By Shiri Epstein

So many of us have thrown away meat, fish or chicken because of a little sticker telling us it is past its prime, fearing that the freshness has been compromised and sickness will follow.  We tend to obey the “best before” labels, even if our common sense – and noses – tells us that the […]

Imagine a melon whose miniature size means you can hold it in your hand and eat the whole thing in one single sitting.  Israeli scientists at the Volcani Institute, Israel’s prestigious Agricultural Research Organization, have developed just that.  The small size of this new kind of melon means each fruit is an individual serving – […]

Health centers across Israel have begun to use artificial intelligence to identify breast cancer tumors that may previously have been undetected.  The iCAD detection program has the ability to see through dense tissue and aims to improve diagnostic capabilities and increase early detection of breast cancer in women aged 40 and older.  The platform can […]

Tel Aviv Museum of Art has been included in a list of the top 100 most popular art museums in the world for the sixth consecutive time.  The museum which was placed at number 75, is Israel’s largest art museum. It displays modern and contemporary art from Israel and around the world, including a permanent […]

An Israeli company that develops network intelligence solutions for telecom operators transitioning to 5G networks is renewing its multi-year collaboration with a Japanese mobile network operator.  Tel Aviv-based Radcom will continue to provide its technology as well as include artificial intelligence powered analytics to identity and prevent degradations, which aims to allow Tokyo-based Rakuten Mobile […]

The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA), the branch of the government dedicated to promoting the country’s high-tech sector, has launched a new fund to create three new incubators for Deep Tech (innovation in science or engineering) startups.  The initiative, part of a scheme launched to support the industry during the war in Gaza, aims to strengthen […]

An Israeli professor is among 10 international recipients of an award for innovative neurobiological and behavioral research.   Prof. Dorit Ben-Shachar from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is one of the 10 senior-level scientists to equally share the grant of $1 million from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF).  Ben-Shachar aims to target […]

EyeWay Vision, an Israeli company creating extended reality (XR) glasses has been acquired by VoxelSensors, a Belgian startup specializing in sensing technology.  Founded in 2014, EyeWay Vision has pioneered immersive XR glasses, developing technology such as advanced varifocal projection and laser-based gaze tracker. This technology brings with it power efficiency that allows glasses to be […]

Israeli cybersecurity firm Cyrebro has entered into a new collaboration with Google Cloud to help protect the companies using its platform against attack.   Cyrebro will use Google Cloud’s analytics, machine learning and threat insight to help reduce the time it takes to detect dangers, cut down on the number of false positives and identify substantive […]

Israeli video event platform Kaltura has won an Innovation in Business award at the 2024 MarTech Awards, which recognize outstanding creative products, solutions and services in the fields of marketing, advertising and sales technology.  Kaltura, whose platform creates, manages and tracks the entire virtual event portfolio and webinar program in one place, has won Best […]

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) is opening a new center to study the role of sports in international diplomacy.  The Center for Sports Diplomacy (CSD) aims to focus on the impact of sports on a range of foreign affairs-related fields, including cultural and public diplomacy, international relations and political science.  CSD is planning on […]

Leading Israeli crop protection company Adama has launched a new early stage multi-crop cereal fungicide in Europe.  The company says that Forapro includes two separate active ingredients to boost its performance, protecting crops such as wheat and barley from common fungal diseases including Powdery Mildew and Rust.  The fungicide is designed to better penetrate into […]

Israeli AI chipmaker Hailo has raised $120 million in its latest funding round, the company said. The Series C round means the company has raised more than $340 million in the seven years since its establishment.  Investors in the round include OurCrowd, Israel’s largest online investment platform; Poalim Equity, Bank Hapoalim’s investment branch; and the […]

People who have undergone bypass surgery due to coronary heart disease have a higher survival rate when living in a green environment, according to newly published research at Tel Aviv University.  Coronary heart disease means that the blood vessels taking blood to the heart become blocked, potentially leading to a heart attack. Bypass surgery involves […]

An Israeli speech recognition platform for people with non-standard speech is collaborating with a Philippines online training school to help its students improve their opportunities for employment. The AI-powered Voiceitt is designed to recognize and translate speech by people with an underlying medical condition, disability or age-related condition that means their speech is hard to […]