Science

A breakthrough therapy for a rare and potentially fatal form of lung disease treats patients at home with a short, weekly or biweekly session with a nebulizer – a machine that turns liquid medication into an easily inhaled mist. The therapy delivers a new RNA treatment to sufferers for whom standard medication does not work.  […]

You wouldn’t think it, but a field of flowers can be a pretty noisy place. Not because of the chirping birds or the buzzing bees… but because of the sounds the plants make themselves.  For the first time ever, Israeli researchers have been able to prove that plants do indeed make noise. They picked up […]

A Canadian drink made headlines in 2018 when it was touted as being able to pack a similar buzz to booze, despite not containing even a single drop of alcohol.  Users later reported that they indeed felt no desire to consume alcohol after ingesting it, experienced no ill effects, and had no urge to continue […]

A revolutionary schizophrenia treatment developed in Israel, which makes it easier for adult patients to manage their illness, has been granted approval by the US Food and Drug Administration, clearing the way for it to reach Americans in need as soon as this month.  Pharmaceutical companies Teva of Israel and Medincell of France have teamed […]

A 14-year old boy dying from diabetes in a Toronto hospital became the first person in the world to receive an insulin injection in 1922. Within 24 hours, his high blood glucose levels dropped to near-normal levels and he lived to tell the tale. For the next 60 years, insulin derived from pigs and cattle […]

There’s a kids’ game in which a line of players whisper a word or a phrase to their neighbor. It’s called Broken Telephone in the US, or Chinese Whispers in the UK. The winner is the first team to accurately transmit the message all the way along the line. Plants do the same thing. They […]

We’ve all pulled a cucumber out of the fridge, only to find it’s shriveled, shrunk and moldy. In the US alone, households waste over 30 percent of the food they buy – even though most supermarket fruit and veg are either sprayed with a preserving wax or wrapped in clear plastic. Israeli startup Sufresca has […]

Professor Raphael Mechoulam, the father of cannabis research, has passed away at the age of 92. His pioneering work in Israel directly improved the lives of millions of patients across the world who now benefit from the drug’s medicinal properties. Throughout a long, passionate and distinguished career, he made more contributions to the field of […]

A new source of sustainable energy could soon be powering airplanes, cargo ships, and even home heaters – and it’s made of maggots.  More specifically, the oil extracted from the larvae of Black Soldier Flies (BSF) that’s been genetically modified by an Israeli startup. BugEra is developing a breakthrough technology to breed the larvae so […]

More and more patients are being prescribed cannabis to ease chronic pain and other problems. And more and more people are consuming weed recreationally in “edibles” rather than smoking it. Both groups face the same problem. The human body struggles to absorb cannabis because it isn’t water-soluble.  Researchers in Israel have found a way around the […]

Bacteria from processed meats led to the world’s worst ever outbreak of listeriosis, in South Africa in 2017, killing over 200 people. It wasn’t an isolated incident. In fact, there are 600 million cases of foodborne diseases every year.  Food companies work tirelessly to clean their facilities and prevent outbreaks – but disinfectants survive on […]

Startup breeding billions of high-protein Black Soldier Flies for livestock

Startup says they taste great and are good for the planet

Brand-new treatment stops tumor cells from 'hiding' and is being tested in the US

Nanoparticles destroy virtually all bacteria and viruses