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Low-energy radio waves stop you drifting off, warn shield inventors

Researchers have developed a sensor that can “smell” diseased potatoes before they infect healthy crops. They believe it will have a huge impact on global food production – with half of all harvested food being lost to rot. The team, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) and Israel’s Agricultural Research Organization (Volcani Institute), has […]

Researchers identify "bacterial signature" linked to the stress disorder

Data center processor startup Pliops has announced $100 million of Series D funding, taking the total raised since its 2017 launch to over $200 million. The company makes data centers run faster and more efficiently through a storage platform that addresses the growth of data storage and the processing that is required afterward. Its Extreme […]

A startup that helps people with disabilities to access websites has completed a $30 million funding round. AccessiBe, founded in 2018, uses AI to automate the process by which companies and website owners make their content accessible to users with visual, hearing and motor impairments, and other disabilities. The company secured $12 million in May […]

Israel’s government has allocated over $6 million to integrate Arabs into its hi-tech sector. It will provide Arab-Israeli employers with grants of up to 70 per cent to cover the costs of training programs. The move was announced jointly by the Israel Innovation Authority (IAA) – a government body that promotes research and development – […]

Israeli defense giant Elbit adapts thermal imaging for medical use at Sheba

A spacetech startup is using a satellite to search for lithium, a key component of batteries for electric cars.

Neumann, ousted from his $47B empire, wins high-profile funding for a residential startup

Cloud security startup Wiz says it has become the world’s fastest growing software company, increasing its annual recurring revenue (ARR) from $1 million to $100 million in 18 months. It launched in January 2020 and has already attracted over $620 million in funding and was valued last October at $6 billion. “We’ve come a long […]

A startup has created the first NFT artworks using Microsoft Excel to help victims of the Ukraine war. Datarails, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, helps companies make the most of their spreadsheets. It commissioned artist Saif Ali to create five NFT (non fungible token) images of President Volodymyr Zelensky, which will be be sold for […]

Multi-million dollar ransomware attacks could paralyze operators' entire networks

Researchers are using nano-particles to fight cancer cells. Technology developed at Bar-Ilan University enhances the body’s own natural killer cells (NK-cells) to better attack the tumor. It effectively silences messages from the tumor itself that deactivate these NK-cells. “Our research proved the feasibility of using nano-particles to enhance immune system activity, in this case of […]

Four women who fled the war in Ukraine are to receive full scholarships to study for a degree in Israel

Shopic, the smart shopping cart startup, has completed a $35 million round of equity fundraising.