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A simple device developed in Israel will spare patients the need for invasive, costly, and dangerous open heart surgery.  Cuspa Medical has developed an artificial cusp that attaches to the heart’s valve – which opens and closes to let blood flow from one area of the heart to the next, and in the correct direction.  […]

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Revuze, a provider of real-time consumer insights for some of the world’s biggest brands, today announced a $12 million investment.  Its cloud-based software uses AI to gather, analyze and provide insights on consumer sentiment, feedback and overall satisfaction of brands. The funding will be used to help accelerate Revuze’s geographic expansion into the US, scale […]

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have used drones for the first time in their war on illegal waste dumping. They mapped four sites in the north of Israel, analyzed the waste, and say the economic value of recycling it instead would have been NIS 200 million ($56 million). “Our study shows that by integrating existing […]

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute have discovered how viruses adapt and evolve to attack bacteria, which could help identify how they infect humans. A bacteria’s autonomous defensive mechanism is triggered by TIR, a protein segment that identifies a viral invasion. But some viruses have a special gene with a protein that neutralizes TIR immunity.  This […]

Five Israeli universities are among the top 50 institutions that produced the highest number of venture capital-backed companies. The annual university ranking compares schools by tallying more than 144,000 alumni entrepreneurs. Outside of North America, which had over 70 universities on the list, Tel Aviv University and the Technion, both in Israel, were among the […]

A startup that naturally removes sugar from fruit juice has launched its first full-capacity manufacturing plant in Israel.  Better Juice uses natural enzymes to convert sugars in juice to non-digestible compounds, like dietary fibers. The sugar is replaced with other sweet molecules, keeping all of the natural and healthy elements without altering the taste.  The […]

Israeli startup turns waste from sawmills into a super-strong material

An Israeli researcher has come up with a feasible strategy to produce solar energy on the Moon for future residents. He was invited to present the plan to NASA, which has been considering nuclear power instead. It involves installing photovoltaic (PV) panels around a 360 degree latitudinal ring close to a lunar pole. The solar […]

Israeli glass manufacturer Phoenicia will become carbon neutral by converting its emissions to raw materials that will be used in the production process.  Airovation Technologies is an Israeli startup that captures carbon emissions and transforms them into valuable minerals and products. The resulting materials can be used in the food, feed, glass, and fertilizer industries.  […]

Seven climate-tech startups have been awarded over $2 million from a new prize fund to encourage innovation. Marine Edge, which optimizes fuel consumption and carbon emissions for ships, and SolOr, which develops paints for buildings that can absorb solar energy, were among those who won, after completing a series of challenges.  Three Israeli scientists also won […]

Navina, the health tech company that uses AI to produce patient medical history summaries for doctors, has raised $22 million. The financing was led by Alive Israel Healthtech fund, with participation from existing investors, doubling the total investment to date to $44 million.  The Israeli company’s AI presents doctors with an easy-to-read patient profile that can […]

An Israeli agtech company has developed a way to grow tomatoes even in times of drought.  It boosts the growth of the tomato root system and improves nutrient absorption from the soil, improving yield and extending the shelf life of agricultural produce, even as droughts continue to strengthen.  Grace Breeding, the Rehovot-based startup behind the […]

Israeli university students are engineering special bacteria to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy.  Chemotherapy is one of the most common cancer treatments, and causes damage to healthy, living tissues and oftentimes hair loss, among other severe side effects. But students from the Technion in Haifa hope to synthetically produce Decursin, which deters hair loss, […]

Trigo, the Israeli seamless shopping startup, has raised $100 million in a financing round.  The funding will help it scale deployment of its autonomous supermarkets across Europe and the US, enter new geographies, and develop new software. Trigo, a Tel Aviv-based company founded in 2018, uses AI tech and ceiling-mounted cameras to track every item […]