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An Israeli startup is shortening the ingredients list of plant-based products, making them cleaner and healthier.   Meala FoodTech, which has just raised $1.9 million in funding, creates proteins that both improve the texture and taste of meat alternatives, and bind ingredients together.  Popular meat alternatives like veggie burgers and sausages typically have a long list […]

An Israeli startup claims its cultivated meat products could provide “similar nutritional value” to real meat.  Steakholder Foods tested its own cultivated beef products against actual meat and found the same amounts of 17 amino acids were present in both. The company says this indicates that cultivated meat has the same biochemical composition as conventional […]

Virtual reality can help couples resist the temptations of infidelity, according to new research.  It found that flirtatious interactions with a virtual bartender actually decreased participants’ interest in real-life attractive and alternative partners.   The first-of-its-kind study used three experiments to prove this by having a virtual bartender flirt or have neutral conversations with participants, who […]

An Israeli renewable energy company that is valued at $2 billion has started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange.  Enlight Renewable Energy is the first Israeli company to complete an IPO (initial public offering) on Wall Street in 2023, and has already secured over $250 million in funding. The global renewable energy developer and independent […]

Dogs trained to sniff out early signs of cancer achieved a success rate of almost 93 per cent in a clinical study. SpotitEarly, based in Israel, uses artificial intelligence technology to assess the way labradors respond to patients’ breath samples. In trials the dogs identified cases of the four most common cancers – breast, lung, […]

An Israeli startup is making it easier to analyze heart scans, using advanced AI.  DiA Imaging Analysis overcomes difficulties in scanning high-quality ultrasound images and in accurately analyzing them. It scans the left ventricle of the heart to assess its performance using colors and numerical scoring to indicate the quality level of the image as […]

An Israeli startup is using AI to monitor high-speed conveyor belts for defects. Razor Labs says it has received $1.9 million in funding to automatically detect defects in ammunition, in a deal with an unnamed global defense company. It uses CCTV-based visual inspection and advanced AI image processing to identify problems during production, and has […]

A group of humanitarian aid workers and hi-tech entrepreneurs has joined Israel’s rescue mission to Turkey after two devastating earthquakes. SmartAID, a non-profit agency, has sent a team of 25 search and rescue experts with specialized equipment to find and rescue people trapped beneath collapsed buildings.  Team members worked tirelessly for 14 hours to pull […]

It’s tempting to think of robots as our friends. Alexa helps us order groceries, Roomba vacuums the living room, and Google Assistant can turn on the lights for us when we walk into the bedroom. We form attachments, of sorts, with them. We say thank you, even though we know they’re not “real”. But the […]

An Israeli startup is collaborating with pharma giant Merck to create a new cancer treatment.  Nectin Therapeutics has already developed a clinical-stage treatment that blocks PVR, a protein highly synthesized by cancer cells, which prevents immunotherapies from being effective.  The company will evaluate the efficacy of its treatment in combination with a cancer therapy developed by […]

The EU has awarded €5.3 million ($5.6 million) to an Israeli-led project that puts solar panels on greenhouse roofs. The Regace Consortium, a group of international research institutes and businesses, will use the funds to further develop the innovative technology. Israeli startup TriSolar developed a prototype using software, sunlight tracking, and sensors to control the […]

Israel is to build one of the world’s most advanced children’s hospitals with technology for unique early genetic testing, detection, and treatment of rare diseases.  The new Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital will be built next to its existing children’s hospital, at the Sheba Medical Center, near Tel Aviv, which already treats tens of […]

Israeli women are still underrepresented in startups – just 34 percent of the workforce – says a new report.  And even fewer of them hold management and R&D positions, according to the newly-published 2022 Diversity in startups report. The report, which analyzed data from 650 active Israeli venture-backed companies, found the number of women in […]

Cowpea, the most ancient crop farmed by man, has been gene-edited for large-scale cultivation. The “new edition” of the legume, which includes black-eyed peas, can sprout upright and grow its pods simultaneously, so it can be mechanically harvested for the first time. Until now, farmers have only been able to harvest it by hand because […]

An Israeli company has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to expand satellite-enabled internet access on trains. It means passengers will have reliable and continuous internet during their journeys. Israeli company Gilat Satellite Networks installs small, lightweight antennae to connect to satellite networks to provide high-performance video, voice, and data transfer.  They’re designed to withstand […]