economy Avi Hasson: “As far as Taiwan is concerned, this agreement is groundbreaking – it is the first agreement of its kind Taiwan has signed. The agreement was also aided by the fact…
Cancer and big data: Symposium WIN 2015, full program
The Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) at the Israeli Ministry of Economy has introduced its first annual Innovation Report. This report presents an overview of the Israeli hi-tech industry while describing the trends, challenges and opportunities in different sectors…
A new study published in CELL by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could hold a key to control cancer cell growth and development. The team reports on the discovery of two cancer-suppressing proteins. The research was conducted in the laboratory…
If you have ever wondered why you are not a little taller, it turns out it’s not all about genetics. In findings an Israeli research team shows that the environment in which one lives from the womb to about age…
For the crew of the Starship Enterprise, Star Trek‘s “Tricorder” was an essential tool, a multifunctional hand-held device used to sense, compute, and record data in a threatening and unpredictable universe. It simplified a number of Starfleet tasks, scientific or combat-related,…
A research done by Technion researchers sheds a new light on the origins of the Moon and its composition. The research, published in Nature, was lead by post-doctoral researcher Dr. Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battist and her adviser Assistant Prof. Hagai Perets from the…
The Alliance Israelite of Pavillons-sous-Bois, high school located in Seine-saint-Denis (93, France), was ranked first high school in France in 2015! Far ahead of three famous high schools: Louis le Grand (14th place), Henri IV (15th place) or Ecole Alsacienne…
In 2014 Israel registered 3,555 patents in the US – an increase of 21%. Israel has been ranked third in the world in terms of US-registered patents, a new study shows. According to Israel’s largest business information group, BDICoface, Israeli companies…
Mail on line, January 2103. Ultra-skinny models are to be confined to history after a law came into effect in Israel for the start of 2013. Only healthy looking models with a Body Mass Index of more than 18.5, such as…