What started out as a private venture by young Israeli scientists hoping for a chance to win a competition by Google, is now a nation-wide goal. The ambitious SpaceIL project is getting some serious support en-route to the moon.

Man's best friend is known for its keen sense of smell and for centuries, dogs have assisted humans in sniffing out scents that the human nose cannot pick up. Now, an Israeli researcher has found that the canine sense of smell has another ability – sniffing out cancerous cells.

If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Israeli app moovit, which uses crowdsourcing to help people plan their public transportation route, has recently launched in New York City, helping the dwellers of the Big Apple travel more efficiently.

A joint project by the Technion and Microsoft was able to use massive data analysis to predict phenomena such as global plagues, environmental disasters and violent uprisings, with up to 90 percent accuracy.

Google places a great emphasis on making its offices worldwide a fun place for its workers, and the new Tel Aviv office space is no different. Located in the heart of the city, the design is anything but conventional, with everything from slides and busts of deer heads gracing the space.

How can one be called a seasoned business veteran at the age of 35? Well, in Liad Agmon's case, it's simple: he started programming at the age of 13, sold his first startup in his twenties and now lectures in his thirties.

After reigning as the king of female contraceptive for half a century, the proverbial pill may soon get strong competition from Israeli company Hervana. The company is developing a vaginal suppository with genetically-modified bacteria that disable sperm.

Israeli company CattleSense has developed a smart collar for cattle that is embedded with sensors, radio transmitter, GPS, and even mini solar panels to power the unit. The collar can send information about the cows' movement, nutritional intake and pregnancy.

This is a story which begins in laboratories in the Negev desert and ends in aquaculture farms off the coasts of China. The heroes: prawns. The aim: bigger, more profitable crustaceans . The how: giving the prawns a sex-change.

Online recommendation platforms is an ever-growing industry and Israel has some power players in the field. One such company is Outbrain, which is now shifting strategy to adjust to the competitive playground.

It is estimated that 25 to 30 percent of water in pipelines worldwide is wasted due to outdated infrastructure and leaks. Israeli company TaKaDu aims to reduce that number by using maths to detect problems in water systems.

Two years after launching, PhotoMania is one of the more popular app on Facebook. The brainchild of three Israeli entrepreneurs offers 400 different artistic filters for photos, and has recently passed the 35 million users mark.

What makes a native Spaniard leave his hometown of Barcelona and establish a VC in Israel? José Abad, a seasoned investor in solar energy, fell in love with the startup nation and since moving here has also opened a Catalan-style bar in Tel Aviv.

Slowly but surely, Israeli companies are becoming strong players in the field of network infrastructure. This time its eVolution Networks, which has developed technology that could reduce cellphone antennae power consumption by 23%.

Houzz, the must-have website for anyone looking to re-decorate, has today announced they raised $35 million, bringing their total investments to $48.6 million. Houzz is a niche social network that focuses specifically on design. But even for those not currently re-decorating, flipping through the photos can be inspiring.