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Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University have discovered that Paleolithic stone quarrying and tool-making sites were visited again and again by early humans because they adhered to the migration routes of elephants, a key food source.  The research was led by Dr. Meir Finkel and Prof. Ran Barkai of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Archaeology and […]

Israeli startups Robotican, which develops drones that can catch other unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and Elsight, a company specializing in drone connectivity, are teaming up in a new partnership.  Robotican’s fully autonomous Goshawk drone that is designed to detect, track and destroy enemy craft, will carry Elsight’s advanced Halo system, which uses LTE, 5G, satellite […]

FundGuard, an Israeli startup using AI to manage financial investments, has closed its latest funding round at $100 million. The round was led by Tel Aviv VC Key1 Capital alongside existing investors Blumberg Capital and Team8 as well as new backers including Euclidean Capital, which is headquartered in New York.  The Series C round brings […]

Internationally renowned Tel Aviv University (TAU) professor Ehud Gazit has been given the prestigious Meitner-Humboldt Research Award from Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for his work in nanotechnology, biochemistry and biophysics. The annual award, which comes with a prize of €60,000 and the opportunity to conduct research in Germany for up to a year, is […]

A study carried out by researchers at the University of Haifa has used artificial intelligence to prove that loud noises from ships affect dolphin communications.  Although it is already known that maritime traffic has an impact on the environment, it was unclear if dolphins were also affected by ship noises, as it was hard to […]

Planes are statistically the safest form of long-distance travel, with just 0.16 fatalities per million people in 2022, according to the International Air Transport Association.  And an Israeli startup is working to make it even safer, with new technology that protects aircraft from cyberattacks with minimum disruption to the planes themselves.   Herzliya-based Cyviation, which says […]

An innovative, noninvasive Israeli medication administered through the nose hopes to be a life-changer for people suffering acute spinal cord injuries – even helping them to walk again.  NurExone Biologic Inc. developed ExoPTEN, which treats damage to the nervous system, from a concept created by two members of its Scientific Advisory Board: Prof. Shulamit Levenberg […]

An Israeli medtech company whose novel therapy freezes and destroys malignant tumors has announced positive results in a trial of breast cancer patients.  IceCure Medical’s ProSense system uses extremely cold liquid (cryoablation) to freeze and destroy abnormal tumors as an alternative to surgical removal. Its focus is currently on early-stage breast, lung, liver and kidney […]

Israeli beauty tech company Alma Lasers has introduced a new edition of their laser hair removal platform, making the process faster and more efficient.   The Soprano Titanium includes the release of a new applicator called Trio MAX that has higher energy delivery and increases treatment speed. According to the company, the new applicator means it […]

PwC Israel is partnering with OurCrowd, Israel’s largest online investment platform, to support local startups that are part of OurCrowd’s Israel Resilience Fund, providing business development, mentorship programs, connections to finance executives and even helping in fundraising efforts.  The fund was created by OurCrowd in December to support local startups during the country’s ongoing war […]

An Israeli startup specializing in email and workspace security solutions has launched an AI-driven platform that can identify new cyberattacks and resolve threats.   Perception Point offers fast interception of content-based attacks across collaboration channels including email, cloud storage and messaging platforms. GPThreat Hunter, which joins the company’s existing security lineup, uses OpenAI’s GPT-4 model to […]

Programs, apps and websites are all built using code that tells a computer, phone or other device what to do and how to do it. Actually creating that code is a tricky and complicated process, where even the smallest error can cause entire platforms to fail.  Finding a mistake in rows of letters and numbers […]

Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron has received a prestigious medal from the US-based Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for environmental and safety technologies.  Messer-Yaron was honored for her research into climate change, in particular using AI systems to observe rainfall.  The professor’s original research uses cellular networks to monitor weather and precipitation, […]

Israeli cybersecurity startup Cymulate has been named gold winner in the breach and attack simulation category of the 2024 Globee Awards.  This is the fifth time in six years that the startup has won this award.   Cymulate developed a software as a service (SaaS) based cyber breach and attack simulation (BAS) platform, enabling organizations to […]

Israel’s state-owned defense company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is collaborating with the Czech Ministry of Defense on the maintenance of the Czech-owned Multi Mission Radar (MMR) systems.  The Czech government purchased the MMR systems from IAI in a deal signed in December 2019 by the defense ministries of both countries.   The radar systems can identify […]