To Infinity and Beyond, Beresheet Space Mission Launches
With the successful launch from Cape Canaveral before dawn on Friday of the $95 million Beresheet (Genesis) lander, Israel has earned the chance to be only the fourth country in the world – after the US, Russia and China – to land on the moon.
New Blood Test Could Map Fetal Genome for Countless Mutations
Every parent-to-be dreams of having a perfect baby, and many even taken this for granted. But in pregnancies, so many things – especially their combinations of genes – can go wrong and lead to disappointment and concern. Every healthy baby is a miracle.
Israeli Engineers Greatly Speed up AI Learning Process
Researchers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a platform able to speed up the learning process of artificial intelligence (AI) systems 1,000 times over.
Tasty Israeli Steaks Without a Single Moo
The tasty steaks that will be produced by Israel’s Aleph Farms do not come from cattle that were sent to the slaughterhouse and spent their lives mooing and eating grass, alfalfa and corn.
Israeli Scientists Aim at Healing Damaged Organs with Artificial Tissue
With the sorely inadequate supply of donated human organs – from kidneys to livers and lungs to hearts – available in Israel, scientists here have invested years of research into producing artificial tissue for transplant. But until the technique can proceed, a way must be found to create effective arteries, veins and capillaries to supply blood to the artificial tissue.
CT For Clouds: Ten Israeli Micro-Satellites Will Look Inside the Smallest Clouds
Computerized tomography (CT) scanners have been used widely for some two decades to provide cross-sectional images of organs and tissues inside the human body for diagnosis of medical problems and to treat disease.
Israeli Scientists Decipher Genetic Code of Parasite That Endangers 70 Million Africans
An international research group that includes Israeli scientists has deciphered genetic code – its sequence and genome structure – of the deadly parasite Trypanosoma brucei that causes sleeping sickness in sub-Saharan Africa. The discovery could lead to the development of treatments to protect people from it.
Israeli Scientists Discover Biological Clock Involved in Optimal Sun Tanning
No one can hear the ticking of his or her brain. But we all have biological clocks in our bodies that are responsible not only for sleep and wakefulness but also the release of hormones, when you get hungry, your body temperature, fertility, aging and other functions.
Israelis Could Save World From Dependence on Arab Petroleum
Imagine a world in which cars, trucks, jets and even rockets would run on clean hydrogen, emitting only water vapor as a waste product, replacing fossil fuels like polluting gasoline that release greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.
Israeli Researchers Provide Hope For Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a very cruel neurological disease, usually first appearing during the third, fourth or fifth decade of life – the prime of life – and totally unpredictable. The insulating cover – called myelin – of the axons of nerve cells that carry electrical impulses in the brain and spinal cord is attacked by the body’s immune system, which recognizes it as an “intruder.”
