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), […]
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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 […]
From 6 January 2011, visitors to Jerusalem can enjoy night time tours of the City of David, every Thursday evening. Artistic lighting highlights the antiquities, with harp music in the King’s Garden enhancing the experience. The evening experience begin with a night-time overlook of the city at the City of David’s Hatzofeh lookout point. From […]
Odis is one of the largest bodies in the world supplying water treatment plants for emergency situations, army units and disaster relief. Odis have supplied these systems during the Tsunami in Tailand as well as many other systems supplied to the UN, Unicef and many more aid organisations who worked in Chile, Haiti, Guatemala, Mexico […]
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Israel’s Waves Audio gets Grammy
Back in the ’80s, when people tied bandanas around their legs and jumped around to Wham!, a young Israeli-American sound engineer named Gilad Keren was cutting his teeth in the music biz, recording Israeli artists like Shalom Hanoch. Today, Keren and his business partner Meir Sha’ashua are primed to collect a Grammy award, the most […]
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 […]
The 3rd annual Walk About Love hiking festival will take place from 23 February through 4 June, offering participants the opportunity to hike all, or some, of the entire length of Israel – from Eilat to the Hermon – enjoying music, celebrating nature and making new friends. The festival is designed to promote peace and harmony […]
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 […]
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