By Sara Miller

Taking A Deep Breath To Treat Rare Lung Disease
A breakthrough therapy for a rare and potentially fatal form of lung disease treats patients at home with a short, weekly or biweekly session with a nebulizer – a machine that turns liquid medication into an easily inhaled mist. The therapy delivers a new RNA treatment to sufferers for whom standard medication does not work. […]
May 31, 2023

Happy Cows Makes Dairy Farms Less Stressful, More Productive
As Israelis mark the Shavuot holiday with the traditional indulgence in delicious dairy products, one startup is working to ensure that the process from farm to plate is as easy on the animals as possible. A new milking method developed in Israel places the cow’s comfort at the center of the process, easing stress for […]
May 25, 2023

Instant Implants Give Balding Women Their Hair Back
For women suffering from alopecia, the loss of their hair can be traumatic and life altering. But an Israeli medical technology company has developed an injector to strongly affix multiple strands to the scalp at a time, providing immediate hair restoration to women struggling with baldness. Hairstetics, based in Or Yehuda on the outskirts of […]
May 23, 2023

New Cancer Radiation Therapy Kills Tumors From The Inside
A novel radiation treatment for cancer that targets tumors from the inside using alpha particles is now in Phase 3 pivotal trials ahead of receiving Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. Jerusalem-based startup Alpha TAU is expanding its trials of the treatment for skin and other cancer, after its first trial of 10 patients succeeded […]
May 21, 2023

Smart Diet Boosts Your Mood And Fights Stress
In our high-octane, busy world, stress has become one of the biggest killers and managing it one of the biggest challenges. Finding ways to ease stress has spawned a multimillion dollar industry as many search for a way that works for them. While the concept of changing bad habits in order to reduce stress is […]
May 18, 2023

Slow-Release Jab Set To Transform Schizophrenia Treatment
A revolutionary schizophrenia treatment developed in Israel, which makes it easier for adult patients to manage their illness, has been granted approval by the US Food and Drug Administration, clearing the way for it to reach Americans in need as soon as this month. Pharmaceutical companies Teva of Israel and Medincell of France have teamed […]
May 15, 2023

Cancer Patients Get Groundbreaking Round-The-Clock AI Support
Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, near Tel Aviv, is using artificial intelligence to monitor and interact with female cancer patients as they undergo chemotherapy as part of a revolutionary new partnership with XOLTAR AI company. Patients will receive personal, round-the-clock support tailored to their individual needs based on data analyzed by AI. The program was […]
May 11, 2023

Technion, Toronto University Collaborating On AI In Medicine
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is teaming up with Toronto University on the use of artificial intelligence in the field of medicine. The collaboration sees the faculty and students from Technion’s Artificial Intelligence Hub (Tech.AI) and the Canadian university’s Center for AI in Medicine (T-CAIREM) teaming up to develop working practices for “the […]
May 11, 2023

Female Israeli Innovators Join Global Peers At Morocco Meetup
Israeli businesswomen at the top of their field were among close to 100 female industry leaders from four continents attending a “Women Connect to Innovate” summit in Morocco this week. The three-day gathering was jointly organized by the host nation’s Consensus Public Relations and Israel’s Start-Up Nation Central, a non-profit organization promoting Israeli innovation on […]
May 10, 2023

Coffee Goes Green With Home-Roasted Beans
Getting fresh coffee into our hands usually exacts a huge carbon footprint, requiring thousands of air miles and myriad packaging at every stage of the production chain. Coffee machines normally use beans that have already been roasted, which involves a resource-heavy heating process as well as shipping beans from one place to another over extended […]
May 10, 2023

Tel Aviv University, Google Unite For New AI Research Program
Internet magnate Google has launched a new collaboration with Tel Aviv University to promote research in artificial intelligence and data science. The three-year program is operating through the university’s Center for AI and Data Science (TAD) under the supervision of Prof. Meir Feder and is supported by grants from Google of $1 million. Its primary […]
May 08, 2023

AI Deep Learning Gets Upgrade With New Object Detection Model
An Israeli company that uses artificial intelligence to develop artificial intelligence has unveiled a new deep learning model to detect objects in real time, which it claims outstrips its predecessors. Ramat Gan-based Deci says that its YOLO-NAS model, which was also created through AI, improves on previous versions that struggled to accurately process certain data. […]
May 04, 2023

Machine Pollination Tackles Climate Change, Food Demands
That the world’s bee population is in crisis is no secret. Scientists, conservationists and agriculturalists have been scrambling for a solution to a situation that could be catastrophic for humans who rely on these stripy natural pollinators and their winged cohorts to propagate much of the food that we eat. Israeli company Edete says it […]
May 04, 2023

Caffeine Gummies Deliver Coffee Buzz In One Gulp
Getting your morning coffee fix on-the-go will soon be much sweeter and easier, Israeli food tech company TopGum claims, thanks to their new product that delivers a caffeine hit in gummy form. The Rehovot-based company says it is for the first time using its own new and unique microencapsulation technology (the process of concentrating a […]
May 02, 2023