Israeli Startup Smart Resilin Aims To Make Humans Jump Higher
Smart Resilin is seeking to produce industrial amounts of resilin and put the resulting material to several different commercial uses
November 17, 2021
Israeli-American Joshua Angrist Wins 2021 Nobel Prize In Economics
The former Hebrew University senior lecturer and associate professor won the Nobel Prize for his work on "natural experiments."
October 11, 2021
New Buzz: Israeli Researchers Discover Previously Unknown Wild Bee Species
The new bee species was uncovered by conservation biologists studying a threatened sand ecosystem along Israel’s coastal plain.
January 10, 2021
Israeli Researchers Develop AI Tech To Detect Early Signs Of Suicide Risk
The suicide risk detection tech is based on the automatic text analysis of social network content via machine learning and NLP algorithms.
November 15, 2020
Hebrew University Presents Inaugural Nanotech Prize To Stanford Professor
The Dan Maydan Prize for Nanoscience Research was awarded to Professor Yi Cui for his outstanding contributions to nanoscale materials design.
June 18, 2019
Bottoms Up: Israeli Scientists Brew Beer With ‘Resurrected’ Yeast From 5,000 Years Ago
A team of microbiologists, archeologists, and beer experts made a beer with ancient yeast dating back to the time of the Pharaohs.
May 22, 2019
Yissum Launches New Campaign To Fast-Track Licensing Of Cutting-Edge Tech, Innovation
The technology transfer company of Hebrew University wants to make its academic research more available to industry partners.
October 25, 2018
Hebrew University’s Yissum Launches New NanoTech Research Fund
The company's third seed fund will focus on promising innovations emerging from Hebrew University’s elite nanotech research.
October 09, 2018
Canadian Cannabis Producer Harvest One Acquires PhyoTech Therapeutics In Israel
The British Columbia-based cannabis producer has signed an agreement with Australian-based MMJ PhytoTech Limited to acquire Israeli-based PhytoTech Therapeutics in cash and shares.
June 26, 2018
Germany, Israel Launch Cybersecurity Accelerator
Hebrew University in Jerusalem hosts program that brings together students and top cybersecurity talents from Israel and Germany
November 05, 2017
Shining A Light: Glowing Bacteria Helps Find Hidden Landmines
Researchers can remotely detect unexploded landmines using molecularly engineered glowing bacteria.
April 25, 2017
Hebrew U. Pres. Gets Germany’s Highest Honor
February 28, 2017 | The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Israel, Dr. Clemens von Goetze, will confer Germany’s highest honor, the Order of Merit, on the President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Menahem Ben-Sasson. The Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany will recognize Prof. […]
February 28, 2017
Three Hebrew U. Researchers Awarded EMET Prize
| December 4, 2016 | Three researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will be awarded prizes in three of the five award categories of the prestigious EMET Prize, accounting for three of the eight total prizes awarded in 2016. The awarding of the prizes will take place this evening at the Jerusalem Theater with the participation […]
December 04, 2016
Hebrew U. Grads World’s 67th Most Employable
| November 22, 2016 | An analysis of graduates’ employability published by Times Higher Education (THE) ranked graduates of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as the 67th most employable in the world, the highest among all Israeli institutions. The rankings, which reveal which universities recruiters at top companies think are the best at preparing students […]
November 22, 2016
Israeli Researchers Find Key To Long-Term Preservation Of Organs For Transplant
This new technique could be instrumental in ending the shortage of organs for transplant.
March 24, 2016