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Shlomo Maital

Senior Research Fellow, S. Neaman Institute Technion

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Jun 3, 2026, 11:05 AM

From Lab to Life: Honeybees Recognize Faces

Over the years, I’ve taught perhaps thousands of MBA students in many countries. From time to time, one of them pops up – and I am challenged to recognize their faces and remember where and when we crossed paths....

May 31, 2026, 5:29 PM

From Lab to Life: Drug Lowers LDL Forever

Source: depositphotos.com Cardiovascular diseases (including heart attacks and strokes) cause an estimated 19.2 million to 20.5 million deaths globally each year, making it the leading cause of death worldwide. In the US, cardiovascular disease kills nearly 800,000 Americans a year. ...

May 24, 2026, 9:27 AM

From Lab to Life: Life Began with Hydrogen

How, when and where did life on Earth begin? There are a number of theories – but all involve the formation of water, in which living cells were born. OK – so, where did water come from? Hmmm. From, uh,...

May 22, 2026, 5:55 PM

From Lab to Life: GLP-1 Prevents Heart Attacks

Science Daily reports that a large international review study found that “GLP-1 significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and premature death over the long term.”* “A massive review of over 90,000 patients found that popular...

May 20, 2026, 9:37 AM

From Lab to Life: Coffee’s Health Benefits

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These days, it seems as if the world runs on hydrocarbons – and the price of oil reflects an apparent shortage of them. Let me, however, make the case that the world runs on coffee, not oil. Worldwide, more than...

May 17, 2026, 1:28 PM

From Lab to Life: Cancer Breakthroughs in Space

Depositphotos.com The latest Science Friday podcast reports that “an upcoming resupply mission will carry tumor samples to the International Space Station for research. Experiments in microgravity have yielded shocking results: Some tumors triple in size in just 10 days—the...

May 14, 2026, 10:05 AM

From Lab to Life: Cancer Cells from ‘On’ to ‘Off’

Consider biological evolution. It made us humans (and the entire amazing planet) what we are today. It gave us oxygen to breathe, plants to eat and absorb CO2, maybe even indirectly the magnetic field to protect us from radiation… But...

May 10, 2026, 10:57 AM

From Lab to Life: Eggs Got a Bad Rap

A close friend, former Vice-Dean of the Technion Medical School, explained to me once that the current wave of obesity and related health problems stems in part from the bad rap that eggs were given by ‘experts’. The idea...

May 8, 2026, 5:49 PM

From Lab to Life: Unlearning Chronic Pain

Source: depositphotos.com Chronic pain affects one adult in five (20%) worldwide, or over 1.5 billion people, and is the leading cause of disability. It is defined as pain that lasts or recurs for longer than three months, often persisting beyond...

May 6, 2026, 9:25 AM

From Lab to Life: ‘Silicon’ That Heals Hearts

When our bathroom sink loosened from the wall, we bought a ‘silicon gun’ – and it was a quick fix. What if we could fix damaged hearts in the same way, by injecting a biomedical gel? New research reported by...

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About Me

Emeritus professor, Technion; Summer visiting professor, MIT Sloan, 1984-2003; Author of 14 books, including Cracking the Creativity Code (2014); founder of SABE Society for Advancement of Behavioral Economics; instructor, on-line 4-course specialization, Coursera, with cumulative enrollment of 65,000.