The Technion’s story has been intertwined with Israel’s for more than a century, from laying the foundations for a new nation to shaping its future.
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The first satellite in the CloudCT network has transmitted its first observation from orbit, marking an early milestone for the Israeli-German research project studying clouds and polarized light from space. The image shows a view toward central France as the satellite passed over the Baltic Sea, according to a statement from the Technion – Israel […]
For decades, elementary students learned the same tale of the Solar System: first come rocky terrestrial planets such as Earth, followed by gas giants such as Jupiter and ice giants such as Neptune, with lovable Pluto bringing up the rear. Then 20 years ago, planetary scientists downgraded Pluto to a “dwarf planet.” And now, they say, it’s time to revisit our idea of Neptune and Uranus, too—for the so-called ice giants likely contain very little ice. The term is “a little bit misleading,” says Ravit Helled, a planetary scientist at the University of Zürich. “We really don’t know what these…
The first small satellite of the CloudCT network has been integrated, tested, and prepared for launch from California in June 2026. This precursor mission will be followed, if successful, by the launch of 10 additional CloudCT satellites in 2027, helping to fill gaps in our understanding of clouds and their role in climate. This marks the culmination of seven years of intensive research by Israeli and German scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science (led by Prof. Ilan Koren), the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (led by Prof. Yoav Schechner), and Zentrum für Telematik (led by Prof. Klaus Schilling)….
Israel is no stranger to defending itself against existential threats. When the war in Gaza revealed that GPS-based drones could be disabled through cyberattacks, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni in the defense establishment got straight to work. Hear from Brigadier General (res.) Prof. Jacob Nagel, head of the Center for Security Science and […]
Since the founding of the State of Israel, protecting the nation has been a defining focus for Technion faculty, students, and alumni. Across generations, they’ve helped shape the country’s defense and security ecosystem through breakthrough science and engineering. Here’s a look at recent innovations that are making a real-world impact in the defense sector.
When Gal Harari ’06, M.S.’12, Ph.D. ’17 speaks about the Technion, it’s with admiration and gratitude. “The Technion has made me a man of technology,” said the chief technology officer of Israel’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), a joint body of the Israel Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) […]
Israel has long depended on the brilliant minds in the Stephen B. Klein Faculty of Aerospace Engineering to safeguard the nation’s skies and advance its technological leadership. Now, the University has a new way to recognize its aerospace stars. The Max and Desiree Blankfeld Endowed Prize for Transformative Innovation in Aerospace, made possible through a generous […]
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology — established a quarter of a century before Israel became an independent nation — has been inexorably linked to the State’s security since its inception. For over 100 years, the Technion has been the technological backbone of Israel. Nearly all aspects of the nation’s industrial, agricultural, scientific, […]
As the crew of Artemis II—NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen—prepare to splash down on Earth after a landmark 10‑day voyage around the moon, attention now turns to their return. What Is Artemis 2? Artemis II is NASA’s first crewed test flight of the Artemis program. It sends four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on a mission that loops around the moon and returns to Earth. The crew lifted off at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on April 1 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA says Artemis II’s goal…
Prof. Jacob Nagel is a brigadier general (res.) and former acting national security adviser and head of Israel’s National Security Council. He has twice chaired government-appointed Nagel Committees, including the most recent commission established after the October 7 Hamas attack, which delivered strategic and budgetary recommendations to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the IDF’s force […]
Long before a star ignites, its birth is shaped by invisible particles racing through space at near-light speed. These cosmic rays quietly alter the chemistry and temperature inside dark clouds, helping determine when the clouds can collapse and begin forming stars. For the first time, astronomers have directly measured the influence of these particles inside a dense, starless cloud, providing a long-sought reading from the heart of a stellar nursery. The discovery offers a more precise way to understand how stars – and eventually planets – begin. A measurable stellar cloud Barnard 68 is a small, cold cloud of gas…