A ground station for satellite missions has been built at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology for the Adelis-SAMSON project, to be launched into space at the end of 2018 by a Dutch company that specializes in launching nanosatellites. The project is supported by the Adelis Foundation, the Israeli Space Agency and the Ministry of Science and Technology. Following the launch, the nanosatellites will be monitored by Technion’s ground station, which will monitor the satellites’ activities and receive transmitted data.
Technion Live
40 YEARS OF THE LEMPEL-ZIV ALGORITHM
In 1977, Profs. Jacob Ziv and Prof. Abraham Lempel introduced the math that would enable lossless compression regardless of the structure of data and without prior knowledge of statistical properties. Many compression technologies used in memory devices, computers, and smartphones are based on this algorithm. In 2017, the achievement was honored with the EMET Prize.
2018 UMBRELLA CONFERENCE
The 32nd Umbrella Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage was held at the Technion with the participation of researchers from Jülich Research Center and from RWTH Aachen University in Germany.The conference took place under the auspices of the Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP).
NANO SWIMMERS
An interdisciplinary study has introduced the optimal configuration for nanoscale robots that travel within the human body for biomedical tasks. The team was led by Prof. Alex Leshansky of the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering.
TWEETING HAPPINESS
Research performed as part of the doctoral work of Ben Galon, under the supervision of Dr. Yaron Kanza of AT&T Research Laboratories, and Prof. Yerach Doytsher of the Technion Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering has introduced a method that analyzes social media posts to map emotions in urban spaces.
HEAL THE YIELD
An innovative technology developed at the Laboratory for Targeted Drug Delivery and Personalized Medicine Technologies at the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering by Prof. Avi Schroeder and colleagues is expected to significantly increase agricultural yields. This will be achieved using a nanometric transport platform, which was until now applied in medicine.
YONINA ELDAR ELECTED TO THE ACADEMY
Prof. Yonina Eldar, second from left, of Technion’s Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering was elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in December – making her one of only five women scientists in this prestigious institution and the youngest member.
THE BRAIN’S LEARNING ORCHESTRA
Prof. Yonina Eldar, second from left, of Technion’s Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering was elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in December – making her one of only five women scientists in this prestigious institution and the youngest member.
20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISOLATION OF HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
20 years ago, in 1998, Prof. Itskovitz-Eldor, in collaboration with Prof. James Thomson from the University of Wisconsin, isolated the first human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). This is considered one of the most important scientific breakthroughs in medical history. In the same year, Prof. Itskovitz-Eldor established the first stem cell research laboratory at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at Technion. Prof. Itskovitz-Eldor currently holds the largest number of scientific publications in the field of hESCs.
DOES GOLD REMEMBER?
Researchers from Technion, led by Prof. Eugen Rabkin, with Germany colleagues have demonstrated the phenomena of shape memory and self-healing in gold microparticles. The discovery could lead to robots capable of self-repair; and mechanically stable and damage-tolerant components and devices.
SUPPRESSING THE RESISTANCE
Advancing the field of customized medicine through nanotechnology, Prof. Shulamit Levenberg and team have developed a system that enables the rapid and accurate customization of an antibiotic to the patient.
COUNTDOWN TO SAMSON LAUNCH
Technion announced that in late 2018, a group of three nanosatellites, which will fly in controlled formation, will be launched for the first time into space. The Adelis-Samson Project, headed by Prof. Pini Gurfil, is supported by the Adelis Foundation and the Israel Space Agency.