Israeli Researchers Create ‘Trojan Horse’ Of Chemotherapy
One of the reasons why chemotherapy treatments are difficult is because cancer cells are equipped with sophisticated defense mechanisms on their membranes that resist contact from anticancer drugs. Scientists at the Technion studied the complexities of this mechanism to develop a novel therapy strategy they calls the "Pharmacological Trojan Horse".
June 16, 2014
Israeli Students Develop An Electronic ‘Guide Dog’ For The Blind
Three students from the Technion have taken upon themselves to give the blind a high-tech alternative to the Seeing Eye dog and cane. The result is a device based on a Kinect camera that can give the blind audio-feedback and help them navigate safely.
May 08, 2014
You Won’t Believe What This Is
At first glance, these creations might look like beautiful images that could fit any any museum. However, these are no ordinary landscapes – they are tiny particles that look like ethereal sceneries when examined through a microscope.
March 31, 2014
Waze Attacked: Technion Students Create Traffic Jam Cyber Attack On GPS App
Students from the Technion created a program able to disrupt Waze’s advanced navigation systems, causing it to report fictitious traffic jams that redirected routes on the popular GPS platform.
March 25, 2014
Are Your Shaving Razors Inspired By Frog And Cricket Legs??
Despite the fact that no animals (except for humans!) shave, it turns out the animal kingdom can teach us a thing or two about shaving. Researchers at the Technion have found that by mimicking the texture of the legs of creatures who live in wet environments – they can create better razors.
March 21, 2014
How Israel’s ‘Engineers Without Borders’ Are Changing The World
What happens when you send a group of Israeli engineering students to impoverished villages to solve 3rd-world issues with 1st-world education? The answer: positive change and real training for the leaders of tomorrow.
March 17, 2014
It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! No! It’s The World’s First Mechanical Bird
Mankind has always been fascinated with flying, and while it has been almost 111 years since the first manned flight, we still can't fly like birds do. Now Technion students in Israel have created the world's first true mechanical bird.
March 03, 2014
Study Shows Pomegranate Reduces Cholesterol And Prevents Heart Disease
A symbol of righteousness in Judaism, the pomegranate can now boast of another virtue – preventing heart disease. A recent study in Israel has shown that pomegranates significantly reduce the risk of heart disease caused by high cholesterol.
January 12, 2014
Technion’s Pre-University Program Gets Ultra-Orthodox To Study And Join The High-Tech World
To curtail the high poverty and unemployment rates among Haredim, the Technion created a pre-university program that enables the ultra-orthofox to catch up on some of the core knowledge they may have missed in school.
December 30, 2013
Twitter Is A Great Source For Real-Time Traffic Information, Study Says
Twitter citizens, your rambling tweets are serving a noble cause! A new study from Israel, Britain and Italy says that collecting information on Twitter related to transportation problems following large events - such as football matches - provides a goldfield of data.
October 20, 2013
27-Year-Old Prodigy Dr. Kira Radinsky Talks To NoCamels About Her Award-Winning Software That Predicts The Future
Getting a PhD is no easy feat, let alone doing it by the age of 26. But Dr. Kira Radinsky is no ordinary woman. She's one of the brightest minds on the planet, working on complex computer algorithms that, wait for it – predict the future. She sat down for a Q&A with NoCamels.
October 06, 2013
Israeli Researcher Creates Drought-Resistant ‘Superplants’
Usually when you leave lettuce out for too long, it goes brown. However, when Professor Shimon Gepstein left his genetically modified lettuce unattended, it survived for weeks – leading to the discover of drought-resistant plants.
August 27, 2013
Israelis And Palestinians Clean Medicine From Water Together
A joint Israeli and Palestinian team are working in unison to make sure that water reservoirs don't contain traces of medicine and other pharmaceuticals. The project, now entering its second year, has achieved and impressive 100 percent success rate.
August 22, 2013
Dan Shechtman Talks To NoCamels About Winning The Nobel Prize And The Future Of Education
It takes a specific kind of character to convince the entire scientific community that they're wrong. Galileo did it, Darwin did it and not long ago Israeli scientist Dan Shechtman did it. Now the Nobel prize laureate is taking on the education establishment in Israel.
July 01, 2013
Israeli Researchers Use Skin Cells To Repair Damaged Hearts
For the very first time, Israeli researchers were able to turn human skin cells - taken from heart disease patients - into heart muscle cells that were then used to repair the patients’ damaged hearts.
June 27, 2013