Israeli scientists used a new synthetic polymer to develop a self-healing, flexible sensor that mimics the self-healing properties of human skin. Imagine an artificial skin that heals itself. Imagine a prosthetic limb that has a sense of touch. These incredible advances are a step closer to reality thanks to chemical engineering researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
Colombian Farmers Welcome Israeli Bugs For Pest Control
November 29, 2015 by
BioBee’s microscopic predatory mites are naturally effective at wiping out insects that plague crops. Over the next year, BioBee Biological Systems at Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu in northern Israel will ship some 600 million specially bred predatory mites to farmers in Colombia as a natural form of pest control. Using the Phytoseiulus persimilis, the most effective natural predator … [Read more...]
Discovery About Ovary Formation Sheds Light On Fertility
November 29, 2015 by
Novel pathway in the development and maintenance of the ovary has implications for diagnosing and treating infertility and lack of puberty. The November 2015 cover story of the scientific magazine Journal of Clinical Investigation is about an Israeli discovery expected to help doctors diagnose a disease causing infertility and lack of puberty in women. It all started with … [Read more...]
Diet Study Overturns What We Know About Healthy Eating
November 29, 2015 by
The largest study of its kind proves there’s no such thing as a ‘one size fits all’ diet because everyone’s bodily response to food is different. Which is more likely to raise your blood sugar level: sushi or ice cream? According to an Israeli study reported in the November 19 issue of the journal Cell, the answer varies from one person to another. Weizmann Institute of … [Read more...]
Tastes Like Chicken
November 29, 2015 by
An Israeli foundation is first in the world to research mass production of cultured chicken breast, a real meat product starting from a single cell of a real bird. Dutch tissue engineer Mark Post made international news last year when he cooked up a beef burger made from lab-cultured cow muscle tissue. He claims that within a couple of decades, fairly priced cultured meat … [Read more...]
