Writer: ISRAEL21c Staff

Making white wine heart-friendly

White wine drinkers don’t yet receive the health benefits attributed to red wine known as the ‘French paradox,’ researchers say.A Technion professor is working on

Farm researchers seeking new crops

Israeli agriculture needs crops that can thrive in a desert environment with low levels of irrigation.Dr. Yosef Mizrahi, of Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

West Bank town is computer-friendly

Ariel is connected with high-speed broadband communications lines and provides all residents with computer training.If reason prevails over politics, the city of Ariel, whose name

No reason to panic

The Israeli venture capital market has returned to a healthy normalcy.Just how deep are the troubles of Israel?s high tech sector? The country?s venture capital

Maintaining an open society

Israel must not lose sight of democracy’s strengths.If, as I suspect, the readers of this Web site have a special interest in Israel, it is

Israel develops anthrax vaccine

The Israel Institute for Biological Research in Nes Ziona.Israel has recently completed development of an anthrax vaccine that would be more effective and safer than

Liver transplant transcends barriers

The parents of the youngest liver transplant recipent greet their son in the intensive care unit of the Schneider Children’s Medical Center.The health of children

At Hadassah, it’s women first

The women’s center program has also launched a research campaign to delve into health issues troubling women in Israel and abroad.Hadassah Medical Center boasts the

A heart that refuses to bleed

Red Cross non-recognition of its Israeli counterpart stains its record.For those of us born after the Holocaust and living in the West, the rumble of

Companies target overload cyber-attacks

The total DDOS prevention market is predicted to grow to over $800 million by 2005.Tel Aviv-based WanWall is preparing to commercially launch the first comprehensive