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Capsules of sterile males will wipe out populations of nuisance insects

Inhaling nitric oxide helps COVID patients recover more quickly, according to clinical trials for the Israeli-founded company Beyond Air.  The company has developed a device that generates unlimited amounts of the gas from the air without the need for heavy (45lb) high-pressure cylinders. In the clinical trials, 39 hospitalized COVID patients received nitric oxide (NO) […]

Google is to establish a hi-tech school in Israel, offering scholarships to people from under-represented minorities.   The School of Hi-Tech will teach technological and business courses needed to succeed in hi-tech, including programming, software testing, business development, sales, and data analysis.  It will provide equal opportunities for underrepresented populations, including women, the ultra-Orthodox, Arabs, and […]

Patented process breathes new life into waste destined for landfill

Israel’s hi-tech companies raised just $2.6 billion in the three months to the 30th of September – less than half the amount in the same period last year. Analysts blamed the downtrend in the global capital markets, and warned of further uncertainty in coming months. The Startup Nation raised $5.9 billion in 177 deals during […]

Israel is to open a museum dedicated to Albert Einstein. The government has approved the establishment of the Albert Einstein Museum, in Jerusalem, at the cost of $18 million USD (NIS 64 million). The museum, at the Safra Campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will present Einstein’s contributions to science, the impact of his discoveries […]

Burger King is, for the first time, collaborating with an Israeli foodtech startup to launch a line of plant-based products. The meat alternatives will initially be sold exclusively in Israel. Meat.The End (MTE) develops protein ingredients that transform the texture of alternative meat, and claims its products perfectly mimic the sensation of meat. The Israeli […]

A startup that surveyed the 50ft-deep sinkhole that opened up in Tel Aviv last month has just received a multi-million dollar investment.  Exodigo specializes in non-intrusive mapping – finding out what’s underground without the need for actual excavations. It identifies water and gas pipes, electricity cables, water sources and other buried obstacles that could cause […]

Israel has helped develop a free chatbot to provide psychological self-help for Ukrainians. AvaMind suggests self-help techniques to alleviate anxiety, feeling lost, and psychosomatic symptoms such as trouble sleeping and bodily tension. It’s been jointly created by developers and psychologists from Israel, Ukraine, Russia and Germany. It helps identify a specific problem by asking questions, […]

AI saves the lives of soldiers, prevents crop damage, and protects chemical plants

Shares in Mobileye are to be traded from next week in a move that values the company at just under $16 billion – a fraction of the $50 billion owners Intel had hoped for last year. Intel, the US semiconductor chip giant, paid $15.3 billion for the automotive startup in 2017. It was, at the […]

Over a billion people speak languages not currently covered by commercial translation technologies, including spoken languages without a standard writing system.  Meta (formerly the Facebook company) has announced a long-term effort to build machine translation (MT) tools to address that. Israeli researchers are among those who have developed the breakthrough technology. MT systems for text […]

Israel is the fifth-most educated country in the world, with half of its citizens (50.12 per cent) having completed their higher education.  Canada came top, with nearly 60 per cent of its population completing a degree after secondary education, followed by Japan, Luxembourg, and South Korea. Erudera, the education search platform that published the report, […]

An Israeli company that turns paper sludge into food packaging is to start manufacturing in the US. Melodea recycles waste from the pulp and paper industry to create a biodegradable, non-toxic barrier coating for food packaging. It extracts cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) from the sludge, which is normally found in cellulose, tough carbohydrates that keep plant […]

Israel’s next moon mission will include some unlikely passengers: plants.  A tray of seeds and dehydrated plants, as well as necessary equipment and cameras to monitor them, will be on board the Beresheet 2 missions scheduled for 2025. SpaceIL, the Israeli aerospace organization behind the mission, aims to conduct a double landing on both sides […]