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
Israeli MIT Professor Wins $1M Prize For AI Work In Cancer Diagnostics, Drug Development
Professor Regina Barzilay is being honored for her work using ML models to detect and predict cancer, and accelerate drug development.
September 23, 2020
Bee Free: Technion Students Win Gold Medal At Global Competition For Developing Artificial Honey
The Israeli team - made up of 12 students - were among over 300 groups from universities all over the world participating in the prestigious iGEM contest established by MIT.
November 18, 2019
New Fund Aims To Boost STEM Research Partnerships Between MIT, 7 Israeli Universities
The MIT-Israel Zuckerman STEM Fund will grant awards of up to $30,000 for collaborations, and support travel costs for exchanges between colleagues in the US and Israel.
May 19, 2019
MIT-Lockheed Martin Joint Venture To Scout For Israeli Innovation
The US aerospace company and the prestigious university are joining forces for a seed fund to promote early-stage research collaborations.
April 14, 2019
Unique MIT-Backed Program MEET Uses Technology To Bridge Gaps Between Israeli And Palestinian Youths
MEET, a program founded by five Israeli and Palestinian Ivy League Students and backed by MIT and Google, is breeding the next generation of tech leaders on both sides.
June 30, 2013
Scratch Teaches Kids How To Program Online Games
The Israeli Scratch program, part of the miLAB at IDC in Herzliya, teaches young students programming concepts and skills in multimedia communication. Users are taught to make and share their own videos, animations and games.
August 22, 2012
New Algorithm Aims to Solve Bottlenecks In Networks
As sensors that do things like detect touch and motion in cell phones get smaller, cheaper and more reliable, computer manufacturers are beginning to take seriously the decade-old idea of “smart dust” — networks of tiny wireless devices that permeate the environment, monitoring everything from the structural integrity of buildings and bridges to the activity […]
February 02, 2011