Patents

A researcher examines culture bottles as part of the research and production of penicillin during World War II.

America in Test Tube – Chapter Three The War That Built the American Science Funding System

Until World War II, the U.S. government invested relatively little in research conducted by universities and companies. The emergency gave rise to research contracts, expert evaluations, overhead funding, and rules for distributing patent rights—mechanisms that continue
Prof. Yaakov Nachmias, Prof. Hussam Hayek and Prof. Tal Dvir, three Israeli researchers who have been added to the National Academy of Inventors in the United States.

Three Israeli researchers were added to the National Academy of Inventors in the US

Prof. Tal Dvir of Tel Aviv University, Prof. Hussam Hayek of the Technion, and Prof. Yaakov Nachmias of the Hebrew University were inducted into the ranks of the National Academy of Inventors, in recognition of academic inventions with scientific impact,
Dashboard, artificial intelligence. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Artificial Intelligence in Israel Between Local Challenges and Global Trends: Neeman Index Dashboard Presents Continuous Measurement

The Shmuel Neaman Institute has launched a frequently updated dashboard that monitors real-time demand for AI jobs on LinkedIn, trends in academic theses, and international indicators — to help policymakers understand where the field of artificial intelligence is headed.
The Tel Aviv University delegation to the iGEM competition for 2024. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

The Tel Aviv University student team won a gold medal in the IGEM competition

As part of an international competition in the field of synthetic biology, the student team carried out innovative research aimed at developing a treatment for cancer patients who until now were incurable, thus adding a new "dimension" to the world of cancer treatments
Artificial intelligence in the laboratory. Illustration: depositphotos.com

New Evidence: Artificial Intelligence Jumps Research Forward

A new study indicates that artificial intelligence not only optimizes the work of scientists, but also changes the face of scientific research. The results: a jump in discoveries, patents and new materials - but also challenges
Dr. Shulamit Levenberg. Photo: The Technion

Prof. Shulamit Levenberg of the Technion was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in the USA

The announcement of her election will take place at the Academy's annual conference to be held in June 2024 in North Carolina
US Patent and Trademark Office logo. Image: US Govt

The multinational patent wave / Li Barnstetter, Guangwei Li and Francisco Veloso

Plastic zipper and nylon zipper. From Wikipedia

132 years since the birth of Gideon Sandbeck - the zipper key

Advocate Naomi Asia. Photo courtesy of her

Trolls, vampires or the savior knight

Susan Erez, IBM

Israeli IBM researchers received 139 patents in 2011

Susan Erez, the legal advisor for the field of intellectual property at IBM Israel

IBM is again at the top of the patent recipients in the US

HeLa cells stained with the staining kit that stains their cell nucleus in blue

Reflections - gardens for sale?

From the right (standing): Maria Marianovitch, Dr. Nathalie Yevgi-Ohana. (Sitting): Dr. Yehudit Salzman-Amir, Prof. Eitan Gross and Liat Shekhnai.

Another component in the process of cell suicide has been identified

"Genius is one percent inspiration with 99 percent perspiration." Thomas Alva Edison.

The Wizard of Menlo Park

Dr. Igor Lubomirsky.

A unique alternative for converting solar energy into fuel

The Biztech logo

Biztech 2010 - the final

Zerez Groves from the second generation.

New details about the activity of an important catalyst

Adv. Naomi Asia. Photo: People and Computers

How to turn high-tech patents into money

The crisis in the pharmaceutical industry. Popular Science figure

The pharmaceutical industry teeters on the edge of the patent cliff

Lactate isn't just a byproduct: Here's how it may worsen sepsis

Israeli researchers registered 88 IBM patents in 2008

Lactate isn't just a byproduct: Here's how it may worsen sepsis

Entrepreneurs and inventors from the periphery should be especially encouraged