Our Archives

• February 2010
  
  A Nano-Delivery System that Leads Anticancer Drugs Directly to Cancerous Cells.

  Technion researchers have developed a Nano-Delivery System that leads anticancer drugs directly to cancerous cells and is released only in the cell. read more

• September 2009
  
  International School of Engineering Opens At Technion

  The Technion's Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering has launched an International Program in Infrastructure and Environmental Engineering. read more

• Technion - Back to the Future

  What would Albert Einstein think if he visited Technion today? read more

• American Chemical Society Prize To Be Awarded To Technion President Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig

  The Frederic Stanley Kipping Award of the American Chemical Society is to be awarded to Technion President Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig. read more

• A Tiny Robot Invented to Crawl Through Your Veins

  “In the future, we hope the robot will be able to travel through a blood vessel, the digestive tract or the lungs, delivering targeted medicines to specific locations, clearing blockages, performing biopsies, or placed inside a shunt to drain body fluids from clogged areas,” Professor Moshe Shoham of the Technion Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, explains. read more

• A Drug to Treat Heart Disease is Developed at CardiAmit, the first company established by the Alfred Mann Institute at Technion

  The Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Development at the Technion (AMIT) has established its first company – CardiAmit, which is developing a new drug to protect the heart muscle. The drug is based on a new cardioprotective molecule that has the ability to protect heart cells against damage and death resulting from ischemia – for example, damage caused by heart attacks. The potential world market for this drug is estimated to be billions of dollars annually. read more

• Technion Protecting Water from Biological and Chemical Terrorism

  NATO finances Technion interdisciplinary water research that identifies and neutralizes contaminants. read more

• Prestigious Frontiers of Knowledge Prize Awarded To Prof. Jacob Ziv of the Technion

  The Frontiers of Knowledge Award of the Spanish BBVA Foundation, totaling 400,000 Euros, is being awarded today in Madrid to Jacob Ziv, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of the Technion’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering, for “his groundbreaking innovations in data compression and information theory.” The BBVA Awards recognize and encourage creative research in the basic sciences, biomedicine, ecology, information technology and economics, as well as artistic achievements in the arts and in the area of climate change. The awards are given for projects or research. The total for all the awards is 3.2 million Euros and they are given out annually in eight categories – 400,000 Euros per category. read more

• November 2008
  
  Ofakim Program for Training Engineers from the Periphery Opens at Technion

  100 young men and women - demolized soldiers from the periphery, from the Jewish and Druze sectors, lacking acceptance criteria for universities - begin studying in a special preparatory program. read more

• Why Does a Pitcher's Curveball Curve?

  Researchers at the Technion have been the first to observe the Magnus effect in light, potentially opening a new avenue for controlling light in nanometre- scale optical devices. read more

• Technion Ranked 29th in the World in Engineering and 31st in Natural Science in 2008

  Technion rose 122 places in overall ranking to 109th place in the prestigious world ranking of Universities by the London Times Higher Education Supplement. read more

• June 2007
  
  MAKING WATER FROM THIN AIR

  An architect pursuing a Ph.D. at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and his colleague have devised a low-tech way to collect dew from the air and turn it into fresh water. Their invention recently won an international competition seeking to make clean, safe water available to millions around the world.
  
  The brainchild of Technion Architecture and Building Planning grad student Joseph Cory and his colleague Eyal Malka, "WatAir," is an inverted pyramid array of panels that collects dew from the air and turns it into fresh water in almost any climate. read more

• Chag Sameach! Your Seder plate will never look the same again!

  As we prepare to gather with family and friends to share the Passover story, we need look no further than the Seder table to see how far we have come since the time of Moses.
  
  As is our tradition to retell the story of Jews being freed from slavery, Professor Moussa Youdim's research on the "Multifunctional Activities of Green Tea Catechins in Neuroprotection" will help us ensure that we always remember the story. read more

• A $1 MILLION GIFT FOR TECHNION FROM THE AZRIELI FOUNDATION

  The Azrieli Foundation announced that it is making a $1 million gift to the Faculty of Architecture at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, in honour of the 85th birthday of the world-renowned architect, developer and philanthropist, David J. Azrieli, Canadian Technion Society Honourary Life National President.
  
  "As a professional David Azrieli has been the driving force behind the development of innovative projects in Tel Aviv, Be'er Sheva and Jerusalem as well as across North America," explained Arnold M. Ludwick, President of the Canadian Technion Society." read more

• October 2006
  
  Seymour Schulich donates landmark gift of US $20 million to the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  The President of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig, and the National President of the Canadian Technion Society, Mr. Arnold Ludwick, today announced a landmark US $20 million gift from Seymour Schulich to the Technion to train future scientists and scholars in the field of chemistry.
  
  Seymour Schulich's gift will enable the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry to substantially upgrade its current research infrastructure as well as support annual undergraduate scholarships, graduate, post-graduate, and post-doctoral fellowships; and visits by internationally renowned scholars in chemistry. read more