“I’m part of the division that protects civilians in Israel and that makes me very proud,” said Technion alumna Maya Shnur. “Every morning when I go to work, I feel like I’m on a mission.” Shnur works at the vaunted Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems as the deputy general manager of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Subsidiaries...

Despite the ongoing war and its effects on Israel’s younger population, an Israeli team won first place at the international robotics competition in Houston, Texas, at the end of April, for the first time in twenty years. This competition is run by a non-profit organization called FIRST which strives to expose students to STEM-related subjects through different...

In the time it takes to read this article, several people in the United States will likely experience a heart attack — according to the CDC, someone in the US suffers from one every 40 seconds. That morbid statistic highlights the importance of coronary artery disease detection methods, and companies developing them. One such company is Israeli startup AccuLine,...

“Stay positive,” we’re told when suffering from an illness. It’s easy to dismiss such comments as platitudes from well-meaning friends. But Technion scientists have demonstrated that activation of the brain’s reward system can boost recovery from a heart attack. Establishing the connection between the two can potentially lead to therapeutic avenues for intervention. “It’s time that both...

Maayan Kinsbursky, a graduate of the advanced degree program in industrial design at the Technion, has won the international Red Dot Design Award for her master’s project. The award ceremony will take place in Singapore on October 10, and the project will subsequently be exhibited at the Red Dot Design Museum, also in Singapore. The project was...

Maayan Kinsbursky, a graduate of the advanced degree program in industrial design at the Technion, has won the international Red Dot Design Award for her master’s project. The award ceremony will take place in Singapore on October 10, and the project will subsequently be exhibited at the Red Dot Design Museum, also in Singapore. The project was...

Even before the establishment of the State of Israel, faculty, students, and alumni of the Technion helped develop and manage water resources in a desert land. They contributed to the national water carrier that brought water from the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) in the north to the drylands in the south. They improved technologies for water treatment,...

In the late 1970s, when no one thought it could be possible, Dov Raviv, a Technion alumnus, had a fantastical idea for a defensive weapon that could intercept and shoot down long-range incoming missiles. The idea developed into what would become the Arrow Antimissile System, the world’s first missile defense platform, and what would protect Israel from...

No idea is too big in Start-Up Nation, and resilience and motivation are what make Israel’s bustling tech economy so successful. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Omer Schneider, former CEO and co-founder of cybersecurity company CyberX, about his time at the Technion and how he took his big idea all the way to an...

Going from development on Israel’s world famous Iron Dome missile defense system to maximizing energy usage might sound a little odd, but to Ron Halpern, chief commercial officer at mPrest, the software company behind the platform, the transition was a natural one. “Iron Dome essentially is a real-time distributed asset optimisation system; the assets happened to be...

200+ volunteers from tech community speedily develop GenAI and computer vision-based solutions to address new challenges presented by the war. Israel Tech Guard, an all-volunteer, not-for-profit initiative empowering Israel’s defenses with the latest technologies, is looking to raise $2 million for rapid-pace initiatives designed to help protect the nation during and after the war. Formed on October...

“Every time I’d bring him a project, he’d hand it back full of comments and tell me, ‘you can do better.’” Aerospace engineer Inbal Kreiss ’88 fondly recalled that lesson learned as a student from Technion Professor Yeshayahu Talmon. And that advice helped shape her career.   Kreiss, a graduate of the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering, is today...

Judith Hocherman-Frommer always envisioned an academic career at the Technion. After all, she spent 10 years there. She received three degrees in electrical engineering and control systems. After a postdoc at Princeton University, she taught as an adjunct lecturer for three years, while working full time at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.   “I thought I would get some...

In a pivotal scene in the blockbuster film “Barbie,” the CEO of Mattel fumes: “No one rests until this doll is back in the box,” referring to Barbie’s escape from his toy universe into the real world (where, for instance, she swaps her pink high heels for some no-nonsense Birkenstocks.) Like the film’s “Barbie,” Technion alumna Neta...

Despite advances in technology, providing amputees with prosthetics that mimic real limbs is an ongoing challenge. They may be more aesthetically pleasing than they used to be but are not necessarily practical. For example, a prosthetic hand may help wearers hold a cup and drink from it, but making the coffee, using a computer, or playing the...

American non-profit health insurer Highmark has added an Israeli migraine treatment band to the items covered by its insurance policies. The Nerivio Remote Electrical Neuromodulation (REN) migraine band, developed by Netanya-based Theranica, is placed on the upper arm as soon as a migraine starts (or even used as a preventative measure), and vibrates at an intensity just below the patient’s...

The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology — established a quarter of a century before Israel became an independent nation — has been inexorably linked to the State’s security since its inception.   For 100 years, the Technion has been the technological backbone of Israel. Nearly all aspects of the nation’s industrial, agricultural, scientific, and defense capabilities have...

Most of us recognize the tell-tale signs of ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) — the fidgety child who blurts out an answer before the question is completed; the adult who starts new tasks before finishing the old. Still, there is no clear-cut diagnosis, and students have faked symptoms to receive medication that helps them focus and pull all-nighters.  ...

A study by GrayMatters Health, which develops digital training therapies to help the brain regulate mental health care, has shown that its FDA-approved Prism device is effective in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  The device, now available in selected clinics in the US, shows a patient’s brain activity in the amygdala, the small region of the...

A data analytics company in Israel is offering its artificial intelligence tools to help predict where and when the country will suffer rocket attacks during the ongoing war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip – even suggesting the optimal time to take a shower without interruption.  Sisense which uses machine learning to analyze data for companies, has made...

Israel was plunged into war on October 7, when Hamas terrorists from Gaza launched an unprecedented attack on the country’s southern border communities, killing 1,400 people, abducting hundreds and wounding thousands more.  And for the more than 1.5 million people in Israel living with disabilities, it has been a time of quiet suffering, frequently isolated and struggling...

Kfar Aza resident Neta Portal woke up to the sound of warning sirens in her apartment with her partner Santiago on the morning of October 7. Despite hiding out in their safe room, terrorists penetrated the door with bullets before throwing a grenade that forced Neta and Santiago to flee from the apartment through a window. While...

Professor Daniella Raveh became dean of the Technion’s Faculty of Aerospace Engineering on January 1, 2024. She is the first woman to have obtained this position at the University. An alumna of the Faculty, she graduated with honors and went on to earn both a master’s and Ph.D. degree at the Technion. She became a prominent researcher...

Researchers at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have developed a new tool to determine whether a cancer patient is predisposed to an advanced kind of treatment called immunotherapy.  The immune system contains “checkpoints” to prevent it from attacking cancer cells too strongly, as this would also potentially damage nearby healthy cells.  Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI)...

Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan says his university could play a critical role in helping Israel rebuild after the war because of the unique talent it offers. He spoke with Israel Hayom. In December, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology will celebrate 100 years. Looking at the list of achievements over the years makes you realize how significant...

Brigadier General (Ret.) Pinhas Buchris ’91 is a longtime pioneer of Israel’s security, dedicated to serving the State both on the frontlines and in various leadership positions. He’s also a man who lives by his words. Once, when asked what advice he would give to up-and-coming Technion students, he said: “If I have a message for (them),...

When Ovadia Harari (z”l) ’64, M.Sc. ’67 immigrated from Egypt with his family as a youth, who could have imagined the trajectory his life would take, and the impact he would have on the State of Israel? From those humble beginnings, Mr. Harari went on to become one of the best aeronautical engineers Israel has ever produced,...

With Rosh Hashana honey in mind, ISRAEL21c visits an apiary to see how BeeHero produces insights for beekeepers and growers trying to feed a growing world. When I dip an apple slice in honey on the first night of Rosh Hashana this Friday, I’ll remember suiting up for a bee encounter at the largest private beekeeping operation...

An Israeli startup that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose cancer has unveiled a new solution that will help pathologists detect the specific treatments that will benefit breast cancer patients most.  Ibex Medical Analytics’ Galen Breast HER2 platform can accurately determine the expression in cancer slides of the protein HER2, which is responsible for the proliferation of breast...

Advanced technology identifies pairs of drugs that can fight disease together, in microscopic doses. Researchers have developed a pioneering AI “matchmaker” that pairs together existing cancer drugs for use in nanomedicine. Prescribing a combination of two or more medications is already an established practice – known as combination therapy — that can prove highly effective. But a team at Technion...

Reps from 10 startups spend four days meeting with British executives, investors and policymakers in collaborative events and discussions. A delegation of climate-tech innovators from Israel enjoyed a morning welcome reception at the British House of Lords, opening a groundbreaking event hosted by Lord Ian Austin from June 26-29. The UK-Israel Climate First Delegation was organized by...

Prof. Gideon Grader awarded the Institut de France prize for developing the E-TAC process that enables splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. Prof. Gideon Grader from Israel’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology was recently awarded the Grand Prix Scientifique research grant by the Institut de France for developing innovative green hydrogen technology. The Institut de France, a nonprofit organization founded in 1795...

News arrives from Israel’s Technion Institute that they have developed a stable catalyst that can split water at extravagantly low energy-levels – and haven’t ruled out being able to split water with energy levels obtainable from the sun. In fact, the hope of rapid transformation in the field is one of the reasons that AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals...

An improved plasma thruster using Israeli technology can steer satellites out of harm’s way while using less power than chemical forms of propulsion. Space is getting crowded. In addition to the thousands of satellites already orbiting Earth, about 14,000 new satellites are expected to be launched by the end of the decade. That translates into about 9,000 tons...

Bacteria can be found everywhere, and some are bad and cause illnesses, but some do more good more than harm. There are thousands of kinds of bacteria – microscopic, single-celled organisms that are among the earliest known life forms on earth and live in every possible environment all over the world. They might be airborne or found...

Israeli food-tech startup More Foods has announced a new partnership with Tivall, a vegetarian frozen food brand owned by food giant Osem-Nestlé.  More Foods makes high-protein, high-fiber meat alternatives from pumpkin and sunflower seeds. Its products are served in over 100 Israeli restaurants as well as restaurants in the UK and France.  The startup says its high-protein product uses the seeds in...

