Israel: Helping To Make A Better World

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Israel’s Technion Institute chosen to help New York become one of the most advanced cities in the world

Cornell NYC Tech: Building a Culture for Innovation on Roosevelt Island

Cornell NYC Tech's $2 billion campus may be no more than a collection of architects' renderings, but preparations for the awaited applied sciences school have continued to progress behind the scenes.

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Jerusalem A Rising Powerhouse For Israel's Tech Scene - Report

The Israeli capital's prospering tech ecosystem currently has 405 active companies, a 102 percent increase from 2012, according to Start-Up Nation Central.

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Baha’i are persecuted throughout the Islamic world BUT safely have their world headquarters in Israel

Why is the Baha'i World Centre in Israel? - Baha'i Blog

 

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Israeli Covid Mask Doesn’t Hurt the Environment | United with Israel

Israeli Covid Mask Doesn’t Hurt the Environment Israelis developed the first antibacterial and antimicrobial face mask made from recycled materials.

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Firewall for Computer Network Security

Gil Shwed Check Point Firewall-1 was the first product to offer an innovative technology to defend computer networks from penetration. …

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The Hadassah team studied more than 700 blood samples from 80 patients who were admitted to the medical center during the first peak of the coronavirus outbreak in Israel. The results show that alpha defensin speeds up blood clot formation, which can cause pulmonary embolism, heart attacks and stroke. In addition, when blood clots form in the alveoli, whose function it is to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules to and from the bloodstream, this can lead to respiratory distress and eventually intubation.

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Hadassah doctors crack the cause of fatal corona blood clots

Hadassah researchers discovered that patients who form fatal blood clots have an increased level of alpha defensin protein in their blood.

www.jpost.com

 

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Israeli scientists develop self-disinfecting face mask

Technion submits US patent application, negotiates on mass production

www.timesofisrael.com

 

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Birth of an Idea: Israeli Startup Uses Fertility Software to Fight COVID-19 | United with Israel

Tel Aviv company Embryonics will use the artificial intelligence methods it uses to optimize IVF in the fight against the coronavirus.

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Israel donates wheelchairs to coronavirus-battered Ecuador

The donation was made by the Israeli Embassy in Ecuador, and was given to Jorge Yunda, mayor of Ecuador's capital city, Quito.

www.jpost.com

 

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Microsoft: Israel is the technology capital of the world

 

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Israel helping to transform New York into one of the most advanced cities in the world

 

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Israeli Breakthrough Paves the Way to Chemo-Free Cancer Treatment | United with Israel

Hebrew University researchers made a major breakthrough on the way to developing a drug to beat skin and liver cancer without chemotherapy.

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New Generation Of Israeli Health Tech

Healthy.io, maker of a 'medical selfie,' is part of the new generation of Israeli health-tech companies

How Israel's health-tech start-ups are bringing machine learning technology to the U.S. health-care system.

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Former Israeli President Shimon Peres awarded US Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama for his “contribution to world peace”

President Obama Honors Israeli President Shimon Peres

 

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WATCH: Syrian Refugee Baby Receives Emergency Heart Surgery in Israel | United with Israel

Israeli doctors operated on a month-old Syrian baby with a congenital heart defect in an effort to save the child's life.

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Israeli brilliance helping to move New York into the future

How the Metro Revolution Is Inventing the Future in New York

At a secret location high above Brooklyn, a pair of cameras steadily capture pictures of Manhattan every ten seconds, checking building “burps” (unexpected increases in emissions) in order to learn more about how New York City works. In shared space at Google’s office in SoHo graduate students...

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Eilat pilots first smart air-conditioned bus station

World’s first smart air-conditioned bus station opens in Eilat, the station serving as a pilot for the rest of the country.

www.israelnationalnews.com