Archive for Innovations & Discoveries

| December 25, 2013
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Tel Aviv Researcher Discovered Protein That Could Serve as Powerful Antibiotic

Israeli Researcher at Tel Aviv University’s Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Discovers Protein That Could Replace Conventional Antibiotics & Kill Bacteria.

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In the frantic “arms race” between bacteria and modern medicine, bacteria have gained an edge. In recent decades, bacterial resistance to antibiotics has developed faster than the production of new antibiotics, making bacterial infections increasingly difficult to treat. Scientists worry that a particularly virulent and deadly “superbug” could one day join the ranks of existing untreatable bacteria, causing a public health catastrophe comparable with the Black Death.

Bacteria spheres 3d illustration – Photo: Bigstock

Now research led by Doctor Udi Qimron of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine has discovered a protein that kills bacteria.

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| December 24, 2013
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Israeli researchers’ breakthrough for treating bacterial infection.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers’ breakthrough discovery could lead to new ways of combating bacterial infection.

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Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have for the first time worked out how even non-antibiotic resistant bacteria survive antibiotic treatment. The study, which was published this week in the journal Nature Communications, could pave the way for improved therapies for treating bacterial infection.

A petri dish with bacteria culture (illustrative)

A petri dish with bacteria culture (illustrative) – Photo: Dreamstime

The problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics has preoccupied many scientists for years. Aside from bacteria that have undergone mutations, making them resistant to antibiotics, another kind of bacterium exists as well, which is inherently unaffected by antibiotic treatment, called “persistent bacteria.” Continue Reading »

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| December 24, 2013
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Ancient Jewish Texts Found in Afghan Cave to be Displayed Next Week

The ancient texts that were found in an Afghanistan genizah estimated to be 1000 years old, include the writings of Rabbi Saadiah Gaon, will be unveiled next week.

By Tova Dvorin

 

 

The National Library will hold a special event next week to debut ancient texts found in an Afghanistan genizah, or storage area for old Jewish texts. The texts are estimated to be over 1000 years old and include writings from post-Talmudic Jewish leader Rabbi Saadiah Gaon.

Professor Hagai Ben-Shammai, academic director of the National Library spoke to Arutz Sheva Monday about the event, and revealed that thousands of texts were found in the genizah – some dating back to the first century CE.  Continue Reading »

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| December 21, 2013
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Switzerland, Canada & Israel are the U.S.’s Top 3 Innovation Partners

 

Of the 16 countries that had strong innovative tech companies, the USISTF found that Switzerland is America’s biggest innovation partner, followed by Canada & then Israel.

By Alex Knapp, Forbes Staff

 

Despite the perennial myth of the lone genius, the fact remains that innovation depends on cooperation. And as technology becomes ever more complicated, improving that research requires larger and larger groups working together – including groups working across national borders.

USISTF report – Illustration source: Forbes

In an attempt to quantify that transnational cooperation, the US-Israel Science & Technology Foundation (USISTF) has created a “U.S.-Israel Innovation Index” to measure bilateral research and development between the U.S. Continue Reading »

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| December 17, 2013
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Tel Aviv Farmers Market presents the best Israeli produce

 

Video:  In following tradition already well established in many countries, once a week at the Tel Aviv Farmers Market, farmers from across Israel showcase & test their new brands and varieties of produce to the public.

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VIDEO – The Tel Aviv Farmers Market lets farmers from across Israel showcase and test their new brands and varieties to the public once a week.

Tel Aviv Farmers' Market offers a dozen varieties of cherry tomatoes - jn1.tv screanshot

Tel Aviv Farmers’ Market offers a dozen varieties of cherry tomatoes – jn1.tv screenshot

The market was founded by Shir Halpern and Michal Ansky, best known from reality show “Master Chef,” to bring to Israel a tradition which is already well established in many countries of the world. Continue Reading »

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| December 16, 2013
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Amazing New & Successful Help for the Infertile

 

The “Embryoscope” being used in Rehovot has increased by an additional & impressive 11%, the success in achieving pregnancy in women with fertility problems.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
 
After yearning for a baby for 15 years and numerous attempts at pregnancy, an Israeli couple have had a healthy baby – Shai-Li Vazana – with help from a device called an “embryoscope” at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. She was the first Israeli to be born thanks to the device, which raises the success rates of in-vitro fertilization (IVF).

SMILING MOTHER Miri holds her newborn son – Photo: Courtesy

Experts said the device has increased by an impressive 11 percent the success in achieving a pregnancy in couples with fertility problems.

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| December 15, 2013
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Israeli start-up to eliminate expensive roaming charges

 

New Israeli start-up developed an app that turns any smartphone into a local phone, thus enabling travelers around world to pay inexpensive local rates without being surprised with pricey fees by their domestic wireless carriers when they get their phone bill.

By Associated Press

An Israeli startup is trying to combat a common fear for international travelers: getting socked with hundreds or thousands of dollars in unexpected roaming charges for using cellphones away from home.

Roaming Illustration – Photo: Reuters

Cell Buddy aims to turn any smartphone into a local one. Travelers can choose from an array of calling and data plans with carriers in dozens of countries. Continue Reading »

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| December 11, 2013
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Jewish women live longest – New Immigrants more prone to illnesses

 

 

Israel’s Health Ministry presented new figures revealing major gaps in Israeli society: While some enjoy high life expectancy with access to doctors & crucial treatments, other suffer from diabetes, heart diseases & obesity.

