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Science burns in her bones
Despite invitations from academic institutions in the US and the UK, award-winning tissue-science innovator Professor Smadar Cohen would rather live and work in Israel. Continue reading
Thinking ‘inside the box’ to save energy and money | environment
A new Israeli device gets inside your electric box so you can control your appliances remotely and program them according to the power company’s peak hours and discounts. Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, box, C.E.S, Cincinnati, electricity systems, energy, home electricity, Israel, money, Netanya, power, smart appliances, Texas, Thinking, US
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Tel Aviv University develops fiber optics technology to replace semi-conductors
It looks like a piece of gel that slips into the sole of your sneaker, but it’s a new nano-based technology that can make computers and the Internet hundreds of times faster. Continue reading
TAU researcher pioneers 3D “occuptional therapy” for children
Tel Aviv University researcher and occupational therapist, pioneers a new “virtual” method to analyze movement patterns in children — and more effectively treat those with debilitating motor disorders. Continue reading
Changing “Channels” to Eliminate Chronic Pain
Dr. Joel Hirsch of Tel Aviv University conducts basic research investigating calcium channels in the human body, established targets for the alleviation of chronic pain. Continue reading
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Tagged calcium, Dr. Hirsch, Dr. Joel Hirsch, drug target, market target, Pain, San Francisco, TAU, tel aviv university, ziconitide
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Happy marriage may prevent fatal strokes in men (Tel Aviv University)
The first study of its kind to assess the quality of a marriage and its association with stroke risk, Prof. Uri Goldbourt of Tel Aviv University’s Neufeld Cardiac Institute found a correlation between reported “happiness” in marriage and the likelihood that a man will die from stroke. Continue reading
Lightning can show how pollution alters thunderstorm intensity
A new research project by Tel Aviv University researchers and their colleagues shows that where there’s “smoke” there may be significant consequences for local weather patterns, rainfall and thunderstorms. Continue reading
Bioengineering tissue alternatives to animal testing (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
A Lab Rat — Created in the Lab
TAU is bioengineering tissues as an alternative to animal testing
It’s illegal for health products with medical formulations to be accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration without tests on animals — a situation that has serious ethical and moral implications. New research in the field of tissue [...]
Scientists Develop Electronic ‘Nose’ that Predict the Pleasantness of Novel Odors (Weizmann Institute)
Weizmann Institute scientists have ‘trained’ an electronic system to be able to predict the pleasantness of novel odors, just like a human would perceive them. In research recently published in PLoS Computational Biology, the scientists argue that the perception of an odor’s pleasantness is innately hard-wired to its molecular structure, and it is only within specific contexts that personal or cultural differences are made apparent. Continue reading
