Technology Protects Respiratory Tract of Premature Infants Who Need Assisted Ventilation

A new artificial model of premature infants will make possible experiments that are expected to reduce injury to infants on respirators.
13-Jan-2020 3:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

Your Brain: Individual and Unique

New findings show that individual variations in the brain’s structural connectome (map of neural connections) define a specific structural fingerprint with a direct impact on the functional organization of individual brains.
10-Jan-2020 2:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

First Solar Energy System to Split Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen at Separate Sites

Researchers have developed a prototype system for efficient and safe production of hydrogen using only solar energy. The innovative system contains a tandem cell solar device that enables more efficient utilization of the light spectrum.
7-Jan-2020 4:55 PM EST Add to Favorites

Local, Native Birds Declining Rapidly While Non-native, Invasive Species Thrive

When Israeli conservation scientists looked at trends of common bird populations over the last 15 years, they found that invasive bird species are thriving, and native ones are largely declining. They present the reasons for these changes, and flag...
17-Dec-2019 2:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

Automated, Nature-Inspired System Supplies Continuous Info About Patient’s Health

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and in China present a nature-inspired hybrid sensing system for the continuous monitoring of health data, integrating artificial intelligence, and cloud computing.
17-Dec-2019 8:40 AM EST Add to Favorites

Inspired by the Brain

Researchers have developed a technology that can turn TowerJazz's commercial flash memory components into memristors—devices that contain both memory and computing power. Inspired by the operation of the human brain, the technology significantly...
9-Dec-2019 12:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

Brain Guard

Israeli researchers have developed new technology for transporting drugs within silicon nanostructures to the brain. These nanostructures release an essential protein, which can inhibit the development of Alzheimer's disease, and provide targeted...
18-Nov-2019 4:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

Probiotic Bacteria: A Double-Edged Sword

Israeli and American scientists have discovered that administering probiotics in hospital intensive care units may lead to blood infections, and in some cases the adverse effects could outweigh the potential benefits.
12-Nov-2019 5:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

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