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Bacteria from processed meats led to the world’s worst ever outbreak of listeriosis, in South Africa in 2017, killing over 200 people. It wasn’t an isolated incident. In fact, there are 600 million cases of foodborne diseases every year.  Food companies work tirelessly to clean their facilities and prevent outbreaks – but disinfectants survive on […]

A messaging app founded in Israel is integrating a chatbot so users can seamlessly switch between video calls and AI queries. Rakuten Viber says it will make AI more accessible for its users, with no need to access their email or create separate accounts for generative AI models like DALL-E and Davinci. Users can switch […]

Images generated by AI are being used in a new video campaign to increase the early diagnosis of cancer. They show people imagining their future and asking AI for answers to online questions such as “how will I look when I am a grandfather?”, “what will my son’s wedding look like?”, and “what will I […]

Israeli doctors are saving premature and critically ill newborns in Ethiopia.  Sheba Medical Center led a four-day humanitarian mission in Bahir Dar, northern Ethiopia, to improve the country’s medical capabilities. A team of specialists from Israel’s largest medical center joined forces with local healthcare providers to offer specialized care and surgeries for premature and critically […]

An Israeli startup that creates nuclear fusion technology – the same energy that powers the Sun and the stars – has raised $22 million.  NT-Tao is developing ultra-fast heating technology, which it says will yield a fusion reaction that is a million times stronger than other leading solutions under development, resulting in significantly more efficient […]

A new blood test will help US doctors determine the best treatment options for lung cancer patients who can’t be operated on.  The test, developed by Israeli company OncoHost, scans approximately 7,000 proteins in a patient’s blood plasma to deliver a report that predicts their clinical benefit from immunotherapy-based treatment.  Immunotherapy treatments, which use substances […]

Israel has built its first ground station to track, sense, and photograph high-speed satellites in space.  The satellite observatory, at the Center for Quantum Science and Technology at Tel Aviv University (TAU), is one of the most advanced in the world, and is capable of communicating with satellites using lasers. It has high-speed and tracking […]

An Israeli company that helps businesses secure their data in the cloud has raised $30 million. Sentra enables company security teams to gain full visibility and control of their cloud data, understanding where it is and who has access to it. It also protects against data breaches, and detects and remediates top data risks.  In […]

A new, electronic tampon-like product that is capable of ridding women of yeast infections – which causes suffering for 75 percent of women worldwide. It uses a combination of ‘blue-light’ technology and FDA-approved medicine to eliminate the fungus.  Zero Candida, the company behind the product, successfully eliminated 99.9999 percent of the fungus in laboratory conditions […]

Humans are still better than AI at estimating a person’s age from their facial appearance, says a new study.  AI age-estimation tools greatly exaggerate the biases we hold as humans in assessing age from a photo, and are significantly less accurate.   We tend to overestimate the age of smiling faces compared to those with a […]

A breakthrough technology means robots can literally “watch and learn” without the need for any programming. Just perform an action – packing items or stacking containers, for example – and they will observe, analyze and copy, often in a matter of seconds. A team of programmers and engineers could take days or weeks to do […]

A cybersecurity company that specializes in protecting small companies has secured $10 million in funding. Guardz, based in Tel Aviv, has emerged from stealth, offering automated, active, and real-time cyber protection and insurance for a monthly subscription. Its customer support team of experts will give step-by-step guidance in the event of an attack. Small businesses […]

School buses in northern Israel have been fitted with phone-blocking technology, to prevent drivers from getting distracted by their mobile devices.  The system, developed by SaverOne, based in Petach Tikva, central Israel, identifies the driver’s phone and disables non-essential apps while they’re moving. The regional council of Emek Yizrael has installed the technology on all […]

Patients in Israel can now WhatsApp their doctors and local health clinics to schedule appointments and request sick notes. Clalit Health Services, the country’s largest health provider, is initially offering the service to around 100 clinics and will roll it out to all 1,500, as well as its call center hotline, with around 4,000 staff.  […]

A medical breakthrough now allows doctors to freeze early-stage breast tumors – with no surgery, no scarring, no general anesthetic and no tissue removal. The entire procedure can take as little as 40 minutes. Patients can go straight home after it’s done, and are spared the painful recovery process. The idea of using an extremely […]