Covid19 – Are we prepared for a second wave?

With the easing of the lockdown rules, concerns are being sounded about a possible second wave of Covid-19. The second wave of the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918-20 was particularly devastating, as was the second wave of the Swine Flu epidemic in 2009-10. So what…

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The Connection Between the Heart and Cancer

There is a connection between heart disease and cancer, a novel study has revealed. The findings, published in Circulation, could potentially help cardio-oncologists slow cancer progression and improve cancer outcomes. Researchers led by Professor Ami Aronheim, Professor Yuval Shaked, and Dr. Shimrit Avraham have determined…

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Covid-19 Impact On Business – How Do We Reinvent Ourselves

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every industry sector. Small, medium and large businesses are paying a heavy price to sustain themselves during this crisis, requiring many to reassess their business model, services, offerings and strategy. With restrictions easing, our business executives and government leadership…

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Portable Blood Test Could Lead to At-home Chemotherapy

For immunocompromised patients, such as those with cancer or organ transplants, the novel coronavirus crisis has made going to hospital for regular blood tests an even greater health risk.  Home-based or remote-based testing kits for Complete Blood Count (CBC) — the most common blood test used to…

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New Technology Improves and Extends the Effects of Medical Cannabis

Researchers are developing an innovative delivery system for medical cannabis that lengthens its therapeutic effects to months and targets specific conditions. The new method releases the cannabis slowly, marking a big advance over the current practice. Medical cannabis now is usually inhaled or taken orally….

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Reusable Protective Masks Powered by Phone Charger

Israeli researchers say they have invented a reusable face mask that can kill the coronavirus with heat by drawing power from a mobile phone charger. The disinfecting process takes about 30 minutes – and users should not wear the mask while it is plugged in,…

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One-of-a-kind Microscope Enables Breakthrough in Quantum Science

Prof. Ido Kaminer and team have made a dramatic breakthrough in the field of quantum science: a quantum microscope that records the flow of light, enabling the direct observation of light trapped inside a photonic crystal. Their research, “Coherent Interaction Between Free Electrons and a…

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Capturing Live Cell Dynamics with 3D Nanoscale Resolution

Technion scientists have developed an unprecedented method for 3D imaging of nanometric processes inside living cells while they are moving Technion researchers have developed a method for 3D imaging of nanometric processes, such as those in live flowing cells. The group, headed by Asst. Prof….

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Simulator for COVID-19 Exit Strategy

Technion Researchers Develop a Simulator for Managing the Coronavirus Exit Strategy A team of experts from Technion and the Civic Cabinet has designed a simulator that assesses the ramifications of the government’s various policy decisions on the spread of the coronavirus in Israel. The simulator…

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“Air Shield” Protective Gear

The Design-Tech Lab at Technion and Rambam Health Care Campus have developed an innovative device for medical staff’s masks, that continuously blows air on their faces, improving protection against infection while eliminating fogging and overheating. Prof. Ezri Tarazi, Chair of the Industrial Design Program and…

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Unmasking all Danger

Corsight is offering face recognition technology that works even when faces are covered with masks. Corsight is a spin-off of the Technion-born startup Cortica, co-founded by Prof. Josh Zeevi of the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering. The company has developed the ability to recognize faces even if…

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Non-Invasive Ventilators

Tamar Robotics has developed a protective hood enabling safer non-invasive ventilation for COVID-19 Patients. Tamar Robotics founded by Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering Prof. Moshe Shoham is protecting medical teams who are at the front line in the battle against the coronavirus. Tamar Robotics…

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New Rapid Test for Detecting COVID-19

Scientists at Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine have modified a coronavirus rapid and simple detection method that does not require special lab equipment, only hot water, and reagents Prof. Naama Geva-Zatorsky from the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,…

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Covid-19 Priority Projects

As countries worldwide take unprecedented steps to protect their populations from the Corona-virus, an equally urgent race against time involves researchers working to halt the outbreak. At the Technion, over twenty research and development teams are aggressively seeking solutions in areas that include rapid diagnostic…

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