The daily commute for many Israelis means long hours by bus or car, navigating a gridlocked central Israel – the heart of the country’s business sector.  Israel’s traffic jams are notorious. In 2021, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said that the country’s transportation infrastructure was in worse shape than most of its other members – and...

A startup that generates detailed 3D maps of underground utilities without the need for excavation is expanding into the UK as part of a project with one of the country’s largest railway infrastructure companies.  Tel Aviv-based Exodigo helps companies carry out construction projects by combining 3D imaging and AI technologies with GPR (ground penetrating radar) and electromagnetic sensors to...

Three researchers have been awarded top honors in the EuroTech Future Award, beating out 34 other participants. The jury evaluated the impact of the candidates’ work on achieving global sustainability goals, the excellence of their research, and their ability to effectively communicate their research to non-experts, including policymakers and citizens. Anders Bjarklev, President of the Technical University...

In a 1931 essay, Winston Churchill wrote about how he sees the future of food production: “We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium,” he wrote. Fast forward some 90 years, and Churchill’s prediction is coming true, thanks in...

In a huge step towards the future of power generation and propulsion, a team led by Associate Professor Beni Cukurel at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, has designed a micro gas turbine using additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing. This revolutionary development presents an ingenious approach towards the ‘Design for Additive Manufacturing’ principle, significantly challenging...

The quest for clean and sustainable energy sources has been a pressing concern for researchers and environmentalists alike. With the world’s population growing at an unprecedented rate, the demand for energy is higher than ever before. Traditional fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, are not only finite resources but also major contributors to greenhouse...

atalysts spur the world’s economy, but they still hold many mysteries. “One-third of global gross domestic product relies on catalysts, and yet do we really understand how they operate under working conditions? Absolutely not,” says Charlotte Vogt, an assistant professor of chemistry at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology. Vogt is determined to fill that knowledge gap. Her research...

About one person in 50 – equally in men and women –will suffer from alopecia areata at some point in their life. Haifa researchers have found a non-genetic cause for alopecia areata baldness, which triggered the surprising incident at the the 94th Academy Awards in which actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock after he joked about Smiths wife’s...

In October 2023, Professor Emeritus Avraham Shtub of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, will offer his course "New Product Development" as a Global Network online course for the ninth time. While the content is similar, the course has evolved over the years. In 2014, "New Product Development" was among the first small network online courses (SNOCs) offered...

While the micro turbojet engine may be small – weighing only eight pounds – it remains a startling chunk of Inconel. The engine is a single, complete assembly, including all rotating and stationary components. The turbojet was designed in Creo CAD software, using Inconel as the material and an EOS 3D metal printer as the production machine. “The...

Israel’s ophthalmologists are getting a boost from innovators developing solutions for eye diseases and eye health.  “I think we can see how this industry has matured in Israel, both on the management side, and in the sense of understanding what to develop, and how to develop it,” says Dr. Barak Azmon, a pioneering entrepreneur in the country’s...

The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is teaming up with Toronto University on the use of artificial intelligence in the field of medicine.  The collaboration sees the faculty and students from Technion’s Artificial Intelligence Hub (Tech.AI) and the Canadian university’s Center for AI in Medicine (T-CAIREM) teaming up to develop working practices for “the medicine of the future,”...

The President and Faculty of the Technion together with our Honorary President, Chairman, Trustees and Staff of Technion UK, deeply mourn the passing of Sir Michael Heller. A Guardian and Hon Doctor of the Technion, Sir Michael was Co-Chairman of Technion UK for over 20 years and was always ready to lead, guide and advise. The Sir...

The increased demand for sustainable energy sources prompted research groups to focus on battery research in order to store large-scale grid energy in a manageable and reliable manner. In addition, the rising demand of the electric vehicle industry, which mainly relies on current Li-ion battery technology, is expected to strain the current lithium production and divert it from more...

A team of researchers from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology has developed a proof-of-concept for a novel rechargeable silicon (Si) battery, as well as its design and architecture that enables Si to be reversibly discharged and charged. Led by Professor Yair Ein-Eli of the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, the team proved via systematic experimental works...

The Formula Student competition in Europe this summer is a platform for new technological developments.   The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Formula racecar team unveiled the first-ever autonomous electric vehicle in the team’s history since 2012. They designed and built it for the Formula Student International Design Competition in Europe next month. The Technion team placed first at the Formula...

Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology is the oldest university in the country and one of the leading universities in the world.   Its Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering is a unique department where expertise from many disciplines comes together. Israel is a global centre of food and agri-tech, producing remarkable innovations, and attracting astonishing levels of investment. But, like...

If thinking you’re sick can make you feel sick, is there a way to train your brain — and your body — to reverse that process and restore you to health? That’s the central question that Tamar Koren, an MD-PhD candidate at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa focused on psychosomatic illness, is researching. Professor Shai...

Wireless V2X technology developed in Israel alerts motorists and two-wheel vehicle riders to each other’s presence. An affordable device that alerts cyclists and scooter riders to the danger of unseen motorists could prevent many accidents globally, says Israel-based Autotalks. The company uses V2X (vehicle-to-everything) technology to connect two-wheelers with other road users and warn them of each other’s...

Software scans picture and identifies best-match beauty products for customers The power of AI now allows you to instantly see how you’d look wearing the makeup of your favorite celebrity or influencer. Simply upload a picture of any makeup look, and let the algorithm work its magic. Tel Aviv-based startup Mistrix applies a hyper-realistic digital filter that is personally...

This week, we continue our series on selected topics regarding cancer in Israel. In recent years, Israel has become a major leader in the technology and startup arena in health products. A leading example of the success in this arena has been the work of Gavriel Iddan. One of the great technological advances that has made major...

The pharmaceutical industry is considered one of the important sectors growth investors should focus on because of continuous research and development of new medicines, as well as commercialisation. The development of new vaccines and medications for COVID-19 attracted a lot of investor attention in 2020, which caused biotech stock prices to skyrocket. This trend continued until 2021,...

This Israeli startup finds key ingredients in nature that are also found in breast milk The ingredients that make mother’s milk the best possible thing for a baby will now be available for grownups. Israeli food tech startup Maolac uses an algorithm that matches the key proteins in breast milk with alternative sources found in mushrooms, algae,...

Chief mobility officer of Michigan, the heart of the US automotive industry, says Israeli companies are reinventing transportation infrastructure. “When we look outside of the United States for new technology, especially for mobility technology, there’s really only two places that have the technology applicable to the use cases that we have here,” says Trevor Pawl, chief mobility...

Wireless V2X technology developed in Israel alerts motorists and two-wheel vehicle riders to each other’s presence. An affordable device that alerts cyclists and scooter riders to the danger of unseen motorists could prevent many accidents globally, says Israel-based Autotalks. The company uses V2X (vehicle-to-everything) technology to connect two-wheelers with other road users and warn them of each other’s...

Two-minute AI profile saves physician from time-consuming trawl of medical records The average doctor’s appointment lasts about 20 minutes — 30 if you’re lucky. The physician sees dozens of patients, many with complex histories and taking a range of medications. Every detail is important, but there’s no way a doctor can keep track of it all. Enter...

These Israeli companies use mobile phones to gather and/or transmit health data and keep tabs on chronic conditions. Social entrepreneur Ariel Beery and optics expert David Levitz had the inspiration to use the built-in camera of a smartphone to screen for cervical cancer — the fourth most common cancer affecting women globally and the second most common...

Israeli researchers from the Technion are developing a solution that addresses the shortages in seasonal harvesters: robots that pick fruit for us. Throughout history, early summer has often signaled the time to harvest. Harvesting, of course, has evolved considerably. As opposed to ancient times when mobilizing the whole community was necessary to fully harvest grain, there are...

Funding will be used to support more than a dozen studies A new university grant program in Israel with a budget of over $1 million will support researchers in their quest for new food technologies. The ministries of Agriculture and Innovation, Science and Technology initiated the program with an emphasis on alternative proteins. The ministries launched a...

The study is related to a problem in AI and robotics called autonomous decision-making under uncertainty. Researchers at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology found a way to simplify decision-making and problem-solving under uncertainty in a way that reduces the amount of information computers need to analyze. A new peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Robotics Research, led by...

Forsight Raised $10 million in seed funding in March 2021. Israeli medtech startup ForSight Robotics is developing a surgical robotic platform to deliver what it describes as high precision and cost-effective vision-saving surgery. Forsight just raised $55 million in a Series A round of funding led by The Adani Group alongside existing investors Eclipse Ventures and Mithril Capital. Founded in 2020...

Technion-patented technology enables monitoring and early identification of changes in the condition of respiratory patients at home or in hospital. The Jerusalem Post has partnered with ExitValley, a digital platform that enables anyone to invest in Israel's start-up ecosystem and share in its success. In this article, we are pleased to introduce NanoVation-GS, an Israeli company that has...

Attendees get to experience virtual flights using an in-flight simulator of the personal electric plane, which should go on the market in 2024. In October 2021, ISRAEL21c reported that an Israeli flying car startup had started taking pre-orders for its personal electric plane (an eVTOL, short for “vertical takeoff and landing,” vehicle). Now AIR, the company behind this latest...

Netafim analysis shows corn grown with drip irrigation releases 53% fewer carbon emissions compared to flood-irrigated corn. Corn is the third largest plant-based food source in the world and the most important crop in the United States, where 1.2 billion metric tons of corn were produced last year. Corn is also cultivated in China, South America, India, Ukraine and...

Electreon demonstrates a prototype stretch of road to Italian ministers, company executives; luxury car firm Maserati expresses interest in installing tech too Israeli company Electreon, whose technology is integrated into roads that recharge the batteries of electric vehicles as they travel on them, is on track to design a lane for shuttles and service vehicles at Bergamo...

