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Technion leads Israel, Europe in AI research in new CSRanking index, ranking 21st worldwide

The Technion claimed the top spot in Europe for AI research according to CSRankings, placing 21st globally, and has fueled a surge of successful commercial tech spinoffs.

Aerial view of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
Boeing’s new 777X aircraft.

Technion develops fuel that could make Israel a superpower – Boeing wants to lead

Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan, President of Boeing Israel, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Ido Nehushtan, and Boeing Global President Dr. Brendan Nelson.

Boeing, Technion move Israeli sustainable jet fuel project into implementation phase

 President Herzog standing with a commemorative stamp alongside the Technion president.

100 years of Technion: President Herzog presented with commemorative stamp


Technion researchers cure mice of diabetes in novel trial

New research investigates the use of an autograft of muscle cells engineered to take in sugar at increased rates in mice with type 2 diabetes. 

 The implanted construct: the engineered muscle fibers (in red) express the GLUT4 (in green)

Technion to award German Chancellor Merkel honorary doctorate

The ceremony will take place in Jerusalem, as part of Merkel’s visit to Israel, with the award granted for her support of the Jewish state and fight against antisemitism.

 FORMER PRESIDENT Shimon Peres meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his official residence in Jerusalem in 2011.

Technion study finds warmth of AI systems more important than capability

The study featured over 1,600 participants and was published in the Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

Artificial intelligence

Technion faculty members win prestigious EU awards

Two professors from the Technion won a total of $3.7 million in grants awarded by the European Research Council.

Technion–Israel Institute of Technology

A Technion student has just smashed the world record for light resonance

Graduate student Jacob Kher-Alden created a floating resonator which exhibits resonant enhancement by 10 million circulations of light, compared to about 300 circulations in previous models.

Jacob Kher-Alden

Cancer patients may not be high-risk for coronavirus, researchers say

The researchers found that the assumption that cancer patients should be considered as at-risk for coronavirus was without any scientific basis.

Lung cells infected with coronavirus

Israeli developed COVID-19 breath test could be used by public

The test is envisioned to be used in the future as a screening tool for airports, shopping centers and other public places or even at home.

Health care workers take test samples to check for coronavirus, Lod, July 5, 2020

Technion researchers reveal mini-tornados in fluid jets in world first

The phenomenon in practice can be seen in the way a jet of water from a faucet bends when run across the surface of a spoon.

Coandă jet (blue) flowing over a curved surface.

Technion breakthrough unlocks secrets of cells in 3D for first time

To solve this problem, the researchers turned to the field of deep learning, developing an artificial neural network capable of formulating its own solution

Super-resolved image of mitochondria rendered as a 2D histogram. Scale bar 5 μm.

Technion delves deeper into oximetric data to improve COVID-19 treatment

The researchers have developed a new set of tools to analyze the data collected by oximeters, which monitor oxygen saturation levels in a patient's blood.

Medical worker is seen at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Jinyintan hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak