Ask any married couple, planning a wedding is a mess. Coordinating between all the different providers, especially, is hard work. Israeli company AllSeated has developed a tool for relieving the stress that accompanies the happiest day of our lives.

Roughly a quarter of the world's population still suffers from tropical diseases, largely neglected in richer countries. Students from Ben Gurion University traveled to Africa to help battle the deadly diseases.

Old habits die hard. That is why so many people join support groups and utilize their friends and families when trying to quit an addiction. Israeli app "I stopped" takes the method of peer support online, using Facebook friends.

Following a popular YouTube video last year calling on people to befriend him on Facebook, Israel's President Peres has now launched a new campaign, which includes a Facebook application, urging young Israelis to go to the polls on January 22nd.

Navigation app Waze's success lies in the real-time updates from drivers that enable the app to calculate routes. Israeli researchers have now used those reports to determine which spots are most prone to accidents and where police should beef up their presence.

One of the biggest problems facing farmers worldwide is pests, which can destroy entire crops and are often resistant to pesticides. Israeli startup EdenShield is working on a product that tricks insects into believing that the crops simply aren't there.

Although green roofs, in which vegetation beds are planted on roofs, have been an ecological trend for eco-friendly architects for quite some time, a new research center, established at the University of Haifa is trying to develop green roofs that do not need artificial irrigation.

Recent studies in the field have cancer research have pointed to the fact that only some cancerous cells are involved in tumor growth. A new Israeli study has made great progress in isolating and treating these "cancer stem cells".

This week, tens of thousands of basketball fans at Nokia Stadium in Tel Aviv will have the opportunity to participate in a mass sports trivia game run right on the scoreboard, answering sports questions – with the winners getting 15 seconds of fame, as their Facebook photo appears for all to see.

Despite the abundance of violent content, both real and fictional, in the world today, a mathematical model constructed in Tel Aviv University actually proves that as humanity progresses – violence is on the decline.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have managed to produce quality analysis of pollution in major cities around the world – using readings taken in outer space. Using eight years' worth of data collected by NASA satellites, the researchers tracked pollution trends for 189 megacities.

After the success of the city wide bicycle rental program, Tel-O-Fun, the city of Tel Aviv is now considering implementing a similar program using small electric cars intended for short-term rental.

When dieting, many people struggle with keeping exact count of their caloric intake or other nutritional values. Make My Plate, an Israeli startup, has come up with a visual tool to make tracking your diet simple – and even fun.

Israeli company BioControl has come up with an innovative solution to treat a form of epilepsy that cannot currently be treated with prescription drugs. Their device, FitNeS, is an implant that regulates nervous activity.

Would you pay someone $1,000 to climb up the empire state building? How about if he did it for charity? Israeli startup Moolta is doing just that by enabling users to raise money for charity using crowdsourcing – in exchange for recording themselves doing crazy stunts.