Israeli medical device company SoniVie, announced on Sunday that it received Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its REDUCED1 (Renal Denervation using Ultrasonic Catheter EmitteD energy) pilot study to treat resistant hypertension patients with renal artery denervation using its proprietary therapeutic intra-vascular ultra-sound system, or TIVUS.  Renal denervation with TIVUS is a minimally...

On this World Blood Donor Day, let’s explore some Israeli tech that is making a difference to one of our most vital components: our blood Hematological awareness is important as body vitality is exclusively dependent on blood flow. Blood is our natural producer of oxygen and carbon dioxide, and it is also a key mechanism for medical...

ILAN founder aims to create warm ties with Israel among the growing Spanish-speaking population. The Israel Latin America Network (ILAN), established last year by Jewish Mexican-Syrian businessman and philanthropist Isaac Assa, is expanding to the United States, Costa Rica, Chile, Guatemala and other countries in Central America. “Over the last year we directly developed unique connections between...

The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Rambam Health Care Campus together with philanthropists Andi and Larry Wolfe, announced the establishment of the Wolfe Center for Translational Medicine and Engineering The Technion is one of the few academic institutions in the world in which the Faculty of Medicine operates alongside engineering and scientific faculties. The university conducts extensive teaching and research activities in...

The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology signed a historic agreement with Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) this week to promote academic cooperation between the two universities. This document was said to be the first of its kind to be signed between these two institutions. An agreement to recognize the academic collaboration was signed by UM6P...

“We introduce a novel, customizable three-dimensional interface for producing scalable structures, utilizing real data collected from coral ecosystems,” explains Ph.D. student Natalie Levy. (April 29, 2022 / JNS) The world’s coral reefs are becoming extinct due to many factors such as global warming and accelerated urbanization in coastal areas, which places tremendous stress on marine life. “The rapid decline of...

A new Technion study looks at how marine organisms produce hard tissues from the materials available to them, and under harsh and hostile conditions. An international research group led by the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has recently deciphered the process through which marine organisms develop their hard and durable skeletons. The wonders of underwater engineering...

Israeli smart mobility company Innoviz Technologies, announced on MondGrowth of muscle tissue on a plant-based 'scaffold' marks another milestone in the development of cultivated meat using 3D bioprinting. A bioprinted plant-based "scaffolding" helps the successful cultivation of edible muscle fibers, researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have discovered. The development of cultivated meat, i.e. meat that does not involve...

Israeli smart mobility company Innoviz Technologies, announced on Monday that it has been selected by one of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers to become its direct supplier of LiDar remote sensing solutions across several brands.  The company has not yet disclosed the name of the manufacturer but claims the partnership will increase Innoviz’s forward-looking book order by $4 billion to...

Israel-born Johny Srouji, the senior vice president and arguably the most influential figure at Apple after the company's CEO, lauds Israeli ingenuity as well as those working at the tech giant's Haifa-based R&D center, where the company's two state-of-the-art chips were developed Two new Mac facilities, Apple Watch R&D, facial recognition, storage controllers. All these were created...

PixCell Medical’s HemoScreen performs a CBC in five minutes, enabling infection-vulnerable patients to spend less time in the clinic environment. Chemotherapy patients are at major risk of infection because they are immunocompromised. Limiting the time they spend in hospitals or clinics for treatments could therefore be a lifesaver. Israeli company PixCell Medical can help by enabling cancer patients to...

From Nikola Tesla to Alexander Graham Bell and George Washington Carver, some of our favorite historical figures are inventors. The love of invention also bleeds into our stories, resulting in characters like Doc Brown, Wayne Szalinski, and Tony Stark. Inventors participate in and build upon scientific advances, putting new knowledge to practical use. While some inventions don't...

Document of academic cooperation is a first of its kind, signaling a new era of innovative partnership between the two institutions. Israel’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) signed a document of academic cooperation in a ceremony at Technion’s Haifa campus on March 31, a first for both institutions. UM6P focuses on...

Awards go to founder of homeless shelter, pioneers of groundbreaking non-invasive cancer treatments, a singer, a theater actor and a linguist Wrapping up Independence Day celebrations, the Israel Prize, the country’s top civilian honor, was awarded on Thursday to ten citizens for their contributions to society, culture, and research. The diverse group of recipients included an actor,...

Three-day annual conference, marking 20th year, brings together thousands of participants for newest innovations in medical and heath tech Some of the innovative scientific developments behind leading food technologies, as well as new cancer treatments, will take center stage at the upcoming Biomed Israel summit next week, an annual conference on life sciences and health tech that...

Israel is celebrating its 74th anniversary after a record-breaking year for its high-tech sector, with $5.6 billion raised in the first quarter of 2022 and over $25 billion raised through 2021. Indeed, the record fundraising should be praised, but it’s the incredible innovation and technological achievements that have kept Israeli companies at the top of their game this year in sectors...

Researchers develop a machine learning technology that rectifies the effects of underrepresentation of women in clinical trials. It is an open secret that women are underrepresented in clinical trials of new pharmaceuticals and other medical treatments. This has a significant impact on the female half of the population. A new article in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association by...

Algorithms help doctors create better treatment plans for aspiring parents More than 8 million people have been born worldwide with the help of in vitro fertilization since 1978. In IVF, an egg is fertilized by sperm in the lab; the resulting clump of cells is transferred into a patient’s uterus. Although IVF techniques have advanced significantly in recent decades,...

Israeli startup OncoHost predicts which specialized therapies will be most effective for late-stage cancer Cancer care is hit or miss. While some treatments can help specific patients, the same therapy could also have no effect or even cause further damage to others. A new blood test developed by an Israeli company offers doctors an additional layer of...

Meet the army of cells that make up the body’s health-protection squad Your immune system is probably something you ignore, at least until you get ill. Then you realize how important the immune system is. It’s all the various organs, cells and proteins spread throughout the body that protect us from bacteria, viruses and other potentially harmful...

An Israeli research group says its artificially intelligent antibiotic-prescribing algorithm can cut the risk of antibiotic resistance by half. Antibiotics are essential to curing bacterial infections, but their overuse promotes the appearance and proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. "We wanted to understand how antibiotic resistance emerges during treatment and find ways to better tailor antibiotic treatment for each...

H2Pro announces and celebrates laying the cornerstone of its first production facility, capable of producing 600MW/year of Green Hydrogen systems. The facility is the first of its kind in Israel and will produce affordable green hydrogen systems at scale based on H2Pro’s innovative E-TAC technology.  H2Pro announces the cornerstone ceremony for its new production facility (F1) in the Tzipporit industrial zone in Israel....

SHOHAM, ISRAEL — Food technology startup Resugar raised $3 million in a Series A funding round. Founded in 2020 by Niv Ben-Ami and Ron Livny, Resugar is developing a sugar substitute for large-scale industrial use. It uses a proprietary enzymatic process developed in partnership with The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology to transform raw materials into...

The incubator plans to invest $125 million in space tech startups over the next eight years. “We want to be part of the NewSpace revolution,” says Director Ofer Asif The Earth & Beyond incubator is ready to take flight. Last month, the Earth & Beyond group, of which telecom company Spacecom is a partner, won the government...

Cells contain certain chaperone proteins that can break down the protein clumps found in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Huntington’s disease, but don’t always activate the right proteins at the right time, a recent study shows. “[The cells] do not always realize there is a problem, or know how to solve it, even when they do in fact have the...

What makes it possible for cancer cells to spread and flourish despite radiotherapy, surgery to remove the initial tumor, chemotherapy and immunotherapy? Frin Left: Prof. Naama Brenner, Prof. Omri Barak and Aseel Shomar. They have proposed that cancer cells learn and adapt to their environment, enabling them to develop drug resistance.(photo credit: Rami Shelush, Technion spokesperson’s office)...

Put together Israel’s vast agricultural and technological knowhow, and you’ve got breakthroughs on a global scale. What is the recipe for meat and dairy without cows? Snacks and sauces with less sugar and salt? Long-lasting fresh produce and compostable food wrappers? A fast-growing, climate-threatened world is hungry for such recipes. Appropriately enough, the search began in the...

Inexpensive, fast method to make freeform optics could benefit applications from eyewear to telescopes. Researchers have developed a way to create freeform optical components by shaping a volume of curable liquid polymer. The new method is poised to enable faster prototyping of customized optical components for a variety of applications including corrective lenses, augmented and virtual reality,...

In mice with active inflammation, suppressing the neurons that remembered it produced an immediate reduction in the inflammation. Your phone pings. It’s a message from a friend you met for drinks last night, who just tested positive for Covid-19. Your throat starts feeling scratchy. A short cough sputters out. Is your body temperature rising? You run to...

Israeli scientists from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology have developed an artificial molecule that could inhibit the development of Alzheimer’s disease, conceivably paving the way for better treatment of the disease. The Technion scientists collaborated with The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CRNS) and published their findings in the weekly peer-reviewed Angewandte Chemie scientific journal published...

Since the new algorithm was introduced, Maccabi health fund doctors have treated tens of thousands of UTI cases, and there has been a drop of around 35% in the need to switch antibiotics following the development of bacterial resistance to the drug prescribed. Doctors at Israel's Maccabi national health fund have recently begun working with an Artificial...

Alpha Omega, a revolutionary biomedical startup from Nazareth is valued at hundreds of millions of dollars and is writing a new and fascinating chapter in Israeli high tech history When Reem and Imad Younis launched the technological system they developed, it filled the biomedical community with hope and excitement. The system’s great potential, which started a revolution...

Actor and environmental activist contributes undisclosed amount as part of Israeli company’s recent $105m funding round Actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio recently invested an undisclosed amount in Israeli alternative meat startup Aleph Farms, a maker of cultivated meat that grows steaks from modified cattle cells, according to an announcement on Wednesday The investment was made as part of Aleph Farms’ $105...

The Technion will partner with the Carasso family to renovate the FoodTech building and make it more advanced. The Technion will be partnering with the Carasso Family and Carasso Motors in revamping the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering. The building that is currently known as the Food Industries Center will be renovated and turned into the...

