Israeli agri-tech company Evogene is using GMO technology to improve food security and product quality by eliminating weeds and other harmful agricultural pests.

Teachers may now need to reconsider reprimanding daydreaming students in class, as a new Israeli study found it's doing them good!

The Lancet Global Health Journal conducted a study that found Israelis to be the world's ninth healthiest eaters, with astonishingly low cholesterol levels, compared to other Western countries.

Apple's CEO Tim Cook visited Israel last week to inaugurate the company's second-largest R&D center in Herzliya, and to visit with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.

An Israeli medical device to check for the presence of cervical cancer could be an important factor in reducing the rate of death from the disease in the developing world.

Israel's Fuel Choices Initiative plans to develop natural gas-based fuel alternatives that major car manufacturers are already getting on board with.

Two Israeli startups took home prizes, including Sesame Enable, which was the overall winner of one million dollars in the 'Education' category.

Israel beat out the United States and the United Kingdom as the fifth most innovative country, and the second best in terms of research and development, according to Bloomberg.

After investing $12 million in the Israeli messaging app 'Rounds,' Samsung announced the same week that it would invest in Israeli biomed company EarlySense.

Israeli gaming company TabTale released a new game, 'Linebound,' last week and it's already gone viral with over a million downloads.

The tech, developed by Samsung and E-virt, helps bedridden children at Israel's Schneider Medical Center stay up-to-date with their classes and classmates.

Australia is the latest country to provide co-pay for users of the Dario mobile glucometer, already available for patients in the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and New Zealand.

Solar power is a fantastic solution for the developing world and off-grid locations, but it's more expensive and complicated than you may think. Israeli company AORA wants to change that.

The Israeli company Applied CleanTech takes the biosolids out of sludge and recycles them into a cellulose base, to replace wood and other processed plant materials.

At Israel's first social tech accelerator - The Rally - technology companies are innovating for the greater good.