{"id":83670,"date":"2013-12-21T11:38:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T09:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/ten-top-technion-moments-in-2013\/"},"modified":"2013-12-21T11:38:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-21T09:38:41","slug":"ten-top-technion-moments-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/ten-top-technion-moments-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Top Technion Moments in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">10 Technion Moments in 2013<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9R9a1SRbe9k\" height=\"158\" width=\"280\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Between advances in world-class research, multiple international agreements with top institutes from Paris to China, through to the daily drive toward start-up innovation through student ventures, it would be impossible to encapsulate Technion&#8217;s 2013 in a list of 10.<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">So as we round up 2013 and look towards the new year, here is a (very) partial list of Technion news highlights, in no significant order.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">A very happy and fulfilling New Year to all the Technion family and to our friends, colleagues and followers across the world!<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>1.<\/b><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/pard.technion.ac.il\/obamas-technion-gift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama&#8217;s gift<\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">United States President Obama was presented with a unique gift when he came to Israel in 2013. Set in biblical Jerusalem Stone, a nano chip crafted by Technion scientists enshrined the world&#8217;s tiniest Declarations of Independence &#8211; of Israel and America side by side.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">2.<\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pard.technion.ac.il\/the-mystery-of-soft-coral-pulsation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>The Mystery of Soft Coral Pulsation<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Scientists from Technion and the Hebrew University reveal the mysteries of why corals pulsate.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>3.<\/b><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.focus.technion.ac.il\/newsStory.asp?id=274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top Innovator Dr Kira Radinsky<\/a> <\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Dr Kira Radinsky, 27, who recently completed her PhD at Technion in the Faculty of Computer Science under the mentorship of Prof. Shaul Markovitch, was announced as one of the 35 Top Innovators under the age of 35.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">4.<\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pard.technion.ac.il\/first-rate-nano-rust-for-producing-solar-hydrogen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>First rate nano-rust for solar hydrogen<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">EPFL and Technion researchers find the \u201cchampion\u201d nanostructures able to produce hydrogen in the most environmentally friendly and cheap manner, by simply using daylight.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><b> 5.<\/b><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b> <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/pard.technion.ac.il\/4147-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F.I.R.S.T becomes top pre-university program<\/a><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Israel becomes the leading pre-university program of Technion.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>6.<br \/>\n<\/b><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pard.technion.ac.il\/blind-see-optogenetics-holography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Let the blind see &#8211; optogentics &amp; holography<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Scientists from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bm.technion.ac.il\/Pages\/Information_BME_Department.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/a>\u00a0at the Technion have developed a new approach to non-invasive vision restoration in blind retinas, by combining holography and optogenetics \u2013 a rapidly developing field in neuroscience.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>7.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"\/en\/2013\/11\/technion-senate-approves-the-establishment-of-a-technology-institute-in-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technion &amp; China<\/a><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Amid increasing international exchange and with the deepening friendship between Chinese visionary Li ka Shing and Technion, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lksf.org\/shantou-university\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technion-Guangdong Institute of Technology (TGIT)<\/a>, is born.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">8.<\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pard.technion.ac.il\/tcii\/tcii-launched-with-10-joint-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>JTCII in New York City <\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Unravelling with the speed and passion of the city, the Jacobs Technion Cornell Innovation Institute in New York City launches collaborative projects, new study programs, and the final designs for its form on Roosevelt Island.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>9.<\/b><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ats.org\/site\/News2?page=NewsArticle&amp;id=7871&amp;news_iv_ctrl=1161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Artificial skin<\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Using tiny gold particles and a kind of resin, Technion scientists at the reveal how to make a new kind of flexible sensor that one day could be integrated into electronic skin, or e-skin.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>10.<\/b><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><a href=\"\/en\/2013\/12\/technion-graduate-arieh-warshel-wins-2013-nobel-prize-in-chemistry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nobel alumni<\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Technion graduate Prof. Arieh Warshel, Distinguished Professor of\u00a0Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Southern California\u00a0wins the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Technion Moments in 2013 Between advances in world-class research, multiple international agreements with top institutes from Paris to China, through to the daily drive toward start-up innovation through student ventures, it would be impossible to encapsulate Technion&#8217;s 2013 in a list of 10. 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