In a formal ceremony held at the Stockholm Concert Hall last Thursday, Weizmann Institute of Science Professor Ada Yonath became the first Israeli woman, and the ninth Israeli, to win a Nobel Prize. Yonath was a pioneer in the study of the key protein-producing ribosomes in all cells, and only the fourth woman to become [...]
Filed under: News on December 14th, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
Tagged with: chemistry, innovation, israel, science
With advances in genetic research coming as fast as the papers or blogs can cover them, I’m not surprised to see the breakthrough announced today by researchers in Spain. According to Science Daily, researchers at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have identified certain strains of proteins within a [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on September 18th, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
Tagged with: biotechnology, collaboration, disease, DNA, gene, genetics, human genome, illness, innovation, mutation, research, science, sharing, Spain
Ever since the Academy Award-winning song “Jai Ho” made it to hit charts, the music world has been wondering if other South Asian talents can go global as well.
Envision Solar, a San Diego-based company known for its solar-powered carports, has announced a new product in line with the company’s goal to make use of solar energy in unconventional places.