Science, Medicine, & Education

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)—BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), EMC Corporation and Jerusalem Venture Partners recently announced the CyberSpark Industry Initiative, which will serve as a coordinating body for joint cyber industry activities with government agencies, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) and academia. The initiative will promote and

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — The incidence of type 1 childhood diabetes has been increasing rapidly worldwide. If blood sugar levels aren’t well-controlled, juvenile diabetes can affect nearly every organ of a child’s body. And while long-term complications of the disease develop gradually, they may become disabling and even life-threatening. The exact cause of juvenile

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Because heart cells cannot multiply and cardiac muscles contain few stem cells, heart tissue is unable to repair itself after a heart attack. Now Tel Aviv University researchers are literally setting a new gold standard in cardiac tissue engineering. Dr. Tal Dvir and his graduate student Michal Shevach of TAU’s Department

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — The idea of mapping the brain is not new. Researchers have known for years that the key to treating, curing, and even preventing brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury, is to understand how the brain records, processes, stores, and retrieves information. New Tel Aviv University research

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–Not all Palestinians agree with Amira Hass’s understanding response to the Palestinian university that ejected her out of a conference because of her Jewish heritage. In an article published Sunday, the pro-Palestinian journalist for Haaretz, revealed that last week she was asked to leave a conference organized by the German Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that cyber defense solutions will serve as the essential basis for human development and economic growth in this century — I think it’s happening before our very eyes,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told leading policymakers and cybersecurity experts at the 4th Annual International

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— America’s Affordable Care Act — “Obamacare” — was signed into law in 2010 and promised the largest overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the 1960s. Designed to provide medical care to uninsured Americans, it has been widely decried as an unwarranted intrusion into the affairs of private businesses and individuals. However,