As reported in israel21c: Each year, it is estimated that several thousand epilepsy patients in the United States alone will die or suffer severe brain damage from an unattended epileptic seizure. Epilepsy is an incurable condition that especially affects two vulnerable population groups — young children and people over the age of 65 — and […]
As reported in Israel 21c: Israeli scientist, Dr. Yosef Shiloh, has been chosen by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) as this year’s winner of the prestigious Clowes Award. The Tel Aviv University professor is the first Israeli researcher to win the coveted prize. Shiloh is renowned for his research on ataxia telangiectasia (A-T), […]
As reported in Israel21c: Generating energy from the sun would be more practical if not for two huge drawbacks: The expense of the silicon material that converts light to electricity, and the large tracts of land needed for solar farms. By solving both problems – and introducing unexpected side benefits, too – Solaris Synergy captured […]
As reported in Globes.co.il: Chardan Capital Markets: TowerJazz will overtake Taiwan’s Vanguard International Semiconductor. Chardan Capital Markets analyst Jay Srivatsa predicts that TowerJazz (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE: TSEM) will overtake Taiwan’s Vanguard International Semiconductor Inc. (Taipei: 5347), as the number 1 specialty foundry by the end of 2011. Vanguard’s fourth quarter revenue fell 29% from the preceding […]
As reported in Globes.co.il: The deal to buy Corporación Infarmasa is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) announced today that it was buying Corporación Infarmasa, a top ten pharmaceutical company in Perú, from The Rohatyn Group and Altra Investments.The value of the transaction was […]
As reported in Globes.co.il: In its report on Israel, the IMF says that the strengthening of the shekel has hurt the economy’s competitiveness. The IMF says that the strengthening of the shekel in the past few years has hurt the economy’s competitiveness and lowered the growth rate. The Article IV Consultation on Israel predicts that the […]
As reported in Globes.co.il: Better Place is currently building its nationwide recharging network for electric cars. The Standards Institution of Israel has set the standard for charging electric cars by cables: Israel Standard 61851 Part 1.The standard will standardize methods for charging electric cars, detailing the functional and electrical requirements to ensure the availability and safety […]
The towing system is intended to enable an aircraft to taxi without the use of its engines. The robotically driven vehicles could save billions each year in fuel to read more (Port2Port Magazin)
Online Language Academy Targets Smartphone Users for “On the Go” Learning eTeacher Group announced the immediate availability of eTeacher’s Biblical Hebrew application for iPhone and iPad users offering 30 Biblical Hebrew lessons free of charge. Recorded and taught by Sigal Zohar, one of eTeacher’s leading Biblical Hebrew teachers, each lesson is four to five minutes […]
Hadasit Bio model is unique, as it allows investing public access to Hadassah’s medical innovations – and the start-ups based on them. The term “biomed” has become, over the past two years, a magical word. Dozens of biomed companies have held public offerings on the local capital market and have allowed Israel’s investing public to […]
