Daniel Zajfman, President of Weizmann Institute of Science recently stated, “The products of scientific research which is made by people with well-defined and different identities and cultures, is completely universal. A new drug cures everyone independent of its religion, and a solution of an..
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2011: The BSF launched a Transformative Science Program (TSP) in 2010, adopting guidelines developed by the U.S.-based National Science Foundation (NSF) for transformative research as “driven by ideas that have potential to radically change our understanding of an important scientific concept, or lead to..
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2011: Supernovae are stellar explosions, driven by gravitational or thermonuclear energy, which occur when stars die. A BSF-supported collaboration between Dr. Avishay Gal Yam, Senior Scientist at the Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics in the Weizmann Institute of Science, and Prof. Shrinivas Kulkarni, Director..
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2011: The Bergmann Memorial Awards for the best applications by young scientists was awarded two researchers. Dr. Udi Qimron from Tel Aviv University working together with Professor Charles Richardson from the Harvard Medical School on “Bacteriophage-Host Interactions” received one award. Dr. lnna Gaisler Salomon from..
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The mission of the American Friends of the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (AFBSF) is to ensure the continuation of collaborative world-class scientific research by Israeli and American scientists through the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation.