Tag Archives: Chemistry
Schulich Chemistry Faculty Now Hold 7 Prestigious ERC Grants
Technion Schulich Chemistry Faculty’s Researchers Now Holds 7 Prestigious ERC Grants The European Research Council announced last week that researchers at the Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology have been awarded a noteworthy five ERC Starting Grants, which are awarded to talented early-career scientists who completed their doctoral degrees only two to seven years ago,… Read More
Technion Researchers Awarded 5 Prestigious ERC Starting Grants to Lead Innovative Projects
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded five early-career Technion researchers with Starting Grants, recognizing the great promise in their research fields. These grants, part of the EU’s Horizon Europe Program, are awarded to talented early-career scientists who completed their doctoral degrees only two to seven years ago, and have already produced excellent work, showing… Read More
Technion-Trained Students Win 4 Medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad
Congratulations to the Israeli Chemistry Olympic team, which came back from the IChO (International Chemistry) Olympiad in Zurich, Switzerland with four medals! 356 students from 90 countries took part in the competition. The Israeli team was trained at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology by Prof. Zeev Gross from the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry.… Read More
Nobel Prize Laureate Ben Feringa at Technion
Professor Bernard Lucas Feringa, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016, recently gave a special lecture at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, as part of the Apeloig Distinguished Visiting Lectureship Series. Prof. Feringa was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry together with Profs. Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Sir J. Fraser Stoddart for… Read More
When Archaeology Meets the Exact Sciences
On Wednesday, January 18, the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Haifa held a scholarly conference as part of a first-ever collaboration on the subject of technology and science in the study of archaeology and maritime cultures. The research collaboration, which has already begun at both universities, will propel the study… Read More
5 ERC Consolidator Grants Awarded to Technion Researchers
Five Technion researchers have been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) for pioneering projects in their respective disciplines. The ERC Consolidator grant aims to help excellent scientists, who have 7 to 12 years' experience after completing their PhDs, strengthen their research teams and pursue their most promising ideas. Each grant is for up to… Read More
Producing ‘green’ energy — literally — from living plant ‘bio-solar cells’
(Text by the American Chemical Society.) Though plants can serve as a source of food, oxygen and décor, they’re not often considered to be a good source of electricity. But by collecting electrons naturally transported within plant cells, scientists can generate electricity as part of a “green,” biological solar cell. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied… Read More
Technion Researchers Discover Unique Peptides with Anti-Cancer Potential
A new paper published in Nature Communications presents a study on unique peptides with anti-cancer potential. The study was led by Professor Ashraf Brik and post-doctoral fellows Dr. Ganga B. Vamisetti and Dr. Abbishek Saha from the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, along with Professor Nabieh… Read More
The Path to Healthy Aging
Life expectancy is consistently increasing thanks to progress in health care, science, and technology. However, longer lives have not meant an improved quality of life for the elderly. In response to this important global challenge, the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has gathered researchers from different faculties in order to establish the Healthy Aging… Read More
Center for Sustainable Processes & Catalysis
The global population is rapidly growing; on average, 2.5 new inhabitants are born each second. Indeed, it is estimated that by 2050, our planet will be inhabited by more than 10 billion people. To maintain and improve quality of life standards on a global scale while meeting the needs of an expanding world population, the… Read More