By Yaron Kelner

Want to be healthy? You have a better chance of that if you’re a Jewish educated and wealthy native Israeli woman living in central Israel . According to figures compiled by the Central Bureau of Statistics and published by the Health Ministry, Arabs live less, new immigrants are more prone to illnesses and the lower socioeconomic classes eat less healthy food.

Israeli operating theater

Israeli operating theater – Israel Today

The data were presented ahead of a conference titled: “Health System Deals with Inequality.” Continue Reading »

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| December 10, 2013
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Two Israeli-Americans

To Israelis Michael Levitt, and Professors Arieh Warshel, also American citizens, share Nobel with colleague Martin Karplus.

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Two Israeli scientists who emigrated to the U.S. on Tuesday were awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

Professor Arieh Warshel receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Stockholm, Oct. 10, 2013.

Professor Arieh Warshel receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Stockholm, Oct. 10, 2013.

Professors Arieh Warshel and Michael Levitt, who completed their Ph.D.s at Israel’s Weizmann Institute, are sharing the prize of 8 million crowns ($1.25 million) with Prof. Martin Karplus for their development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems.

All three winners are American citizens, but also hold dual citizenship. Continue Reading »

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| December 10, 2013
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Israeli Doctors Warn: Don’t use Vaporizers

Israeli pediatricians have come out and began a campaign to warn parents against humidifiers & vaporizers as ineffective & potentially deadly.

By Maayana Miskin

 

The Israel Pediatric Association has issued a strong warning against the use of vaporizers (humidifiers) in children’s bedrooms, Kikar Hashabat reports.

Many parents use such machines during the winter in hopes of easing or preventing coughs and other respiratory illness.

Doctors warned that not only is there no proof that the machines are effective, but they can actually pose a health risk – and at times, can even prove fatal.

The threat that has pediatricians worried is Legionnaires’ disease, a potentially fatal illness caused by a bacteria carried by amoeba that grow in stagnant water. Continue Reading »

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| December 9, 2013
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Electronic Artificial Skin Could Help Amputees Sense Touch, Temperature & Humidity

Scientists at the Haifa’s Technion Institute of Technology celebrated a medical breakthrough that could allow amputees to actually feel again.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald, Mashable

 

 

Researchers have developed a flexible sensor with the potential for integration into electronic skin. If successful, the e-skin could attach to prosthetic limbs, letting people with artificial appendages experience changes in their environments, such as touch, humidity and temperature, simultaneously.

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Image courtesy of Agustín Ruiz

This is a big step forward, per the Technion Society, as current forms of e-skin can only detect touch. The researchers developed the new system using gold particles and a kind of resin, which is at least 10 times more sensitive to touch than other touch-based e-skin systems. Continue Reading »

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| December 9, 2013
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Israel, PA, & Jordan to sign historic trilateral Red Sea-Dead Sea pipeline plan

The project involves 180 km. of tunnels & pipelines, a tremendous desalination plant & 2 hydro-power plants.

Energy & Water Minister Silvan Shalom is due to attend “historic” signing ceremony at World Bank headquarters in Washington DC.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, SHARON UDASIN

 

Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority were expected on Monday to sign an agreement on a Red Sea-Dead Sea pipeline project.

Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom was due to attend what he called the “historic” signing ceremony at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC.

“The program has garnered the Prime Minister’s support, along with the support of [Palestinian Authority President] Mahmoud Abbas among the Palestinians and of course the support of the King of Jordan,” Shalom told Army Radio. Continue Reading »

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| December 9, 2013
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New IDF satellite system to be deployed nation-wide

 

Now army brigade commanders will have access to receive real-time live footage of ground events directly on their secured military mobile phones as new IDF satellite system will be operational in topographically-challenged areas throughout the country.

By Yoav Zitun

In the next few weeks, the three regional IDF commands – Northern, Southern and Central – are expected to be deployed with a new satellite system developed by the Computer Service Directorate.

Illustration (Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Illustration – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The new system will dramatically improve the real-time observation skills on topographically-challenged areas, such as the northern Golan Heights, where explosive devices were planted near an IDF force this past weekend. Continue Reading »

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| December 5, 2013
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New Startup from Israel Develops Wireless Mobile Chargers

Wi-Charge claims that their charging times can compete with that of wired chargers. Furthermore, there is also no electromagnetic or radio frequency radiation involved, adding to the user’s safety, Wi-Charge reports.

By Sean Sade, NoCamels

 

 

Every cellphone owner has experienced the depressing moment when their battery dies at the most inconvenient of times.  Veteran Israeli entrepreneurs Victor Vaisleib and Ortal Alpert joined together to create a radical solution to charge a phone without a charger – using infrared light.

Wireless Charging Solution Provider - Wi-Charge YouTube screenshot

Israeli Wireless Charging Solution Provider – Wi-Charge YouTube screenshot

Founded in in 2010, the Wi-Charge group has been working to create a safe wireless power transmitter that allows clients to charge their devices, using infrared radiation. Continue Reading »

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| December 4, 2013
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1st ever Hasmonean-era home unearthed in City of David, Jerusalem


Large treasure of coins discovered on the site, dating back to the period of Antiochus II through  Antiochus VII.

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The first-ever Hasmonean structure to be found in Jerusalem has been uncovered in recent months in the City of David area. The large structure Hasmonean-period is located in the Givati parking lot, across from the entrance to the City of David National Park and only a few dozen meters from the Temple Mount.

Hasmonean-era structure.

Hasmonean-era structure uncovered in Jerusalem archaeological digging.- Photo: Emil Salman

Hasmonean-era Jerusalem is well known from the historic descriptions of Josephus and small archeological finds, including pottery and coins, from the period. Continue Reading »

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