June 2, 2020
The tunnel is equipped with an automated aerosol spray system which quickly disinfects individuals, clothes and potentially contaminated belongings.
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February 2020
Using a new technology developed by Dr. Amos Danielli, of the Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering at Bar-Ilan University, saliva tests can be analyzed within 15 minutes.
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December 2018
Gedanken has devised a unique patent-pending microwave-based process to convert biomass to biofuels. “It is hoped that this will be the replacement for fossil oil in the future,” says the BIU scientist, named as one of Israel’s most highly cited researchers.
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December 2018
Kaminka works his high-tech magic in the robotics and artificial intelligence lab of the Department of Computer Science at Bar-Ilan. Some of his robotic programming is employed by the IDF in patrolling the dangerous borders and tunnels of the Gaza strip.
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December 2018
How do we prevent catastrophes from plaguing us in the future? The answer lies in “network science,” and the man at the forefront of this monumental task for Israel is Dr. Baruch Barzel, a top researcher, physicist, applied mathematician and network specialist at Bar-Ilan
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December 2018
Prof. Doron Aurbach of Bar-Ilan University will share the Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation, PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Science Minister Ofir Akunis announced. The annual $1m. award is the largest prize in the field of innovation of alternative fuels for transportation worldwide.
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December 2017
Prof. Kaminka and his team have been developing award-winning technology that is protecting Israeli citizens and keeping IDF soldiers from harm’s way.
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August 17, 2017
Why was a nice Jewish boy from Teaneck handling SQUIDs for seven weeks this summer? Don’t worry. He wasn’t working with the decidedly non-kosher shellfish. Ari Krischer was working in Dr. Beena Kalisky’s lab at Bar-Ilan, testing superconducting quantum interference devices.
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February 2017
Beyond words, volumes may be learned from the human voice: Is a cry for help genuine or fake? Does a person unknowingly suffer from a vocal cord disorder? What is the relationship between spouses, or the compatibility of a therapist and patient? BIU computer scientist Dr. Joseph Keshet, a foremost authority on voice analysis, has developed sophisticated systems and software to address such questions and tap the vast potential in this exciting frontier field.
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December 2016
Reporty, the world’s first free and easy-to-download video emergency app, was developed and is produced and marketed by a team of experts including a number of BIU grads.
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May 2015
Bar-Ilan University experts are collaborating with top industry pioneers on new materials and techniques for electric vehicles. Development of electric cars has taken on greater urgency as the vast majority of scientists agree that fossil fuels endanger both the environment and human health.
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May 2015
In its first cooperative venture with a professor at an Israeli university, Pfizer has announced that it will be collaborating with BIU Prof. Ido Bachelet on his research project that will enable DNA robots to deliver medical proteins to designated tissue.
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May 2015
Creative energy, originality and vision have always been at the heart of the research taking place amongst the faculty at the BIU School of Engineering. Here are two sterling examples.
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June 2015
Whether it’s creating a bionic contact lens to help the blind see or developing an optical heartbeat monitor, Prof. Zeev Zalevsky enables people to see the world in a whole new way. Zalevsky is one of Israel’s most prolific inventors, with more than 50 patents registered in his name.
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March 2015
For years Prof. Eli Kolberg’s robots have played soccer — against each other and against teams from all over the world — in the annual Robot World Cup (RoboCup) tournament. Each of his autonomous robots is programmed with a software brain that controls it and allows it to communicate with its teammates.
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October 2014
Using gold particles as a diagnostic tool, Dr. Dror Fixler and his team at the Advanced Light Microscopy Laboratory at BIU have created a non-invasive optical system to detect cancer of the head, neck, tongue and throat. It has proven itself during its first human tests.
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October 2014
The Israeli start-up company Phinergy is relying on technology developed by BIU’s Prof. Arie Zaban to create an affordable, long-lasting battery for electric cars. Zaban and his team are partnering with Phinergy to change the base on which the battery operates through contact of aluminum with oxygen and water.
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May 2014
Prof. Zeev Zalevsky, head of the Electro-Optics study program at Bar-Ilan’s Faculty of Engineering, has developed a bionic contact lens that has tremendous potential to enable the blind to see. It processes digital images and translates them into tactile sensations, allowing him or her to form a picture.
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March 2014
Israel’s most well-known battery scientist, Professor Doron Aurbach of Bar-Ilan University, was awarded the prestigious International Battery Association (IBA) Yeager Award on March 3rd, 2014 for his work in advancing battery technology.
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March 2014
A major highlight of President Shimon Peres’ recent visit to Bar-Ilan was seeing firsthand the cutting-edge research work taking place at the Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, which has been generously supported by the Gonda Family through a gift to AFBIU.
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