Take a sneak peak at Israel's greenest building, Tel Aviv University's Porter School of Environmental Studies. The structure was built to maximize natural light, runs on renewable energy and even has its own "EcoWall" with special labs for ecological experimentation.

The Israeli startup Tucoola developed a social game-based platform, to help preschool children improve their basic cognitive skills. The website, consisting of games to enhance memory, planning and hand-eye coordination, offers personalized reports and tips for parents.

"Healthy mind, healthy body" has now been proved scientifically. In a new book, called 'Nerve-Driven Immunity', the link between neurotransmitters in the brain and the immune system is strongly established.

Israeli researchers found that stimulating the brain using magnetic currents can lead to a significant reduction in the urge to smoke. After undergoing treatment with a device that stimulates the nervous system in the brain, 40 percent of participants in the study stopped smoking.

Tom Peled, an Israeli student who lost his father to cancer, plans a bike ride across ten states in the US to raise funds for cancer research. His project, named Bike for the Fight, has the support of Israeli President Shimon Peres.

Tel Aviv University researchers are using brain imaging to uncover susceptibility to psychological stress and trauma, even before it occurs. The researchers hope that early detection of high-risk subjects will allow for better treatment.

Researchers from Israel found that babies who were delivered by cesarean section are three times more likely to fail their first hearing test. Nevertheless, as findings show, the problem is typically temporary.

International pop star Justin Bieber has joined Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC for a new fundraising campaign named Music Makes it Better. The campaign, launched this week, is powered by the Israeli fundraising platform give2gether.

The Israeli Budo for Peace program aims to strengthen participants' physical, mental and cognitive abilities and break down barriers, by teaching traditional martial arts such as Karate, Judo, Aikido, and Taekwondo. The program operates within Jewish, Muslim, Arab and Druze communities.

JobsMiner is as a job aggregator that uses Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Plus to find hidden jobs which job seekers may not be aware of. It is focusing on the US market and will soon turn to Spanish and Israeli job-hunters as well.

China is developing a demonstration center of agricultural technologies, in which Israeli solutions will be presented to the local market. As part of the center, blue roses that are considered extremely luxurious in China, will be grown based on Israeli know-how.

For owners worried about their dog's safety, a new system developed in Israel is able to recognize when a dog feels threatened or is stressed and then send an SMS to the pet owner's mobile phone.

Startup Uppsite converts websites into functioning native or web apps within two minutes, free of charge. The apps allow user engagement and social sharing - and are even submitted to the various app stores by Uppsite.

Microsoft Israel introduced a tool that allows users to remotely program their Android phones to respond to certain situations. To trigger their phone, users can choose from a variety of events, such as detection of a new Wi-Fi network, arrival to a specific destination or even parking a car.

Israeli scientists tried to find an explanation to the recurrence of cancer after chemotherapy and found that the source of returning leukemia is a set of unique cells that do not proliferate as quickly as regular cancer cells and are able to survive chemotherapy. The findings may have important implications for the future of cancer treatment.