Indeed, wrapping paper! A unique, medical-grade, “intelligent” wrapping paper. Israeli company Regencure has developed a new paper-like technology (regenerative biocompatible polymeric membrane implant) that, when wrapped around broken or injured bones, will … Read More Heal your bones with … wrapping paper?
Medicine, Technology & Science
CAMERA PILL MAY MAKE COLONOSCOPIES A THING OF THE PAST
Israeli Technology Company Received FDA Approval for PillCam Set to Enter Japanese Health Care System in 2014 In August of 2013 Israeli Company, Given Imaging, received FDA approval, as well … Read More CAMERA PILL MAY MAKE COLONOSCOPIES A THING OF THE PAST
HOW ISRAELI HIGH-TECH HAPPENED
Israel became a high-tech hothouse because she had to. True, she enjoys favorable conditions for the growth of high-tech industries; chief among them, well-educated, inventive, enterprising people. Relative to the … Read More HOW ISRAELI HIGH-TECH HAPPENED
THREE ISRAELI & JEWISH PROFESSORS RECEIVE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel “for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems”. On Wednesday, October … Read More THREE ISRAELI & JEWISH PROFESSORS RECEIVE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY
Bio-Retina to enter clinical trials in 2013
Israeli company Nano Retina, Inc. is developing an ultra-small, easy to implant, artificial retina designed to restore sight.
TEDxJerusalem – A FIRST-HAND RECAP
Jerusalem continues to make its mark in the global community – but this time no politics! On December 10, 2012, Jerusalem proper hosted its first TED event, TEDxJerusalem, and IsraCast … Read More TEDxJerusalem – A FIRST-HAND RECAP
America’s Oil Habit and US Presidential Campaign
Candidate Joe Robinson: ‘Presidential Race Ignores America’s Fatal Dependence On Foreign Oil’ ‘Coal Energy Actually Pollutes Far Less Than Oil But Oil Corporations Prevent Conversion’ ‘New Modification To Car Engines … Read More America’s Oil Habit and US Presidential Campaign
The Smallest Camera in the World
Since the dawn of modern medicine, doctors have pursed the use oftechnology to help them see into the human body. A variety of means serve justthis purpose: X-rays, CT scans, … Read More The Smallest Camera in the World
And a Disease Called… Obesity
Obesity brings on it’s wings health and psychological disorders as well as serious diseases, and in itself can be defined as a disease. With all the severe results of the … Read More And a Disease Called… Obesity
New Meds Could Stop Cancer by Cutting Off Its Blood
Researchers at Tel Aviv University are developing a new family of medicines that could provide preventive treatment for cancer, or turn existing cancer into a chronic disease that one can live … Read More New Meds Could Stop Cancer by Cutting Off Its Blood