Health centers across Israel have begun to use artificial intelligence to identify breast cancer tumors that may previously have been undetected.  The iCAD detection program has the ability to see through dense tissue and aims to improve diagnostic capabilities and increase early detection of breast cancer in women aged 40 and older.  The platform can […]

Tel Aviv Museum of Art has been included in a list of the top 100 most popular art museums in the world for the sixth consecutive time.  The museum which was placed at number 75, is Israel’s largest art museum. It displays modern and contemporary art from Israel and around the world, including a permanent […]

The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA), the branch of the government dedicated to promoting the country’s high-tech sector, has launched a new fund to create three new incubators for Deep Tech (innovation in science or engineering) startups.  The initiative, part of a scheme launched to support the industry during the war in Gaza, aims to strengthen […]

An Israeli professor is among 10 international recipients of an award for innovative neurobiological and behavioral research.   Prof. Dorit Ben-Shachar from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is one of the 10 senior-level scientists to equally share the grant of $1 million from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF).  Ben-Shachar aims to target […]

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a nano-sized polymer that can deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to the blood vessels that feed cancer cells both in tumors and metastases (breakaways from a main tumor).  The polymer has shown to be an effective treatment for advanced cancer, the university said, in trials eliminating colorectal […]

“Po-ta-toes – boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew!” Samwise Gamgee famously told Gollum in the The Lord of the Rings epic movie trilogy.  But had he been aware of the true potential of the beloved tuber, Sam the gardener may well have produced an extended edition of his recipe list.  Israeli startup […]

Israeli cybersecurity firm Cyrebro has entered into a new collaboration with Google Cloud to help protect the companies using its platform against attack.   Cyrebro will use Google Cloud’s analytics, machine learning and threat insight to help reduce the time it takes to detect dangers, cut down on the number of false positives and identify substantive […]

Israeli video event platform Kaltura has won an Innovation in Business award at the 2024 MarTech Awards, which recognize outstanding creative products, solutions and services in the fields of marketing, advertising and sales technology.  Kaltura, whose platform creates, manages and tracks the entire virtual event portfolio and webinar program in one place, has won Best […]

Undergoing major gastrointestinal (GI) surgery can be challenging enough for a patient without the worry of a grave yet common aftereffect that requires urgent corrective surgery and a lengthy hospital stay – or worse.  Israeli startup Exero Medical has come up with a way of keeping tabs on the surgical site after such a procedure, […]

Israeli AI chipmaker Hailo has raised $120 million in its latest funding round, the company said. The Series C round means the company has raised more than $340 million in the seven years since its establishment.  Investors in the round include OurCrowd, Israel’s largest online investment platform; Poalim Equity, Bank Hapoalim’s investment branch; and the […]

Many of us have been stuck behind a dawdling driver only to discover that they had one eye on the road and the other on their phone, or worse, been involved in an accident caused by someone whose attention was diverted from the road to their mobile device.  Israeli company Letstop has what it believes […]

People who have undergone bypass surgery due to coronary heart disease have a higher survival rate when living in a green environment, according to newly published research at Tel Aviv University.  Coronary heart disease means that the blood vessels taking blood to the heart become blocked, potentially leading to a heart attack. Bypass surgery involves […]

An Israeli medtech venture studio is working with international innovators in the field and global pharmaceutical giants to work on technologically advanced solutions to some of the most challenging diseases facing humanity.  Founded in 2021 as an initiative of the Israel Innovation Authority, Rehovot-based Aion Labs has taken a ground-up approach to healthcare R&D – […]

Israel’s tech industry has raised an estimated $3.1 billion in investments since war broke out with Hamas in Gaza on October 7, according to a new report by Startup Nation Central, a non-profit dedicated to promoting Israel’s high-tech sector internationally.  The report says that the $3.1 billion was raised in 220 private funding rounds after […]

Israel’s high-tech sector is showing signs of revival, with $1.6 billion raised in investments during the first quarter of the year, according to a new joint report by the IVC Research Center and Bank Leumi.  The Israeli media quoted the report as saying that the sum raised in Q1 was a 10-percent increase over the […]