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Sniffing Out Schizophrenia
Neurons in the nose could be the key to early, fast, and accurate diagnosis, says a Tel Aviv University researcher

Tel Aviv — A debilitating mental illness, schizophrenia can be difficult to diagnose. Because physiological evidence confirming the disease can only be gathered from the brain during an autopsy, mental health professionals have had to rely on a battery of psychological evaluations to diagnose their patients.

 Now, Dr. Noam Shomron and Prof. Ruth Navon of Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine, together with PhD student Eyal Mor from Dr. Shomron's lab and Prof. Akira Sawa of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, have discovered a method for physical diagnosis — by collecting tissue from the nose through a simple biopsy. Surprisingly, collecting and sequencing neurons from the nose may lead to "more sure-fire" diagnostic capabilities than ever before, Dr. Shomron says.

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President Peres officially opened the Industrial High-Tech Park in Nazareth with a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning. After the ceremony President Peres delivered some remarks and conducted a tour of the Amdocs research and development facility in the Industrial Park.

The park will provide around 1000 jobs in high-tech for local residents, both Jews and Arabs, in the coming decade

President Peres in his speech:

 "There will not be true coexistence between Jews and Arabs without full equality"The President of the State of Israel, President Shimon Peres, President Peres officially opened the Industrial High-Tech Park in Nazareth with a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning. After the ceremony President Peres delivered some remarks and conducted a tour of the Amdocs research and development facility in the Industrial Park. The new park in Nazareth in the Galilee, will be a source of employment and economic integration for local residents from all the sectors, Jews, Arabs, Druze and others. The high-tech park is expected to create around 1000 jobs in the coming decade and is expected to include nearly 30 companies.

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First ever comprehensive survey by American MIT and Russia’s Skolkovo findings:

Technion is ranked 6th place for entrepreneurship and innovation in the world

And 1st place for supporting a “challenging environment” among universities worldwide

The Technion was ranked in sixth place in the world for entrepreneurship and innovation, in the first ever comprehensive survey conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The study was performed in collaboration with Skolkovo (the Innovation Center known as Russia’s Silicon Valley). The survey aimed to identify the most innovative universities around the world.

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Tel Aviv University reveals the missing link between brain patterns and Alzheimer’s

 Tel Aviv — Evidence indicates that the accumulation of amyloid-beta proteins, which form the plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, is critical for the development of Alzheimer’s disease, which impacts 5.4 million Americans. And not just the quantity, but also the quality of amyloid-beta peptides is crucial for Alzheimer's initiation. The disease is triggered by an imbalance in two different amyloid species — in Alzheimer's patients, there is a reduction in a relative level of healthy amyloid-beta 40 compared to 42.

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Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed and successfully demonstrated a photonic topological insulator, a new device used to protect the transport of light through a unique, lattice of ‘waveguides’ The advancement may play a key role in the photonics industry. A description of the advancement was published in the current issue of NATURE (Vol. xx No. x)

The photonics industry is at the heart of modern computing and communication.  It has allowed vast amounts of data to be transmitted extremely quickly over fiber optic lines that cross the oceans.  Photonic technology (i.e., technology that is based on the flow and control of light) is at the heart of DVDs, fabrication of computer chips, and solar cells.

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