Category: Science
New time travel theory – pretty freaky
Posted on August 9, 2007 | View Comments
What really happened during the 2nd century? Is Jurassic Park real? What about Sliders? (does anyone remember that show?) Professor Amos Ori, a physicist at Haifa’s Technion Institute has developed a complex physics theory that makes time travel not such a crazy idea after all. A few donut-vacuums and we’re on our way. Mmm.. donuts. Read more»
Weitzmann Institute researchers reach milestone in pancreatic transplants for diabetic animals
Posted on August 8, 2007 | View Comments
The TissEra sponsored research team at the Weitzmann Institute of Science is finding that transplanted pancreatic tissue in insulin-dependent (type I) diabetic large animals substantially reduces the amount of external insulin needed in order to regulate blood sugar levels. Read more»
Israeli Nobel laureate appointed to Protalix BioTherapeutics’ scientific advisory board
Posted on August 6, 2007 | View Comments
Protalix BioTherapeutics has invited Nobel laureate Professor Aaron Ciechanover to join their scientific advisory board.
Protalix is a publicly traded Israeli company (AMEX: PLX) that has developed a proprietary plant cell culture technology and an innovative bioreactor system.
Prof. Ciechanover received the Nobel prize in chemistry along with two other Israelis in 2004 for discovering the ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic system. This has lead to a deeper understanding of how cells control certain biological processes by breaking down specific proteins. Read more»
Long standing physics question is answered by Israeli and other researchers
Posted on August 6, 2007 | View Comments
Five researchers from four different universities, including AM Finkelstein of the Weitzmann Institute of Science, Israel, have published an important physics paper in the August issue of Nature Physics that answers a long standing question in the field of condensed matter physics.
“The discovery of the metal-insulator transition (MIT) in two-dimensional electron systems by Kravchenko and colleagues in 1994 challenged the veracity of one of the most influential conjectures in the physics of disordered electrons by Abrahams, Anderson, Licciardello and Ramakrishnan (1979) which stated that “in two dimensions, there is no true metallic behavior.”
“However, the 1979 theory did not account for interactions between electrons. In this new paper, Kravchenko and colleagues investigate the interplay between the electron-electron interactions and disorder near the MIT using simultaneous measurements of electrical resistivity and magnetoconductance.”
New medical device being developed to find exact location of tumors
Posted on July 25, 2007 | View Comments
A system being developed by Navotek could lead to more efficient and safer treatment of cancer by finding the exact location of tumors.
Gali Weinreb, “Medical device co Navotek raises $5 million”, Globes, July 25, 2007
Simbionix introduces laparascopic training system at European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
Posted on July 24, 2007 | View Comments
Simbionix Ltd., an Israeli manufacturer of virtual reality simulation products and solutions, has introduced its laparoscopic training system, called LAP Mentor Express, at the meeting in Athens, Greece, earlier this month.
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