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a new, low-cost, low-energy system for producing hydrogen from water. Water electrolysis is an easy way of producing hydrogen gas. While hydrogen is considered a clean, renewable fuel, efficient electrolysis requires high electric potential, high pH and in most cases, catalysts based on ruthenium and other expensive metals....

Israel's leading tech institution, the Technion, has been rated the number one institute in leading European machine-learning research in a rating by CSRankings. Israel's leading tech institution, the Technion, has been rated the number one institute leading machine-learning research in Europe in a rating by CSRankings. The rating is based on data gathered between 2016 and 2021. The...

Dr. Martin Ellis, Chairman of the Israel Society of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, spoke to The Jerusalem Post about two newer treatments for the main types of blood cancer. Although only around five out of every 100,000 people suffer from blood cancer, the disease is among the most serious and deadly. An estimated 68,000 people die from blood...

For the first time, Technion scientists succeeded in constructing a network of major and small blood arteries, crucial for giving blood to implanted tissue Researchers lead by Technion Professor Shulamit Levenberg, who specialises in tissue engineering, have succeeded in establishing a hierarchical blood artery network, crucial for giving blood to implanted tissue. In the research published in Advanced...

Israel’s Itamar Medical, a medtech firm that produces devices to aid the diagnosis of sleep disorders, announced on Monday that it has signed a deal to be acquired by Zoll Medical for a total value of about $538 million. Zoll Medical will acquire all outstanding shares of Itamar Medical for $31 per ADS (American Depository Share,) or $1.03 (equivalent to approximately...

Study of 11,000 infected adults during the Delta wave in Israel sees vaccine’s protection disappearing at six months and restored by third dose. An Israeli study has found that the two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 is initially effective in reducing the viral load of breakthrough infections — even with the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The...

The risk of severe disease dropped by factor of almost 20 in people over 60—but some dispute the benefits of offering an additional dose Older Israelis who have received a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine are much less likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 or to develop severe COVID-19 than are those who have had only...

Robots have captured the imaginations – and often raised the fears – of people for at least a century. These programmable machines perform boring, repetitive and dangerous tasks that people prefer not to or are unable to do because of size limitations or because they function in extreme environments such as in outer space or at the...

Researchers at the Technion have developed a highly stretchable electronic material and a wearable sensor capable of identifying precise bending and twisting motions. Scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have produced a highly stretchable electronic material and a wearable sensor capable of identifying precise bending and twisting motions. Essentially, it is an electronic skin. The development will be...

A team of scientists has found why elderly people are more susceptible to COVID-19 and are working to reverse the aging process of the body’s immune system Scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology say they have found a way to rejuvenate the aging process of the body’s immune system. Prof. Doron Melamed and doctoral student Reem Dowery sought...

Overall effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines has not dropped much yet for most vaccinated Americans, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisers were told Monday. CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met Monday to discuss the potential eventual need for booster doses of coronavirus vaccine -- although they did not vote. The White House has said...

These biopolymers can be used for solar energy generation, medicine, biomedical engineering and more. * They are affordable and are a viable alternative to petroleum-based polymers. The new Technion-made biopolymer above an oleander shrub. (photo credit: TECHNION) Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have been advancing a groundbreaking technology that allows for converting food byproducts into energy-conductive biopolymers....

The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology has signed a cooperation agreement with the Space Division at Israel Aerospace Industries to develop and launch a nanosatellite that will enter low-altitude orbit around the moon and collect data using a payload of scientific instruments. Article published at www.americanisraelite.com on July 8, 2021. Satellite...

Is it possible? Could the vegetarian Holy Grail come from the land of carnivores? Aleph Farms states that its cultivated meat products can be found in stores in 2022... Article published at www.geektime.com on July 11, 2021. A Feelit sensor strip monitors the health of industrial equipment. Photo courtesy of Feelit Being a vegetarian looks like its...

Affixed easily to valves, pumps or pipes, Feelit’s nano-ink stickers find and report issues that could impair performance and cause costly breakdowns. Article published at www.Israel21c.org on July 13, 2021. A Feelit sensor strip monitors the health of industrial equipment. Photo courtesy of Feelit Moving manufacturing from “far and cheap” to “local and smart” is the goal...

Using optical tweezer technology, Technion researchers were able to gain a greater understanding of the poorly understood DNA packaging process, which impacts how genes are expressed. Article published at www.jpost.com on July 6, 2021. Optical tweezers apply force on DNA, and "unzip" it into two separate strands. Upon reaching the chromatosome the unzipping is halted by contacts...

A new artificial intelligence system can diagnose heart issues with greater precision than people. Article published at www.jpost.com on July 12, 2021. 3D image of a heart in a cardiology test (photo credit: REUTERS) Technion researchers have discovered a viable way in which to reliably use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medicine and demonstrated the use of practical systems...

Humans, unlike some animals, have a limited ability to regrow missing body parts. However, pioneering research at Technion University could change this. Article published at www.jpost.com on July 8, 2021. Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering at Technion University. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) Technion University researchers are tackling one of the most pressing medical issues: loss of tissue. ...

European Innovation Council Fund invests 5 million euro ($5.9 million) in NanoVation to speed up development and start EU marketing Article published at www.timesofisrael.com on July 7, 2021. The SenseGuard product developed by Israeli startup NanoVation (Courtesy) The European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund is investing 5 million euro ($5.9 million) in the Israeli medical startup NanoVation, for...

Cancer treatment is often, fittingly, about the cancer itself. Many treatments try to attack the cancerous cells or at least stimulate a stronger response so that the immune system is better able to fight a tumor. Article published at www.nocamels.com on July 6, 2021. OncoHost develops personalized strategies for cancer therapy. Courtesy ancer treatment is often, fittingly,...

New Collaborations BeKeren Amiel has always wanted to become a doctor; against all odds, the visually impaired young woman is now officially an MD Dr. Amiel receiving her MD diploma Among the 241 new MDs who received their Technion diplomas this past June, visually impaired Dr. Keren Amiel stands out for overcoming unusual challenges. “I’ve always wanted...

New Collaborations Between Doral Energy and Technion Israel Technion and Doral-Tech: Innovating sustainable solutions for the planet. Doral Energy-Tech Ventures (Doral-Tech), Doral Energy Group’s innovation and investment arm, will invest in Technion projects in the fields of renewable energy, energy storage, and climate studies. Technion researchers will enjoy access to the Doral Group’s sites in Israel and...

Attitudes towards math are more important than school math attainment for public understanding of quantitative COVID-19 data Profs. Einat Heyd-Metzuyanim, Ayelet Baram-Tsabari and Aviv J. Sharon Being afraid of math prevents people from engaging with it when they need it – even if they learned it at school, a new study claims. Since COVID-19 emerged as a...

The production of optical components across industries has been drastically simplified by Technion scientists The new optical system Technion scientists have dramatically improved and simplified the production of precise optical components by immersing them in liquid. The study, led by Ph.D. student Reut Orange-Kedem and Professor Yoav Shechtman from the Technion Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, was published...

When it comes to Artificial Intelligence, users prefer warmth over competence Technion AI researchers: (l-r) Dr. Ofra Amir, Dr. Liat Levontin, Zohar Gilad Users Prefer the Warmth of an AI System Over Its Competence A Study by three Technion researchers reveals that AI systems’ competence isn’t enough: for users to choose a system, it needs to have...

Technion has been ranked No. 1 in the field of artificial intelligence in Europe Professor Assaf Schuster Over the years, the Technion has established itself as a leading academic institution in AI. It is currently ranked 15th in the world, with 100 faculty members engaged in areas across the AI spectrum. The Technion’s efforts to advance the...

In a Nano Optics Breakthrough, Technion Researchers Observe Sound-Light Pulses in 2D Materials for the first time Research team, L-R: Yuval Adiv, Yaniv Kurman, Professor Ido Kaminer, Raphael Dahan and Dr. Kangpeng Wang Haifa, Israel June 11, 2021 – Using an ultrafast transmission electron microscope, researchers from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology have, for the...

Montfort launches revolutionary Brain Profiler app, which will be sent with Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe to the International Space Station in 2022. Article published at www.Israel21C.org on June 29, 2021. Photo illustration by Ink Drop via Shutterstock.com According to the World Health Organization, more than 300 million people worldwide suffer from diagnosable psychiatric disorders such as clinical...

A hundred million patients the world over benefit from the technology of Diagnostic Robotics — most of them are not even aware of it. Via artificial intelligence and big data analysis, the company from Israel is trying to make the world’s health systems more efficient and to predict the patients’ deterioration. “There are very few opportunities in...

The study is expected to lead to a deeper understanding of biological processes, as well as developments that will allow for an early diagnosis of a variety of diseases Article published at www.jpost.com on July 4, 2021. RESEARCHER in the lab of a biotech firm in Haifa holds a vial containing a bone graft earlier this month...

Some 3 million people worldwide miss tuberculosis diagnosis every year, often because tests unavailable; Haifa-made skin sticker will help, scientists say Article published at www.timesofisrael.com on July 5, 2021. A prototype of the new Israeli tuberculosis-detecting skin patch (courtesy of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology) A new Israeli tuberculosis-detecting skin patch will reduce the huge number of...

"We are working to promote close research cooperation and to turn the Technion into a hub for many diverse industries, a platform where industry and academia meet."   Article published at www.jpost.com on June 21, 2021.   A computer-generated redition of the nano-satellites in orbit (photo credit: Courtesy) Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI)...

Tel Aviv, our famous Startup Nation capital, may be losing the luster it once had. Following a year marked by social distancing and isolation, tech companies, startups, and most importantly, employees, discovered the benefits of working from home. In fact, startup hubs all over the world emptied out due to the comfort of remote work.   Article...

The scientists found a way to drastically simplify the production of optical components used across industries.   Article published at www.jpost.com on June 17, 2021.   Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering at Technion University. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) Technion University scientists have discovered a way to improve and simplify the production of precise optical components, which...

