Up to one million people, mainly pregnant woman and young children, are killed each year by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite, which causes the most devastating form of human malaria. Now, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have revealed the genetic trickery…
Outbrain announces an exclusive multi-year agreement that will see Le Monde Group deploy the full suite of Outbrain’s powerful technology solutions across its portfolio of leading properties. Widely considered as France’s leading newspaper and website, Le Monde was an early adopter of…
BrainTech 2015 is the premier international event convening neuroscientists, entrepreneurs, senior executives, investors, start-ups, and government leaders to explore challenges, discover promising projects, secure partnerships and accelerate innovation in brain technology. The conference program aims to address the full life-cycle of braintech innovation – from…
ICL, a global manufacturer of products that fulfill essential needs in the agriculture, processed food and engineered materials markets, today announced that its ICL Food Specialties business unit (“ICL FS”) has entered into a share purchase agreement (“SPA”) to acquire…
Regional Cooperation Minister Silvan Shalom, today (Thursday, 26 February 2015), signed the ‘Seas Canal’ agreement with Jordanian Water and Irrigation Minister Hazim El-Naser at a ceremony attended by dignitaries from both sides as well as representatives from the World Bank…
Does your mind wander when performing monotonous, repetitive tasks? Of course! But daydreaming involves more than just beating back boredom. In fact, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a wandering mind…
The Modern Agriculture Foundation – a nonprofit organization founded in early 2014 in Israel – is launching a world-wide pioneering project in the study field of cultured meat, focused exclusively on chicken meat. The project started on January 2015 headed by…
The workshop on “Greenhouse Crop Production and Management” for participants from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand is the first joint Israeli-Thai activity following the agreement for trilateral cooperation signed between the two countries. The Memorandum of Understanding on Development Cooperation…
It’s a fact: Women are vastly underrepresented in the fields of computer science, engineering, and mathematics. But less clear are the trajectories — academic and otherwise — that lead young women toward other professions. Higher education has already opened the…
Israel Railways carried 48.5 million passengers in 2014, a 7.5% increase, compared with 45.1 million passengers in 2013, according to Israel Railways yearly summary. Israel Railways attributed its growth to better service, new routes, more frequent routes, and more stringent…
