A simple bedside test to be available soon in Europe may be the most potent weapon against hospital-borne infection to date.
Health
Say goodbye to surgical stitches and staples
If a new Israeli product from IonMed gets market approval, surgeons will have a revolutionary tool in their hands for scar-free incision closure.
Study finds post-traumatic stress rampant among firefighters
The first Israeli study of its kind finds 90% of active firefighters exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and suggests how to improve the numbers.
Have Israeli scientists discovered the fountain of youth?
Israeli university researchers unveil their discovery of a gene that increases the lifespan of lab animals, and perhaps of humans too.
Fighting malaria with tobacco
Hebrew University scientists genetically alter fast-growing tobacco to produce a natural compound known to fight drug-resistant malaria.
New ‘solution’ kills hospital superbugs
Resistant bacteria are soon to meet their match: a genetically engineered fluid that restores their susceptibility to antibiotics.
Test-tube testes offer breakthrough for infertile men
Israeli researchers develop an artificial testis for men who’ve lost their ability to produce sperm. Prof. Mahmoud Huleihel believes he and his team have achieved a breakthrough in male infertility. The opening of sperm banks may have solved the problem …
The artificial nose that can detect cancer
Israeli chemical engineer Hossam Haick is the inventor of a ‘nano-artificial nose’ that can detect cancer and kidney disease
Surgery? Border patrol? Israeli robots can do it all
Israel’s universities are revolutionizing robotics, programming their inventions to think and perform tasks even better than humans
Artificial light at night may cause obesity
It seems that timing really is everything. A new Israel-US collaborative study shows that obesity may not depend on what you eat, but when you eat it. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90. Artificial light at night is already considered carcinogenic, now …
Smoking – a habit not an addiction
Smoking is a habit, not an addiction according to new research from Israel.