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The participants—from Israel, Turkey, Sweden, South Africa, Georgia and the United States—had the chance to pitch their startups to angel investors and the community at a public event held in Santa Monica.
From left: AFTAU board members Clement Erbmann and Ralph Mandell; Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation for the University of Illinois System Ed Seidel; Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner; Consul General of Israel to the Midwest Aviv Ezra; and AFTAU board member Tim Schlindwein Credit: American Friends of Tel Aviv University.
Tel Aviv University partners with University of Illinois for R&D
The state budget puts half-a-billion dollars towards a venture being promoted as “the Midwest’s answer to Silicon Valley.”
Pattern of radio waves on the sky caused by the combination of radiation from the first stars and the effect of dark matter. Blue regions are those where the dark matter cooled down the ordinary matter most strongly. Credit: Professor Rennan Barkana.
Israeli, U.S. astronomers may have uncovered proof of mysterious ‘dark matter’
“Dark matter is the key to unlocking the mystery of what the universe is made of,” said Professor Rennan Barkana, head of the department of astrophysics at Tel Aviv University’s School of Physics and Astronomy.