Prof. Marcelle Machluf’s life’s work, creating a medicine delivery system that can defeat cancer, is showing promising progress, aiming for clinical trials by 2023   Article published at www.calcalistech.com on June 22, 2021.   NanoGhost inventor and co-founder, Prof. Marcelle Machluf Photo: Technion “My dream, and if we reach it I know I did my part, is...

Startup’s blood test aims to predict which cancer patients will react better to treatment; 8 clinical trials will be set up in the UK   Article published at www.timesofisrael.com on June 17, 2021.   Illustrative image of a cancer patient (KatarzynaBialasiewicz; iStock by Getty Images) Israel-based startup OncoHost, the developer of a blood test to predict how...

Automotive companies like Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, GM, and Waymo (Google’s self-driving project) are racing to bring autonomous vehicles to the mainstream market. In Israel, companies like Yandex and Intel’s Jerusalem-based subsidiary Mobileye have been on the streets for several years, testing self-driving cars powered by their technologies.   Article published at www.nocamels.com on May 20, 2021.  ...

Ramon.Space builds space resilient super-computing systems that revolutionize the way software is written, applied, and processed in space.   Article published at www.jpost.com on May 25, 2021.   The Ramon.Space team. (photo credit: Courtesy) Yokneam-based space computing solutions company Ramon.Space said Tuesday it raised $17.5 million in Series A funding. The capital will be used to continue...

Sharp rise is due to increase in later-stage funding rounds and is indication that ecosystem is maturing, Start-Up Nation Central study says   Article published at www.timesofisrael.com on May 30, 2021.   Illustrative image of a doctor with digital icons (chaiyapruek2520, iStock by Getty Images) Israeli companies in the digital health sector raised some $700 million during...

A group of 20 Israeli mobility companies has joined up with government-owned transportation firms, authorities, municipalities and universities to form a private-public consortium that will tackle traffic congestion, road accidents and safety, and air pollution across Israel.   Article published at www.nocamels.com on May 24, 2021.   Israeli road traffic. Photo by Raimond Klavins on Unsplash A...

Solar panels either use photovoltaic cells or photoelectrochemical cells to function and photoelectrochemical cells can only generate energy during sunlight hours.   Article published at www.jpost.com on May 28, 2021.   Solar panels at one of the projects of Enlight Renewable Energy (photo credit: RACHAF PRO DRONE) Scientists in Israel have made a breakthrough in the field...

The lab has previously engineered biological sensors capable of recognizing the presence of arsenic and other poisons in water, or the presence of blood in urine.   Article published at www.jpost.com on May 29, 2021.   L-R: Assistant Professor Ramez Daniel and Dr. Ximing Li (photo credit: RAMI SHLUSH / TECHNION) A team of scientists from the...

Israeli-Arab researcher at the Technion in Haifa discovers that nano-sized baking soda placed near a tumor improves the cancer treatment, especially in breast cancer.   Article published at www.unitedwithisrael.org on May 30, 2021.   Dra. Hanan Abumanhal del Technion (Technion) Baking soda, the simple household product familiar to everybody, may revolutionize the treatment of breast cancer, researchers...

A high magnification micrograph of cryptitis in a case of Crohn's disease.   Article published at www.nocamels.com on May 2, 2021.   Israeli biotech company CytoReason, the developer of a computational model of the human body for faster drug discovery and development, announced a new collaboration this month with Swiss biopharmaceutical company Ferring Pharmaceuticals to establish new...

Science is promising us steak that’s heart-healthy, eco-friendly, and still decadent. But will we eat filet mignon from a bioreactor?   Article published at www.townandcountrymag.com on May 2, 2021.   On the third floor of a modern marble and glass building half an hour from Tel Aviv and around the corner from the Weizmann Institute of Science,...

An independent data monitoring committee has reported encouraging data from the Phase III LUNAR trial.   Article published at Globes.co.il on April 13, 2021.   Drug Development company Novocure (Nasdaq: NVCR) today announced a positive update on its phase III pivotal LUNAR trial for treating lung cancer. The company said that an independent data monitoring committee (DMC),...

Prof. Moshe Shoham, founder of Mazor Robotics, acquired for $1.64 billion, will speak about his new company Tamar Robotics on Monday, April 12   Article published at Times of Israel on April 8, 2021.   Every year, doctors diagnose millions of people with tumors, blood clots and other masses in their brains. In each case, doctors must...

Technion scientists introduce stem-cell tissue regeneration technology to rebuild bone with fewer complications.   Article published at Israel21c.org on May 9, 2021.   Prof. Shulamit Levenberg. Photo courtesy of Techion-Israel Institute of Technology While modern medicine has made leaps and bounds in the field of tissue and organ reconstruction over the years, it is still limited by...

Zeekit’s virtual try-on technology enables one of the most difficult things to replicate online: understanding how an item will actually look on you.   Article published at Israel21c.org on May 19, 2021.   US-based retail giant Walmart will be acquiring Zeekit, an Israeli startup that provides online clothing shoppers with a virtual fitting room where they can...

Former Israeli pilot, Eytan Stibbe will be taking 44 experiments in fields like agriculture, neurology and optics to space on next year’s mission to the International Space station.   Article published at Israel21c.org on May 6, 2021.   Forty-four Israeli experiments are set to reach the International Space Station. Photo by Dima Zel via Shutterstock.com Forty-four experiments...

CytoReason uses artificial intelligence to speed up long and expensive drug trials for six of the world’s top ten pharmaceutical giants.   Article published at Times of Israel on May 18, 2021.   Scientists at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have long understood that people with various autoimmune diseases often have elevated levels of a protein called CCR6, believed...

Innovation in NHS self-care will see patients in England swallow tiny cameras instead of having standard endoscopy.   Article published at The Guardian on March 11, 2021.   People will be able to check if they have bowel cancer by swallowing a tiny capsule containing miniature cameras, in an extension of patient self-care. In what experts described...

Research by Professor Yuval Shaked of the Technion presents new ways to curb the development of anti-cancer therapy resistance, a phenomenon that is detrimental to the efficacy of existing cancer treatments. His research was recently summarized in a published article in Nature Reviews Cancer. Article published at ats.org on February 4, 2020. Anti-cancer therapy resistance: A devastating...

Scientists have known that chemotherapy can damage the heart muscle. But what about the reverse — can heart disease impact cancer? Article published at ats.org on July 14, 2020. A research team led by Professors Ami Aronheim and Yuval Shaked of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, with colleagues from Carmel Hospital, have found that...

People who have just learned they have a tumor face heart-wrenching questions such as: is it cancerous? Will it spread? Article published at ats.org on August 6, 2020. Metastasis, the spread of cancer cells from the primary tumor to new areas of the body, is responsible for an alarming 90% of cancer-related deaths. But knowing the risk...

Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have warned that cancer patients could be at increased risk of serious illness from COVID-19 due to a weakened immune system. But that commonly held belief, reinforced by an early study from China as well as the National Cancer Institute, might be wrong — for certain patients. Article published at...

When treating cancer, researchers are always searching for ways to remove cancer cells while minimizing damage to the rest of the body. One possible approach is to find processes unique to cancer cells, and which would allow specific targeting. If such a process can be disrupted, only those cells would be affected. Article published at ats.org on...

Technion scientists have developed a novel method for rapid and accurate sensing of coronavirus without the need to rely on PCR amplification, a technique that makes millions or even billions of copies of DNA so that there is enough material to test. The new technique can identify the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in a sample by counting and...

Breath test from Technion scientist shows promising early results in sniffing out Covid-19 within 30 seconds. Article published at www.israel21c.org on August 24, 2020. Could uncomfortable nasal swabs be swapped for a contactless two-second breathalyzer puff to check for Covid-19 infection? Prof. Hossam Haick thinks so. Haick, a professor of chemical engineering and nanotechnology at the Technion...

Article published at ats.org on June 2, 2020. Soon we may not need to retire our protective face mask after a trip to the supermarket. Technion Professor Yair Ein-Eli is developing masks that can be heated to destroy the coronavirus while maintaining their integrity. Reusable, self-cleaning masks are essential for boosting hygiene, mitigating global mask shortages, and...

The Need One of the major obstacles experienced during the global COVID-19 pandemic has been the accessibility to testing. The inability to test the greater population has kept decision makers relying on statistical probability in the absence of hard numbers.Testing is considered key to an effective exit strategy for countries to return to normal economic activity. Product...

High schoolers’ robotic platform shuttles supplies to and from the coronavirus ward while controlled remotely by medical staff. Article published at www.israel21c.or on April 12, 2020. The battle against coronavirus in Israel just got a helping hand from an unexpected source: the robotics club at the prestigious Hebrew Reali School in Haifa. Students and alumni of the...

For the first time in over a century, we are faced with a pandemic of unpredictable proportions. Article published by the president of the Technion April 07, 2020. A tiny, invisible virus took humanity by surprise, affecting the lives of all of us, causing uncertainty and worry for the wellbeing of our families and friends. Such times...

Once campuses were shut down nationwide in mid-March, it took a little over a week for all academic institutions in Israel to shift their curriculum, almost in its entirety, to the web. Article published at www.calcalistech.com on April 03, 2020. One thing is clear to all academic institutions in Israel: campuses will never be the same following...

In bid to protect medical staff during coronavirus outbreak, Galilee Medical Center pilots a facemask sticker to catch and kill virus nanoparticles. Article published at www.jisrael21c.org on April 02, 2020. Dr. Samer Srouji, left, and members of his oral & maxillofacial surgery team at Galilee Medical Center testing the Maya sticker on their surgical masks. Photo by...

Kira Radinsky’s Diagnostic Robotics has developed an AI-based platform to predict the spread of COVID-19 and triage patient Article published at www.jewishinsider.com on April 01, 2020. But Dr. Kira Radinsky, 33, is at the forefront of Israel’s battle against the novel coronavirus. And she’s hoping to share her new technology with the rest of the world as...

