Monthly Archives: December 2011

We’re still standing

Posted on December 25, 2011

NBC’s latest new $1m prize TV quiz show “Who’s Still Standing?” has contestants dropping through floor. It is, however, an Israeli quiz show. “Who’s Still Standing?” was invented by Shiloach-Uzrad with business partner Amit Stretiner and has now been sold … Continue reading →

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From Leeds to the Galilee

Posted on December 25, 2011

Professor Mary Rudolf, consultant paediatrician at Leeds General Infirmary, who is also professor of child health at the University of Leeds, is making Aliya and will take up the position of Professor of Public Health at the brand new Bar … Continue reading →

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Project MobiGuide wins 7 million Euro grant

Posted on December 25, 2011

(Thanks to NoCamels) The universities of Haifa and Ben Gurion beat sixty international projects to secure funding for a four-year project to develop a computerized system that will enable patients who need to be monitored and their healthcare providers to … Continue reading →

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Destroying tumours from the inside out

Posted on December 25, 2011

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have developed a radioactive wire, less than an inch long and about the width of a pin. When inserted into a tumour, the wire releases lethal radioactive atoms that irradiate the tumour. As it breaks … Continue reading →

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Israelis make anti-malaria drug from tobacco plants

Posted on December 25, 2011

Researchers from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce artemisinin – a natural compound that produces a large number of anti-malaria drugs. Combating malaria is a United Nations Millennium Development goal. Some 250 million new malaria cases … Continue reading →

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Israeli scientists make blood vessels

Posted on December 25, 2011

Researchers from Israel’s Technion and Rambam medical centre are the first in the world to create new blood vessels using embryonic stem cells that were programmed in advance. Sufficient quantities of the breakthrough cells were cultured for treating cardiovascular diseases … Continue reading →

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Technion to develop NYC Tech campus

Posted on December 25, 2011

The two million square feet New York City institute on Roosevelt Island will accommodate nearly 2,000 graduate students and 250 faculty staff. Cornell University and the Israel Technion will collaborate in teaching, educating and advising students. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150894 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChyRNeGmnx8&feature=youtu.be

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Why stars explode

Posted on December 25, 2011

Dr Eran Ofek of the Weizmann Institute of Science, is working as part of an international effort to study supernovae. His results point to a likely scenario in which a medium range star supplies a white dwarf with the extra … Continue reading →

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Environmentally-friendly desalinated water

Posted on December 25, 2011

(Thanks to NoCamels.com) Israel’s IDE Technologies has developed a transportable clean-tech method of producing up to 10,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day. The reverse osmosis system uses bio-filters rather than chemicals and is ideal for use in disaster … Continue reading →

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Ancient Iraqi Torah scroll smuggled out to Netanya

Posted on December 18, 2011

A Torah scroll, estimated to be 400 years old, has been secretly smuggled into Israel from Baghdad’s Beit Zilcha yeshiva. It is to be ceremoniously inducted to the Be’er Chana synagogue in Netanya. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=2150

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