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Israel and the Technion will be well represented when the first-ever mission manned entirely by private astronauts launches to the International Space Station (ISS) early next year. Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe, just the second Israeli in space, will be onboard the multinational Axiom Space Ax-1 Mission to carry out several experiments — including three from Technion labs.
A small group of architects in the Human and Biodiversity Research Lab (HUB) at the Technion is shining a spotlight on a growing problem: animal roadkill. Every year, as many as two million vehicles crash into wildlife in the U.S., resulting in about 200 human deaths, more than 26,000 injuries, and countless animal roadkill. Now, after conducting exhaustive research, scientists at the Technion and the University of Haifa are recommending new ways to construct wildlife crossing structures (WCS) — bridges or tunnels that encourage animals to cross busy highways and roads in the safest and most effective manner. “The challenge…
One of the most diverse classes in Technion history received their Ph.D. diplomas on May 24. Approximately 43% of the 199 new graduates are women, a record, and a significant increase over previous years. Most of the graduates (124) are native Israeli, with the rest hailing from all over the world, including the U.S., Canada, France, Austria, Ukraine, Uruguay, Italy, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, India, and China. Most graduates had numerous mentors, a nod to the increasingly multidisciplinary approach to research and education across campus. This trend is reflected in the research of Dr. Gil Wang of the Faculty of Civil…
Pictured above: Assistant Professor Ramez Daniel and Dr. Ximing Li When you get an infection, your immune system mobilizes by sharing information about the pathogen and how much of a response is required. Microbial colonies, like the ones that make up your immune system, are stronger and smarter when they act collectively against threats like infection. To do that, they communicate among themselves through a phenomenon called “quorum sensing.” In a recent breakthrough, Dr. Ximing Li and Assistant Professor Ramez Daniel from the Technion Faculty of Biomedical Engineering were able to engineer microbe colonies to recognize specific geometric patterns, such…
Pictured above: Dr. Hanan Abumanhal Masarweh and Prof. Avi Schroeder Researcher behind the discovery is Dr. Hanan Abumanhal Masarweh, of the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute at the Technion. She received her Ph.D. for her research under the supervision of Professor Avi Schroeder of the Technion’s Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering. Baking soda, that simple product available at any supermarket, could revolutionize breast cancer treatment, according to Technion researchers who have found that this substance changes the acidity of the cancerous tumor and thus increases the efficacy of chemotherapy. The researcher behind the intriguing study is Dr. Hanan Abumanhal Masarweh. In…
Pfizer has won accolades for developing one of the most widely used COVID-19 vaccines in record time. Now, in addition to that lifesaving work, the giant pharmaceutical company is working to speed drugs to the market for autoimmune diseases — in collaboration with a Technion scientist. Professor Shai Shen-Orr, an expert in big data and immunology, launched CytoReason in 2016 to build a machine learning-based model of the human immune system. Three years later, Pfizer partnered with CytoReason to help fast-track drug development for autoimmune diseases. The company now has collaborations with four of the world’s 10 largest pharmaceutical companies,…
PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) has entered into a long-term strategic collaboration agreement with the Technion under which PTC will establish a Research & Development center and invest $5 million into Technion’s Haifa campus. Under the terms of the agreement, PTC and Technion will jointly research and upgrade learning processes relating to advanced manufacturing technology. PTC’s Haifa development center will relocate to the Technion under the leadership of Dr. Michael Reitman. PTC has also allocated an annual budget for joint research in industrial IoT, augmented reality, simulation, and generative design. The allocation supports Technion faculty by providing software products; awarding scholarships and…
Going back as far as World War I, surgeons have been using the so-called “Robbing Peter to Pay Paul” principle to do reconstructive surgery. That means transplanting a patient’s healthy body tissue from one part of the body to the damaged site. In rebuilding the lower jaw, for example, surgeons might use part of a patient’s fibula bone and surrounding soft tissue for the implantation. But this approach carries significant disadvantages, namely considerable pain and potential complications associated with the surgery at the donor site. Now Technion researchers have made a major breakthrough in developing an alternative to traditional tissue…
You’re a Technion student who’s aced your exams and labs all year long. Are final exams really necessary — especially if the pandemic requires crowding into an exam hall on campus or holding them at home? Professor Orit Hazzan of the Department of Education in Science and Technology and Ph.D. student Koby Mike just may have a viable alternative. Instead of testing the students, why not predict their exam scores using a machine learning algorithm? The researchers would train a machine learning algorithm by feeding it data such as an individual student’s graded exercises, homework, and exam scores from previous…
Eden Ayaso, 25, was born in Israel after her parents made aliyah from Ethiopia. She grew up in a difficult neighborhood in Hadera. Her father bought her and her three siblings a computer so that they would stay inside and play. Eden was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes when she was in fifth grade, but this did not stop her from excelling in school and fighting to be accepted into the army. Her iron will and determination to succeed were nurtured by Atidim as she rose to excellence as a Technion computer science major. Eden’s parents went from a rural village…