Staff members are at the forefront of medical technologies and innovation, task forces, methods and vaccines in the making, working to protect the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Article published at www.thejewishvoice.com on April 01, 2020. Researchers on the COVID-19 response effort at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, from left: Professor Angel Porgador, deputy vice president for...

Researcher Avi Schroeder’s technology for shellfish could protect us against coronavirus. He’s also working on a cancer drug from an elephant protein. Can an antiviral food additive for farmed shrimp be adapted for protecting humans against coronavirus? Very possibly, says the technology’s developer, Israeli scientist and serial entrepreneur Avi Schroeder. Article published at www.israel21c.org on March 25,...

The National Emergency Team of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) in the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMoD) has adapted two systems developed by defense industries Elbit and IAI, to measure the vital signs of patients. The data, including pulse, respiratory rate and temperature, are measured remotely using a combination of radar and electro-optical sensors,...

Researchers at Technion announced a successful trial of a method of pooling medical samples and performing simultaneous testing for the presence of the virus on 32 or 64 samples at a time If you like puzzles you have probably encountered one of the ones that involve a single counterfeit coin hidden among a larger number of real...

Staff members are at the forefront of medical technologies and innovation, task forces, methods and vaccines in the making, working to protect the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Israeli universities and institutes and their affiliated academics, researchers, doctors, scientists and students are leading the fight against the coronavirus. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the Technion‒Israel Institute of...

These emergency projects focus on different important aspects, such as detection and diagnostics; vaccine development; therapeutic treatments; and methods for remote care and monitoring of patients. Article published at www.jpost.com on March 25, 2020. An employee of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen,...

Technion scientists mobilized in the worldwide effort to find solutions for the current global health crisis. Article published at www.reuters.com on March 24, 2020. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An analysis of coronavirus patients’ voices could yield a “vocal fingerprint” to help detect COVID-19 symptoms in others and prioritize testing and treatment, the Israeli Defence Ministry said on Tuesday....

Technion scientists mobilized in the worldwide effort to find solutions for the current global health crisis. Published on March 26, 2020. Researchers in more than 20 Technion labs are working round the clock to help fight the spread of COVID-19. Their research includes early detection and diagnosis of the virus, development of a vaccine and therapies, and...

COVID Testing: From Bench to Bedside by Winter Image: Israeli researchers introduce pooling method for COVID-19 testing (Photo courtesy of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) The best way to stop the spread of the coronavirus is by identifying carriers and keeping them away from healthy people. That requires testing — and a lot of it. Researchers...

Israeli hospitals all over the country have prepared designated isolation units for coronavirus patients. PRESS RELEASE The Biobeat medical monitoring system is now installed in 11 hospitals across Israel, and they will continue installing their system in several more over the coming week. Biobeat is also working closely with several authorities in the country to implement monitoring...

Jews in communities around the globe show more genetic similarities with each other than they do with their non-Jewish neighbours, except in India and Ethiopia. Jewish men celebrate Hanukkah at Manezhnaya square in the center of Moscow December 4, 2007 Credits: Reuters A new study shows that Jews in communities around the globe show more genetic similarities...

Emergency preparedness, personal hygiene and science are among the winners in this crisis. Article by Daniel Orenstein published on blogs.timesofisrael.com on Mar 11, 2020. Coronavirus Disease 2019, or COVID-19 for short, has been with us for less than three months and it has thrown global health and economic systems into chaos – infecting 118,347 118,893 people as...

Technion UK has announced that its chairman, Daniel Peltz OBE, is standing down after ten years in the role. The property entrepreneur and philanthropist will nonetheless maintain strong connections to the charity, which was established to promote the invaluable work of the Technion Institute in Israel. Peltz will stay on as a trustee for the charity and...

Historic moments: Technion and the Churchill Family Today, January 24, 2020, marks the 55th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill at the age of 91. Buried in St. Martin’s Church, Bladon just outside the Blenheim Palace grounds north of Oxford, Churchill was honoured at his funeral by an assembly that brought together some of the...

Technion Professor Hossam Haick tells Prince Charles about his invention of SniffPhone Photo by Ben Kelmer courtesy British Embassy Israel A device that uses nanotechnology sensors to analyse biomarkers in the breath and is able to accurately diagnose diseases such as certain types of cancer, pulmonary disease, and even early stages of neurodegenerative diseases, the SniffPhone Project...

From Waze to cancer-busting nano-ghost cells and 3-D printed hearts, The Times of Israel takes a dive into tech that helps us get where we’re going and keeps us safe and healthy Article published at www.timesofisrael.com on January 1, 2020. The Beresheet selfie during landing, April 11, 2019. (YouTube screenshot) As we enter 2020, The Times of...

Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s: New Strategies, New Hope Virtually everyone has been impacted by either Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. Watching as a beloved grandparent or friend experiences cognitive decline is heartbreaking. And as the number of older Americans grows, so too will the number of cases. Americans with Alzheimer’s are slated to rise from about 5.8 million people...

Technion students and professors set aside lectures, books, and exercises for a day, as startup founders, multinationals and VC investors flock to campus to talk entrepreneurship. Students and professors at Haifa’s Technion — Israel Institute of Technology set aside their lectures, books and exercises for one day last week, as startup founders, multinationals’ officials, and VC investors...

Technion researchers have developed an inexpensive, environmentally friendly and safe hydrogen production technology. A start-up called H2Pro is now working on commercialising this revolutionary discovery. The prestigious Harvey Prize for science and technology was awarded at Technion in early November to Profs. Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna and Feng Zhang, who developed the groundbreaking genetic editing technology CRISPR-Cas9,...

Last night at the Churchill Awards Dinner at The Biltmore Hotel in Mayfair with 280 curious minds gathered to celebrate the achievements of The Technion, the leading science university of Israel. The evening started with Professor Alon Wolf, the Vice President talking about the latest innovations and discoveries by the scientists and researchers working hard to make...

The FIRST robotics team, which operates under the aegis of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, won a silver medal at the competition that featured 191 teams, representing 191 countries. Read more on JNS.org. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis host the Israeli robotics team that participated in the First Global...

Congratulations to Nobel Laureate for Physics in 2019 Prof. James Peebles. Jim Peebles won the Technion Israel Harvey Prize in 2001. The Harvey Prize is known to be a strong precursor and indicator of Nobel quality! Peebles is widely regarded as one of the world's leading theoretical cosmologists, with major theoretical contributions to primordial nucleosynthesis, dark matter,...

Researchers from the Technion Faculty of Biology may have found a way to make salmonella bacterial infections less aggressive by inhibiting the formation of biofilm, a layer of microorganisms that constitutes a serious medical and environmental problem because it protects bacteria and enables them to attach to tissues, medical devices, pipes and more. The discovery by Associate...

Breakthrough at the Technion: Researchers have developed an inexpensive, environmentally friendly and safe hydrogen production technology. The E-TAC water-splitting technology facilitates an unprecedented energetic efficiency of 98.7% in the production of hydrogen from water and has other key advantages over water electrolysis. A startup company, H2Pro, was founded based on this development and is working on its...

Israeli startup DermaDetect offers users super-fast, AI-based diagnosis for hundreds of skin conditions from the comfort of their own phones. Article by Naama Barak published on www.israel21c.org on August 19, 2019. DermaDetect enables to diagnose skin conditions using a dedicated, AI-based app. Photo by Vulp via Shutterstock.com Let’s say your child has a weird skin rash. What...

Israel’s Council for Higher Education announced a plan to invest $27 million into a five-year “New Campus Vision” plan at 10 top universities. Article published on JNS on July 16, 2019. The University of Haifa. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Israel’s Council for Higher Education (CHE), the government agency overseeing colleges and universities just unveiled “The New Campus Vision,”...

Marcelle Machluf, child of a Moroccan immigrant who couldn’t read or write, is looking for investors for what could be a revolutionary tumor drug-delivery platform Article by Shoshana Solomon, published on Timesofisrael.com on July 8, 2019. Prof. Marcelle Machluf at her lab in the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Courtesy) When Marcelle Machluf was 16, her...

Having returned a week ago from Israel, I remain impressed by its strengths as a place to start companies. Article by Peter Cohan, published on Forbes.com on May 26, 2019. Beautiful view of Tel Aviv in Israel. Pixabay. Yet Israel strikes me as somewhere in the middle of a transformation -- from a nation that starts and...

“Hashem made wild beasts of every kind and cattle of every kind, and all kinds of creeping things of the earth. And Hashem saw that this was good.” Genesis 1:25 (The Israel Bible™) Article by Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, published on Technion.ac.il on May 20, 2019. (Photos courtesy of Prof. David Zarrouk) It flies like Superman, crawls through small...

Dozens of academic prizes were awarded to outstanding Technion researchers in a festive ceremony held as part of the 2019 Board of Governors’ events. Article published on Technion.ac.il on July 2, 2019. Recipients of the prestigious ERC Grants “Today we award prizes for excellence in teaching, research and innovation and honour researchers who have received grants from...

Innovative technology developed by researchers at the Technion and Kahn-Sagol-Maccabi Research and Innovation Institute at Maccabi Healthcare Services (KSM) is expected to improve and make more efficient the giving of antibiotic treatments. It will also hinder the development of resistant bacteria. The technology, which was presented in a study published in Nature Medicine, was made possible by...

Technion researchers, in collaboration with Japanese and American scientists, have developed an innovative strategy for eliminating cancer cells. The research was recently published in Nature Chemistry by Professor Ashraf Brik of the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion, Prof. Hiro Suga of the University of Tokyo, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Distinguished Prof. Aaron Ciechanover of...

Does every Jewish mother want her son to become a doctor? Not always. If you’re a member of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Israel, where many young men are expected to spend their days learning Torah full-time, many mothers in these communities would much rather say, “my son the rabbi” than “my son the doctor.” Article by...

The top 12 ways Israel is feeding the world Article by Abigail Klein Leichman, published on Israel21c.org on May 21, 2019. Tal-Ya's trays catch every drop of dew. Photo: courtesy Food security is a critical concern as the global population expands and natural resources dwindle. Smart solutions for more efficient farming, hardier crops, alternative sources of nutrition,...

