The Technion Medal is awarded in recognition of exceptional individuals who have made unstinting efforts to advance humanity; who have worked tirelessly to contribute to the welfare of the Jewish people and the State of Israel; and whose diligent and generous support has proved critical in advancing the Technion, thereby strengthening the industrial, scientific and […]
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Technion Prof. Ofer Binah (r) and UM Prof. Daniel Michele were awarded the Eleanor and Larry Jackier UM/Technion and
Weizmann Collaborative Research Award.
Michigan Technion Alliance
Technion continues its multitier academic collaboration with the University of Michigan (UM), through which researchers are accelerating the development of new medications and treatments. The UM-Israel Partnership for Research and Education collaboration includes research projects, student and faculty exchange, institutional joint ventures and technology commercialization. Awards are granted to scientists in UM, Technion and the […]
Look East
Global history was made in Shantou, China on December 16, 2015, with the groundbreaking of the Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), located in Guangdong Province. A partnership between Technion and Shantou University, GTIIT will offer high-level, innovative and research-oriented undergraduate and graduate education. GTIIT is more than a new, global academic facility, it also signifies new networks in the global map […]
Cornerstone NYC
“The Technion is an incarnation of that quintessential Israeli idea that nothing is impossible.” – Michael Bloomberg In March 2016, the key visionary and initiator of Cornell Tech, former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg received a Technion Honorary Doctorate in New York City. The evening also highlighted the achievements of Technion successful innovators, including Shiri Azenkot, […]
Tech Women
“Here at Technion you can make any dream come true.” – Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Yael Yaniv Technion held the first conference for outstanding female high-school students from all over Israel “Tech Women 2016.” Attended by 670 high-school students, the conference is designed to encourage female students to pursue higher education in science and engineering. Supported by […]
Handing you the Future
Serial innovator Prof. Hossam Haick has been selected as one of the world’s most influential people for 2016 by the American magazine GOOD. Haick’s innovations range from electronic skin, the sniff phone for diagnosing cancer through breath samples, through to the development of a “Self- Administered Adhesive Patch for Detection of Tuberculosis,” supported by the […]
A Vision for Life
The Technion mourns the loss of Alfred E. Mann, of Beverly Hills, CA. A noted scientist, and entrepreneur, Mann was a loyal supporter who established the Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Development at Technion (AMIT), focused on enabling commercialization of innovative biomedical technologies that improve human health. Together with his wife, Claude, Al Mann was a Technion […]
Enterprise for All
T³ is capitalizing on the scientific and technological impact of the Technion network. T³’s task is to open the doors to innovation, ushering new technologies into world markets. As part of Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd. (TRDF), T³’s success in bridging laboratory and marketplace is critical to Technion’s position as a global leader of […]
Falling Walls
Shani Elitzur, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, won third place in the international Falling Walls Young Innovators competition in Berlin. Elitzur, one of the competition’s 100 finalists from 44 nations, presented an innovative technology for the production of hydrogen energy that could reduce dependence on oil through the use of hydrogen-based […]
Dream Factory
BizTEC gives real-time, nitty gritty experience in the blood, sweat, tears and brilliance demanded when you want to get the big idea inside your head, out to the big world of commercial realities. Out of the Bronica Entrepreneurship Center, there is a perpetual flow of events to inspire innovation, application and entrepreneurship. From BizTEC to […]
STEM is Going Places
“New York and Israel share a deep and unparalleled connection – and the Zuckerman Scholars Program is a prime example of how we can keep that relationship strong today and in the future.” -New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo A new bi-national program is opening a collaboration superhighway for scientists and innovators in the USA and […]
The Viterbi Vibe
As a child, Andrew Viterbi and his family fled Italy for America escaping the persecution of the Jews. He went on to cofound Qualcomm and invented the Viterbi Algorithm, which is used in almost every cellular phone today, digital satellite broadcast receivers, and in voice recognition. Everyone around the world is somehow affected by this […]
Parallel Dimensions of Healing
The new Technion Integrated Cancer Center takes a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to discovery, medical innovation and life-saving treatments. “The Technion is the ideal place for cancer research for a number of reasons: the Institute’s high level of researchers and clinicians; unique interfaces between medicine, engineering, life sciences and fundamental science; and close ties with hospitals […]
Quantum Unlimited
Prof. Netanel Lindner’s work unveils a phase in which the motion of particles at the edge of the system is chiral, despite complete localization in the bulk of the system. The quantum shift is the next frontier of scientific research. The coming technological shift is set to be as momentous as the invention of […]
E-Beam Beyond Limits
One of the most advanced electronbeam lithography (EBL) tools in the world, the Raith EBPG5200 arrived at Technion in August and is now installed in the Micro-Nano Fabrication Unit (MNFU) in the Wolfson Microelectronics Centre and Sara and Moshe Zisapel Nanoelectronics Center. E-beam lithography is the science and art of scanning a focused beam of […]
The Genius of Nature
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants and other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis is essential to the animal kingdom: not only for organisms that perform photosynthesis themselves, but for all living things. This is because even animals that do not perform photosynthesis consume the primary product of […]
Nano Healers
Imagine we could access a cancer treatment in which the cells of the tumor are directly targeted with gene therapy, eradicating the tumor at its root and vastly increasingly life expectancy. Technion research into the nanomedicine of tomorrow is promising just this. A new technology for the delivery of targeted anticancer therapeutics in the body […]
Living Solar Cells
A patented Technion breakthrough improves the efficiency of organic photovoltaic cells by 50 percent, and could someday provide a huge boost for the viability of solar power as a major source of energy. The researchers published their findings in the Journal of Applied Physics. Organic photovoltaic cells convert solar energy into electric power through organic […]
The Rising Sun
When two multidisciplinary centers join forces, there is high energy impact on the world. The focused synergy of the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute and the Grand Technion Energy Program is propelling Technion innovations in energy to new dimensions. Take water, recruit the energy of the sun, and split the water into hydrogen and oxygen. What […]