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Solar panels that come on a roll made by an Israeli company have been certified as safe in the US and Europe by a world-renowned photovoltaic (PV) testing lab.  Apollo Power’s new flexible panels can be placed on virtually any surface, from sidewalks and golf carts and airplanes. The startup received its certification from Solar […]

In 1976, a Philadelphia hotel hosted an annual convention to celebrate American war vets – but just days after its close, 25 attendees had died of what was believed to be a spate of sudden heart attacks. The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) later found that a specific bacterium – bred in the cooling […]

Helmets developed by an Israeli company that ease symptoms of depression and anxiety will be supplied to US military members and veterans.  The Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Deep TMS) treatment, developed by BrainsWay, uses magnetic pulses to stimulate cells in the region of the brain involved in mood control and depression.  Now, it will be […]

Israel’s high-tech companies raised $1.67 billion in the third quarter of 2023, a small drop from Q2 and almost no change from Q1, according to an upcoming report on the state of the country’s high-tech investments.  The figures signal that the investment in Israeli startups is stabilizing after a volatile period, the report shows.  The […]

An Israeli renewable energy company will be supplying its electricity to the world’s biggest manufacturer of semiconductor chips for phones, computers and televisions.  Enlight Renewable Energy, which finances, develops and constructs clean energy power plants, has inked a 15-year agreement with the American corporation Applied Materials, Inc. to power the latter’s operations in Israel.  Applied […]

An Israeli startup believes it has made a breakthrough in its technology that will allow companies to grow cultivated meat at a far faster pace.  ProFuse Technology has developed a catalyst comprising “small molecules” that speeds up the process of growing cultivated stem cells and increases yields. Now, the company says, the fluid used to […]

Moshe, a computer programmer who suffers from a life-long stutter, tried every kind of treatment to ease the jaw spasms, severe facial twitches and feelings of suffocation he experienced whenever he spoke. But every time he’d step out of a clinic or treatment center, he had no way of preserving the methods he had just […]

Tens of thousands of senior citizens in Israel and the US are playing online brainteasers developed by an Israeli startup to help improve their memories and stave off the cognitive decline that can come as we – and our brains – get older.  Tel Aviv-based Effectivate offers 25 different games for what it calls brain […]

An Israeli company that develops treatments for severe neurodegenerative diseases has patented a new therapeutic drug for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in Europe, Japan and Israel. ALS is a progressive disease that causes the degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, eventually resulting in the inability to speak, eat, move and breathe. […]

An Israeli startup that uses artificial intelligence to analyze public documents and determine their potential for class action lawsuits has raised $35 million in its latest funding round.  Darrow’s generative AI can sift through information such as consumer complaints to detect legal violations, predict their likely outcomes in the court of law and assess their […]

An Israeli firm that uses radioactive compounds to make cancer-fighting drugs will set up its first facility in the US.  Petah Tikva-based Isotopia Molecular Imaging develops radioactive isotopes – unstable versions of elements with excess amounts of energy – that are used to detect and treat cancer with greater precision, as well as other chronic […]

An Israeli startup is using AI to develop plant nutrition products and biostimulants for the multinational fertilizer and minerals firm ICL Group.  Agrematch uses algorithms to scan its own database of biological, chemical and agricultural information, to predict the active ingredients best suited for the development of various new products for farming. The startup says […]

An Israeli startup that uses the cameras on an outpatient’s smartphone to check their health status has been named the winner of a new challenge that seeks to solve healthcare’s most pressing problems.  CatAI uses artificial intelligence to track and monitor blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen levels and temperature using a patient’s smartphone camera […]

Israeli giants of industry such as 3D printer Stratasys and defense technology company Elbit have spent the last eight months developing innovative solutions – not to benefit their businesses, but to ease ongoing issues faced by wounded veterans.  Restart, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of Israel’s wounded veterans, recruited these companies to […]

An air taxi took to the skies over Jerusalem for the first time recently as part of a national effort to ease Israel’s traffic congestion problem.  The test flight, which was conducted at the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem, is part of the Israel National Drone Initiative (INDI). The country has already invested 60 […]