The legendary physicist of our generation, Prof. Stephen Hawking of Cambridge University, has been proved right by a Technion experiment that used its unique sonic black hole in a lab to prove the theory of Hawking radiation. Read here for the latest from the Technion.

Stanford and MIT receive well-deserved recognition as hotbeds of entrepreneurship, but neither of those is as singularly influential in the US as the Israel Insitute of Technology, better known as the Technion. Since the university's founding over one hundred years ago, a quarter of the university's graduates have started businesses. Since 2004, graduates of the Technion have...

Applied with a glue gun, the melted polymer works both externally and internally, and is nontoxic, flexible and biodegradable, researchers say. Article by Shoshanna Solomon, published on The Times of Israel on June 11, 2019. Technion researchers have developed a medical glue gun to help heal human tissue that has been seriously injured (Courtesy). Researchers at the...

Hot glue guns can be used for a myriad of projects, including scrapbooking, arts and crafts, and assembling toys. Now, researchers at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology have developed a glue that is applied with a hot glue gun to adhere seriously injured human tissues. Article by Kevin Hattori, published on American Technion Society on June 6,...

Created by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this YouTube video about the Technion features appearances by Nobel laureates, Distinguished Professors Dan Shechtman and Aaron Ciechanover. Among other things, the video highlights the Technion as a place where diseases are cured, Nobel Prizes are won, and the technology that’s making the world a better place is made....

Researchers at the Technion believe their discovery of a new technology to monitor metabolic processes in cancerous tissue could lead to targeted drugs for preventing malignant growth. Article by Kevin Hattori, published on American Technion Society on May 14, 2019. Professor Tomer Shlomi. In recent decades, many studies have been conducted around the world on the development...

Aimed at using scientific knowledge to improve sports performance, the First Scientific Conference of the Israeli Olympics Sports Research Center was held recently at Technion. Among the attendees were leading researchers and scientists, senior coaches from Israel and members of the sports-tech industry, and guest lecturers from the USA and England. Article by Kevin Hattori, published on...

By 2025, some 8 million consumer vehicles shipping from manufacturers will feature Level 3 and 4 technologies, where drivers are still necessary but able to completely shift safety-critical functions to the vehicle under certain conditions, and Level 5 technology, where no driver will be required at all. (Source: ABI Research) Article by Kevin Hattori, published on American...

The president of Technion, Israel’s leading high tech university, tells Science|Business how a sense of precariousness feeds the country’s technology edge. Article by Éanna Kelly, published on NoCamels on June 13, 2019. Technion President Peretz Lavie (Credit Nitzan Zohar: Office of the Spokesperson, Technion). Peretz Lavie, president of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, was standing on a...

Israeli companies specializing in artificial intelligence raised nearly 40 percent of the total venture capital funds raised by the Israeli tech ecosystem for 2018, despite accounting for just 17 percent of the total number of innovative technology companies in the country, according to a report this month by Start-Up Nation Central (SNC). Article by NoCamels Team, published...

Three researchers, from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Weizmann Institute of Science, will each be awarded $100,000, one of the largest unrestricted prizes ever created for early-career researchers in Israel. Article by Israil Institute of Technology, published on Technion.ac.il on April 8, 2019. (l-r) Associate Professor Moran Bercovici, of the Technion, Drs. Michal Rivlin and Erez...

European Research Council Advanced Grants Won by Technion Professors Ashraf Brik and Amit Meller Article by Israil Institute of Technology, published on Technion.ac.il on April 15, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Israil Institute of Technology) Profs. Ashraf Brik and Amit Meller of Technion-Israel Institute for Technology in Haifa have won prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants from...

Marcelle Machluf, the dean of biotechnology and food engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, is working on an innovative cancer treatment called nanoghosts. Article by Selah Maya Zighelboim, published on Jewish Exponent on April 21, 2019. (Photo courtesy of American Technion Society) Marcelle Machluf, the dean of biotechnology and food engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of...

Researchers are developing complex and precise artificial tissues that can be better integrated into target organs. Article by Naama Barak, published on Israel21c on April 11, 2019. The Technion's new center operates a printer that prints 3D scaffolds and cells that grow into tissue. Photo by Nitzan Zohar/Technion Spokesperson’s Office The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology recently launched...

Vectorious Medical Technologies recently announced the first in-human implantation of its miniature, digital, wireless and battery-free implant for left-atrial monitoring to detect #heart failure. Vectorious Medical Co-founder and CEO Oren Goldshtein is a #Technion alumnus. The device is undergoing clinical trials in Germany, Israel, Italy, and the UK. Article by NoCamels Team, published on NoCamels on February...

Private and public institutions around the world are jostling to create new collaboration agreements with Israeli research bodies in an effort to mine the country’s scientific excellence and innovation. Article by Abigail Klein Leichman, published on Israel21c on March 31, 2019. From left at the opening ceremony for the Technion-Intel Center for Artificial Intelligence: Intel VP and...

Nanosynex is an Israeli startup working on a novel approach to help physicians prescribe the correct antibiotic for each case. Article by Brian Blum, published on Israel21c on April 3, 2019. The rise of so-called “superbugs” is reaching epidemic levels. Today, nearly 700,000 people around the world die not from the illness for which they went to...

Drivenets nets $110m, Redis raises $60m, PerimeterX nabs $43m, and both Rapyd Financial Networks and Gong.io raise $40m. Article by Abigail Klein Leichman, published on Israel21c on March 4, 2019. Below are the top 11 funding rounds closed by Israel companies during the second month of 2019. 1. Networking software startup Drivenets of Ra’anana and New Jersey emerged...

Innoviz Technologies, an Israel-based start-up developing solid-state lidar sensors and perception software for autonomous vehicles, has raised $132 million in a Series C funding round. The round makes the company one of the better capitalized lidar startups, and Innoviz has already locked in key customers including BMW. Co-founder and Chief Business Officer Oren Rosenzweig and COO Ronnen...

Danny Yaakobson is the world’s first patient to receive a lab-grown bone implant, made from his own fat cells to replace a missing section of his shinbone. Just one year after the surgery, Danny competed in the Israman - ישראמן Triathlon. No, this is not science fiction: The innovative transplantation technique was developed by Bonus BioGroup, whose...

Nanit Plus is a smart baby monitor that uses machine learning algorithms and advanced computer vision technology to provide data about sleep patterns and more. It's also HIPAA-compliant, so the data is protected. Co-founder Assaf Glazer is a #Technion alum, and Nanit is a Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute Runway Startup Postdoc Program alumni company. Article by Fatherly, published...

I spoke with Alexey Tomsov, Technion graduate in Biotechnology and Food engineering (MSc, BSc), about Jet-Eat Printed Foods Ltd., a Tel Aviv start-up which ‘prints’ steaks using 3D printers. In this interview, Alexey Tomsov, who is a senior manager at Israeli startup Jet-Eat, speaks about disrupting the vegan food market with 3D printing technology that will be...

An innovative centre for the printing of cells, tissues, and organs have been established in the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering led by Professor Shulamit Levenberg at the Technion. Article by Kevin Hattori, published on American Technion Society on March 28, 2019. Professor Shulamit Levenberg, who heads the centre, said at the event that “the new centre is...

Breakthrough in Regenerating Damaged Tissues. Technion and Intel Inaugurate Centre for Artificial Intelligence. Technion PhD Student Wins Google Fellowship and more... Read here for the latest from the Technion.

A breathalyzer designed to detect multiple cancers early is being tested in the UK. Several illnesses are known to create signature smells from the body, including typhoid fever reported to smell like baked bread and the aroma of acetone, said to be similar to rotten apples, on the breath of diabetics. Recent research has also shown that a person's...

  The Olympic Committee of Israel and Technion have established a joint research center to advance Olympic Sports in Israel to be headed by Prof. Alon Wolf, Technion Faculty of Mechanical Engineering The Israeli Olympic Sports Research Center aims to encourage studies that will enhance Olympic sports in Israel in line with US and European models. Yigal...

Half-paralysed British fundraiser Claire Lomas made an honorary fellow by Israel's leading university after completing London Marathon using its bionic innovation. Article by Jenny Frazer, published on Jewish News - Times of Israel on December 31, 2018.   The British charity fundraiser, Claire Lomas, has been made an honorary Fellow by Israel’s Technion as a result of...

Nascent industry aims to reduce environmental impact of beef production. Article written by Damian Carrington, published in The Guardian on 14 December 2018. The first steak grown from cells in the lab and not requiring the slaughter of a cow has been produced in Israel. The meat is not the finished article: the prototype costs $50 for...

New Visitors Centre Inaugurated. Rabbi Debates Nobel laureate. Technion Researchers Shrink Tumours. Students Reveal Security Breaches and more..... Read here for the latest from the Technion.

800 High School Students participated in the annual Tech Women event at Technion   Tech Women encourages outstanding female students to continue their academic studies in science & engineering   [L-R] Rosalyn August, Donor of the GEM Initiative, Prof. Marcelle Machluf, Dean of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering   From Kiryat Shmona to Beer Sheva,...

Sir Richard Dearlove KCMG OBE, former head of the British Secret and Intelligence Service (MI6), gave a most interesting and enlightening presentation to over 100 people in the historic surroundings of the Reform Club, Pall Mall in Central London. The event was hosted by Daniel Peltz OBE, the Chairman of Technion UK, and his wife the Hon...

Prof. Hossam Haick was handed the EU Innovation Award on Behalf of the SNIFFPHONE Project Professor Hossam Haick from the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering receives the “European Commission Innovation Prize” on behalf of the SNIFFPHONE project and partners. The award was handed in Lisbon on November 21, at The European Forum of Electronic Components and Systems...

Haifa's Technion Institute of Technology is Israel in a nutshell, bursting with energy and ambition. Richard Ferrer enrols for an afternoon.   Article written by Richard Ferrer, published in The Jewish News.   Dah da da, dah da da, dah da, da-da, dah da da da, da, da! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is...

