Over the past two years, the National Urban Alliance has been forming a partnership with the Israel-based International Center for the Enhancement of Learning Potential to introduce a proven method of student assessment that has a 50-year track record of correctly evaluating student learning potential.

While army life is usually synonymous with grease and dust, in Israel, the army is also known as the test lab for some of the world’s most high tech innovations. Paraphrasing on the prophet Isaiah: ” they shall beat their swords into stock options”.

Yes, we’re aware that “I’ll be back to curb carbon emissions” and “Terminating climate change” are a bit of a cliché, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has landed in Israel to do just that.

What is it the factor that has made Israel one of the world’s largest incubators of technology? How did Israeli companies make it to the 2nd place on the NASDAQ traded companies? and what can the U.S economy learn from it all?
The answers to these questions and more will be discussed tonight at the 92nd [...]

An Israeli research team finds a stem cell cure for macular degeneration.

This month marks the six-year anniversary of Christopher Reeve’s visit to Israel for a tour of the country’s advanced stem-cell research facilities. What has changed today?

Foods high in carbohydrates — like white bread — can be devastating to the health of your heart. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher can watch the damage as it happens.

Desert Pavement in the Rub’ al-Khali. Scale cube measures 1cm on a sidePhoto by Meteorite Recon on Wikimedia Commons. Used under Creative Commons License.

Newspapers, among them the New York Daily News, reported today based on a report on LiveScience that scientists in the Negev have discovered the Earth’s oldest surface. What’s that, [...]

The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) this week brings us the story of SCP Vitalife, a venture-capital firm that invests in American and Israeli medical technologies. Thus far, it’s been pretty successful helping companies get off the ground. For example, one of its biggest successes has been MediGuide, which developed a method to [...]

Picture: Buckminsterfullerene C60, aka the “buckyball,” one focus of nanotechnology researchBy Michael Stroeck at Wikimedia Commons. Used under GNU License.

NanoIsrael 2009, Israel’s first ever conference on nanotechnology, took place yesterday and today in Jerusalem. Organizers, among them the Israel National Nanotechnology Initiative, wanted an opportunity to highlight the amazing advances being made in [...]