Monthly Archives: February 2020

A woman wins Israel Prize for Talmud Studies

Posted on February 16, 2020

Tel Aviv University Professor Vered Noam has become the first woman to be awarded the Israel Prize for Talmudic Studies to be awarded on Independence Day. Talmud (Oral Law) study, traditionally men only, has been more popular with women over … Continue reading →

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Head of MBA for AI and big data at IDC

Posted on February 16, 2020

Interesting article about Hagit Perry, the first female to join the elite IDF 8200 cyber defense unit. Following a PhD from Berkeley’s school of business, she now heads the MBA program for artificial intelligence and big data at the Interdisciplinary … Continue reading →

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Judoka friends for life

Posted on February 16, 2020

Israeli judoka Sagi embraced former Iranian champion Saeid Mollaei, who fled to Berlin after the Iranian government ordered him to lose bouts to avoid competing against Israelis. “Friend for life!!!” reads the caption to Muki’s Instagram photo. “Tag Israel and … Continue reading →

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Cyber security for Tokyo Olympics

Posted on February 16, 2020

Israel Electric Corporation (IEC), has signed an agreement with a leading (unnamed) energy utility in Japan to help it secure infrastructure against cyberattacks during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. IEC has developed software and hardware to protect the energy industry from … Continue reading →

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Breakthrough in nanomedicine

Posted on February 16, 2020

Scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute have developed a microbiological technique to generate electrical fields that can manipulate individual bacteria cells. They can then introduce chemicals or DNA into a single cell, either for speeding up treatment testing or improving diagnostic … Continue reading →

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Decoding your brain signals

Posted on February 16, 2020

Israeli-founded startup Arctop is developing AI-based software called Neuos, which algorithms to decode emotion, attention, and memory from biosensor feeds of human brain signals. It opens a whole new world of possibilities for communication, health, training, entertainment and much more. … Continue reading →

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Joined-up cancer research and treatment

Posted on February 16, 2020

Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center and Hala – The Rachel Nash Jerusalem Comprehensive Breast Clinic have joined forces in multinational research studies in the field of early detection of breast cancer. Hadassah will also serve as the main hospital for the … Continue reading →

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Monitoring kidney damage in hospital

Posted on February 16, 2020

Israel’s Serenno Medical has launched Sentinel – a device for continuous monitoring and detection of kidney damage (AKI) in hospitalized patients. Monitoring of kidney function in ICU is intermittent and injury is detected late, leading to life-threatening conditions. https://www.med-technews.com/news/continuous-urine-output-monitor-developed-for-kidney-functio/ https://serenno-med.com/

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Bringing early detection home

Posted on February 16, 2020

The amazing story of Yehudit Abrams, inventor of the MonitHer device for home breast cancer monitoring. Yehudit was born a Quaker, discovered Judaism and converted. She became a doctor, worked in Third World countries and then NASA. She invented the … Continue reading →

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Jewish first responder saves his Arab neighbor

Posted on February 16, 2020

Josh, a Jewish volunteer for emergency service United Hatzalah, saved the life of Munir – his Muslim next-door neighbor. Munir had been stabbed during an argument with other Arabs in Ma’ale Hazetim, a predominantly Moslem neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zArTV7MqkaM

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