As the Nepal earthquake death count continues to climb above 3,300, an Israel Defense Forces relief delegation was finally able to take off from Israel on Monday morning, following delays caused by strong aftershocks in Nepal. The 260-member team, divided among two jets, is carrying 95 tons of humanitarian and medical supplies from Israel along with 122 doctors, nurses and … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
Futuristic device reports what is inside
March 4, 2015 by
Want to know which watermelon is sweeter, whether an avocado is ripe, or what’s in that diamond? New pocket-sized molecular sensor reveals all. Before buying fruit at the greengrocer, steak at the butcher or a nutritional supplement at the pharmacy, imagine taking a gadget out of your pocket, aiming it at the item and instantly seeing its quality, ripeness and nutritional … [Read more...]
Where military smarts morph into startups
February 26, 2015 by
Israel is a country in which military service is associated as much with advanced technology as it is with warfare. This is particularly true in the IDF’s Intelligence Corps, most notably Unit 8200, which is responsible for collecting signal intelligence and code decryption. Because so many 8200 veterans spend their army years thinking outside the box and wind up in the … [Read more...]
Hebew University Company Reaches Agreement
February 20, 2015 by
Australia-based PhytoTech Medical has signed an exclusive licensing and collaboration agreement with Yissum, the technology-transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to develop, manufacture and market a novel delivery system to enhance the bioavailability of cannabidiol (CBD) and/or THC, the active ingredients in cannabis, for the treatment of a variety of medical … [Read more...]
Insomnia and Back Pain
February 17, 2015 by
If you suffer from insomnia, you are nearly one-and-a-half times more likely to experience back pain, according to a study published recently in the journal PLOS One by researchers at the University of Haifa. It is already known that people with a chronic inability to get a good night’s sleep have increased sensitivity to pain and greater odds of suffering from spontaneous … [Read more...]
