Monthly Archives: December 2011

Israeli wins gold at World Windsurfing Championship

Posted on December 18, 2011

Lee Korzits has just won the second gold medal of her career in the ISAF World Windsurfing Championships in Perth Australia. Back in 2003 at age 19, Korzits was the youngest ever world championship winner and is the only Israeli … Continue reading →

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Bar-Ilan and Miami to set-up cancer centre

Posted on December 18, 2011

The two universities signed an agreement at the Israel Business Conference in Tel Aviv that will allow the two medical schools to continue their collaboration on a wide variety of projects. The proposed new cancer centre will facilitate scientific, educational … Continue reading →

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Success in trials for rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Posted on December 18, 2011

Israeli bio-tech Proteologics Ltd. announced successful results in its pre-clinical trial of the PRT0467 drug candidate for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Injections of the drug in mice found a statistically significant reduction in the inflammation response. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000706711

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Kill that pain

Posted on December 18, 2011

One of Israel’s NASDAQ listed bio-techs BiolineRX Ltd. reported positive results for its Phase Ia clinical trial of its drug, BL-1021, for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain due to damaged nerves. It is associated with conditions including shingles, diabetes … Continue reading →

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Hadassah surgeons separate Arab woman’s twins in womb

Posted on December 18, 2011

(News thanks to NoCamels) The twins shared the same placenta and were dying when their 25-year-old mother arrived at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem. They were saved through a procedure that penetrated the uterus and separated the twins’ shared blood vessels. … Continue reading →

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And we’re going to the Moon

Posted on December 18, 2011

President Shimon Peres has unveiled an Israeli project to get an unmanned spaceship to the moon by 2014. If all goes according to schedule, Israel will be the third country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon, following the … Continue reading →

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Israeli satellite launched

Posted on December 18, 2011

Spacecom Satellite Communications launched its Amos 5 communications satellite on 11th December from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Spacecom has already signed several multi-million dollar international satellite communications services contracts for the Amos 5. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000705623&fid=1725 http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=2186

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Cool idea to save energy

Posted on December 18, 2011

The Israeli government is financing up to 60 percent of 25,000 new refrigerators for low-income people, to encourage use of higher-efficiency appliances that curb both spending and pollution. In 2012, the scheme will extend to air-conditioners, light-bulbs and hopefully TVs, … Continue reading →

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The way to low-cost solar cells

Posted on December 18, 2011

(News via NoCamels.) Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers have now found a new way to generate an electrical field inside quantum dots, making them more suitable for building energy-efficient nano-crystal solar cells rather than the silicon-based cells currently used. http://nocamels.com/2011/12/researchers-find-new-way-to-create-low-cost-solar-cells/ … Continue reading →

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A new revolution in typing

Posted on December 18, 2011

(News thanks to NoCamels.) Why use the 140-year old QWERTY keyboard? With the transparent keyboard for touch-screen devices, Israeli family owned company Inpris uses an intuitive way of writing based on the movements of the fingers rather than pressing a … Continue reading →

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