Daily Briefing Sept. 5: Research on brain tumors, COVID shots and car charge tech
Environmental reporter Sue Surkes discusses the Bazan deal and news for electric cars; health writer Nathan Jeffay looks at a groundbreaking brain cancer study, vaccine donations
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWelcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.
Environmental reporter Sue Surkes and health writer Nathan Jeffay join host Jessica Steinberg for today’s podcast.
Jeffay discusses the Israeli research that has identified and destroyed the power source of brain cancer in mice.
Surkes reviews the latest in the future sale of Bazan, the Oil Refineries company that has long dominated and polluted the Haifa skyline.
Jeffay talks about the use of game theory by Israeli researchers to determine whether it makes sense for countries to give their surplus coronavirus vaccine doses to other countries in need.
Finally, Surkes explains Zooz, an Israeli company’s fast electric car chargers being deployed in the US, Europe and Israel.
Discussed articles include:
Brain tumors vanish in mice after Israeli study finds and destroys ‘power source’
Polluting Haifa oil refineries must close by 2025, PM’s economic adviser demands
Israeli study: Western powers can protect own people by donating COVID shots abroad
Israeli systems that charge electric vehicles in 15 minutes to deploy in Europe, US
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