Technion produced a photographic exhibition in Camden Town for a week with an award winning Israeli photographer, David Katz, who has had front page newspaper photos and is registered blind but hid this from everyone till now. He is now inspiring young people with various disabilities and was a keynote speaker at the recent Paralympics. There were...

Technion researchers have made immeasurable contributions to benefit the world. Article by Jennifer Frey, published in The Jerusalem Post. Imagine you had a prosthetic hand so lifelike you could feel the grip of a newborn baby. Or a robotic system that could help perform brain surgery with 100% accuracy. Such dreams become realities when engineers and medical...

The t-hub will become a focal point for all entrepreneurial activities of the various Technion faculties, encouraging entrepreneurial thinking. Article written by Shoshanna Solomon, published in The Times of Israel. The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology has won a NIS 10 million ($2.7 million) government grant to boost its entrepreneurship programs and set up a new...

Researchers at the Technion successfully shrank malignant tumors in mice by manipulating the brain’s reward system.   Artificially activating the “reward system” in the brains of mice with two types of cancer led to a dramatic reduction in the size of their tumors, according to authors of a study conducted at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. “The...

In 2000, Shoham approached the Technion’s incubator and started a company, today known as Mazor Robotics. By Avi Jorisch, published in JPost on 28 September, 2018     Medtronic, an Irish-American medical device company, announced last Friday that it was purchasing Israel’s Mazor Robotics for a hefty $1.64 billion, the biggest exit ever for an Israeli biotech...

New method will shorten the wait for novel drugs, and can lead to development of drugs that would not have been generated by existing methods.   Article by Brian Bloom, published on 20 September 2018 on Israel21c Developing a new drug can cost billions of dollars and take a dozen or more years to bring to market....

Traditionally, Haredi men have not joined the labour force. That is starting to change.     Medical student Yehuda Sabiner in class: ‘In the end 99% of people were encouraging me.’ Photograph: Rami Shlush From the age of three, Yehuda Sabiner harboured a secret ambition to become a doctor. But it seemed unlikely to be fulfilled: he...

Under the auspices of the Helen Diller Center for Quantum Science, Matter and Engineering at the Technion, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has collaborated on groundbreaking research leading to the development of a new and innovative scientific field: Quantum Metamaterials. The findings are presented in a new joint paper published by the prestigious journal Science. Haifa, Israel...

Technion alumni star among the “Israeli Hottest Start-ups of 2018” list published in The Marker. In July, The Marker published a list of Israel’s hottest start-ups of 2018 – 20 innovative companies which are expected to shape the future.  Technion alumni fill senior positions in about 50% of the selected companies. Tom Livneh, a Technion International-MBA program...

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects dopamine-producing neurons in a specific area of the brain called substantia nigra. Parkinson’s symptoms include tremor, loss of smell and neuropsychiatric problems. However, many people aren’t diagnosed until their disease is well-advanced. Now, a team of scientists at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has tested a device...

Researchers in the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Biology have unearthed a new role of the caspase-3 protein in organ size determination. Their discovery could pave the way for novel therapeutic approaches in regenerative medicine and tumor therapy. This research was published as a cover story in Molecular Cell. HAIFA, ISRAEL (July 27, 2018) – Scientists have...

"From Jaffa to Java" Technion celebrates over 70 years of innovation. You can read Technion President, Peretz Lavie's annual report for 2018, here.  

Wearable health monitoring devices are among the most exciting scientific developments. Technology capable of tracking vital signs, activity, fitness, and sleep quality such as in the Apple Watch and Fitbit already have the potential to encourage healthier lifestyles and even save lives.  Over the past several years, these devices have been instrumental in alerting a number of...

Former Chief Rabbi praises 'science and religion as "the great partnership our world needs', as he accepts gong from the Israeli tech university June 11, 2018 Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has praised science and religion as “the great partnership our world needs” as he was awarded an honourary doctorate by Israeli technology university Technion. Sacks was...

Israel's Technion Launches Unprecedented $1.8 Billion Campaign to Support University's World-Changing Innovation   June 10, 2018 The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has kicked off a global $1.8 billion, ten-year fundraising campaign - the largest and most ambitious initiative of its kind ever launched by an Israeli university. The campaign will raise support for world-changing, life-saving innovation, and...

CBC Radio May 26, 2018 Listen here. The issue of malnourished crops Thanks to a fortuitous conversation between an Israeli chemical engineer who works on medical nanotechnology and his farmer friend, there's a new way to deliver nourishment to nutrient-starved crops. Avi Schroeder, the chemical engineer and cancer researcher from Technion — Israel Institute of Technology asked his friend...

Technion Israel Institute of Technology is featured in the June issue of University Business magazine. Read the article here: http://flickread.com/edition/html/index.php?pdf=5af15ba1a27ea#52  

Technion UK wishes to appoint a Chief Executive to run its UK office which is located in Mayfair Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa is Israel's Nobel Prize winning university of science and hi-tech research and one of the world's most prestigious and highly ranked technological institutes. It plays a vital role in every aspect...

Israeli researchers kill a cancerous tumour with synthetic cells     Israeli scientists and researches have been at the forefront of extensive studies on cancer and cancer treatment over the past several decades. With the disease being the main cause of death in Israel, universities, medical centres, hospitals, and labs have taken the lead in developing innovative...

LONDON, 6 March 2018 – Technion UK is proud to host the Ron Arad lecture in London. Presenting at the Royal College of Physicians, Professor Hossam Haick from the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute at the Technion in Israel and an expert in the field of nanotechnology and non-invasive disease diagnosis, delivered...

  Queensland Bauxite (ASX: QBL) has dived into the autoimmune disease field after its subsidiary Medical Cannabis inked an agreement to provide funding for research on treating, and potentially curing, multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases with medicinal cannabis. The agreement was made with Research and Development Foundation at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Under the agreement, Medical...

Researchers developed an innovative technology that allows a drug to be released only in the diseased tissue for which it is intended. Researchers at Haifa’s Technion- Israel Institute of Technology have developed a non-invasive way to use light to release drugs slowly to the exact spot in the body that needs them. Advances in medical science over...

Six “astronauts” have entered a structure designed by Technion students in order to simulate life on Mars. The building was erected near the town of Mitzpeh Ramon as a first step in the establishment of a space simulation center. Technion students designed a construction to help simulate human life on Mars as part of a unique course...

THREE ISRAELI UNIVERSITIES IN TOP 50 ASIA UNIVERSITY RANKINGS Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology all ranked in the top 50 in the 2018 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings released this week.   Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology all ranked in the top...

Technion researchers have developed a technology that replaces scalpels with natural biological materials. Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a nanotechnology that replaces the surgical scalpel with an “enzymatic blade.” In an article published recently in ACS Nano, the researchers describe the application of this technology in a surgical procedure in the oral cavity. The...

"First Israeli University Inaugurated in China" "If you can dream it, you can do it" and more cutting edge science from Technion Click here to read more.

Israel Celebrates 70 Years of Independence Rube Goldberg Machine School Challenge Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, one of the leading institutes of science and engineering in the world, invites you to build your own Rube Goldberg Machine in honor of Israel’s 70th Birthday! Happy Birthday Israel! About the Contest The Technion invites teams of high school students (9-12)...

Universities worldwide are looking to emulate Israel's tech-transfer magic.  By, Abigail Klein Leichman, January 18, 2018. Article published on israel21c.org It's no coincidence that Harvard and UCLA chose experienced Israelis to direct their technology-transfer offices. Cash-strapped universities urgently need to streamline the transfer of inventions from lab bench to market, and Israeli TTOs have a remarkable track record...

Site includes 13 buildings, 29 classrooms, and over 60 laboratories; 3,000 students expected to attend over the next decade. The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology became the first Israeli university to open a campus in China. On Monday, the Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology opened in Shantou, in the Guangdong province on the southeast coast. The university...

Leon Siciliano and Reuters, Business Insider UK Seeing a rat scurry by would send many people running away screaming, but researchers at Israel's Technion institute of technology were joyful when they saw one particular rodent walking. The rat, once paralysed with a completely severed spinal cord, had weeks earlier undergone pioneering surgery, as part of research headed...

Technion leads the world in providing students with digital skills, according to a Times Higher Education survey. The newest Times Higher Education survey ranks the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa as the world’s top academic institution in terms of preparing students for leading positions in the digital revolution. Survey respondents from global companies ranked University College...

Aerospace engineers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed and patented a process that can be used onboard aircraft while in flight to produce hydrogen from water (including waste water on the plane) and aluminum particles, safely and cheaply. The hydrogen can then be converted into electrical energy for inflight use. The breakthrough could pave the...

NanoPack is a Technion led project to introduce nanotechnology-based antimicrobial packaging to enhance food safety and reduce waste that was awarded €7.7 million by the EU as a part of HORIZON 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. NanoPack aims to develop and demonstrate state-of-the-art antimicrobial packaging solutions for perishable foods based on natural nanomaterials...

Researchers at the Technion Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering have developed a device that can diagnose neurological disease by tracking eyelid motion. The eyelid motion monitor technology (EMM) was tested on 100 healthy subjects to collect a base line of blinking patterns. This was then used to diagnose individuals with blepharospasm dystonia, a disease characterised by involuntary...

Last month Prof. Boaz Golany, Technion’s Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development opened the Technion-Poalim Data Science Center (TPADS). The new centre aims to harness the data provided by Bank Hapoalim with researchers at Technion to develop the banking technologies of the future.Banking and financial technology is a rapidly developing sector and Technion is forming...

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Technion invites teams of secondary school students (years 9-12) from schools in the UK to create an Earth Day-inspired Rube Goldberg Machine

We invite you to visit the magnificent Technion campus in Haifa, located on the eastern slope of Mt. Carmel. The campus offers the opportunity to explore world-class science and technology and to meet the people of the Technion including world-renowned professors and brilliant students who are shaping the country’s future. There are many opportunities to tour the...