By ariel

US semiconductor giant Intel has officially confirmed it is building a $25 billion chip plant in southern Israel, the largest investment ever by a foreign company in the country. The Israeli government, which announced the planned construction in June, has also awarded the company a $3.2 billion grant for the plant in Kiryat Gat. The […]

Today, there are around eight billion hens in the world, laying more than 1.6 trillion eggs in 2022.  And for farmers whose businesses depend on these egg layers, the inevitable male chicks that are hatched – roughly seven billion every year – do not have a fiscal benefit and are killed immediately.  Israeli startup Huminn Poultry […]

US chip giant Nvidia and thousands of its employees have donated $15 million to nonprofit organizations that support civilians on both sides during Israel’s ongoing war with the Hamas terrorist group that ruled Gaza.  Thousands of Nvidia employees from more than 30 countries donated a total of $5 million, multiple reports said. The company added […]

A new mobile game is being played by thousands of people – not to conveniently pass the time or to provide a quick source of entertainment, but to ease their symptoms of anxiety and depression.  Israeli startup Hedonia says that its Mood Bloom community-building game has been proven to reduce symptoms such as constant dwelling […]

A new Israeli agritech startup has developed bacteria capable of decreasing nitrous oxide (N2O) that is emitted during the production of wheat. N2O is a harmful greenhouse gas that is potentially 265 times more harmful to the climate than carbon dioxide.  Nitrousink uses two bacteria species that originate from wheat roots and can naturally reduce […]

Bar-Ilan University’s tech transfer company BIRAD has just received the rights to develop and commercialize a treatment that uses stem cells from donated placentas to treat cocaine addiction.  The treatment, which uses PLX-PAD cells developed by Israeli biotech firm Pluri, has been found to reduce cocaine cravings after just one use by creating new neurons […]

The enigmatic, once-in-a-lifetime reproductive cycle of the freshwater eel, and the inability to breed it in captivity, has led the fish to become an endangered species, leaving the fishing industry failing to keep up with the ever-growing worldwide demand.  But an Israeli startup has developed unique technology to produce cultured eel meat just as it […]

An Israeli biotechnology startup developing cancer treatments to address resistance to immunotherapy is expanding its clinical trial to additional sites in Israel and the US.  Nectin Therapeutics has already developed a clinical-stage treatment that blocks PVR, a protein highly synthesized by cancer cells that prevents immunotherapies from being effective. PVR is overly produced in many […]

An Israeli drug developer will exclusively license its preclinical cancer treatment to a leading American biopharma firm in a deal worth $848 million. Compugen uses its computational abilities to screen vast amounts of publicly available datasets as well as its own proprietary datasets to identify compounds that can create potentially new immunotherapy drugs. Its COM503 […]

Classic denim blue jeans have been a staple in the global fashion industry for over half a century – but their iconic color comes with a heavy environmental price.  Dyeing just a single pair of jeans involves thousands of liters of water. And the dye itself comes from synthetic indigo, which is made of a […]

An Israeli startup that has created a more energy efficient way of capturing harmful carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) from the air has been awarded a three million shekel (approx. $821,000) grant from the Israel Innovation Authority – the branch of the government dedicated to promoting the high-tech sector.  RepAir‘s Direct Air Capturing (DAC) solution uses […]

Israeli generative AI video company D-ID has unveiled a new platform that allows businesses to create a virtual assistant on their websites without having to add code.  D-ID Agents lets businesses provide tailored online interactions with their customers by giving them the ability to create assistants of different ages, genders and ethnicities, which can speak […]

Healthcare professionals devoted to the patients in their care are in some cases actually making them sicker, due to poor handwashing practices that can lead to the spread of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms.  To combat this problem, Israeli startup Soapy has created a smart handwashing stand that guides doctors and nurses in properly washing […]

A Tel Aviv-based consulting firm has launched a new mentorship program designed to support Israeli startups seeking to expand into Europe. Spyre NEXUS, created by Spyre Group, helps these startups deploy or pilot their technologies in Europe while simultaneously providing European enterprises with access to the cutting-edge innovations.  The Sprye Group says that the program […]

An Israeli company that prevents train accidents using artificial intelligence and advanced sensors has delivered its product to a leading Latin American mining company. The MainLine system, developed by Rail Vision, alerts train drivers of potential obstacles on the tracks – such as people, vehicles and rocks and debris – at a distance of up […]