Researchers from Israel found that babies who were delivered by cesarean section are three times more likely to fail their first hearing test. Nevertheless, as findings show, the problem is typically temporary.

International pop star Justin Bieber has joined Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC for a new fundraising campaign named Music Makes it Better. The campaign, launched this week, is powered by the Israeli fundraising platform give2gether.

The Israeli Budo for Peace program aims to strengthen participants' physical, mental and cognitive abilities and break down barriers, by teaching traditional martial arts such as Karate, Judo, Aikido, and Taekwondo. The program operates within Jewish, Muslim, Arab and Druze communities.

JobsMiner is as a job aggregator that uses Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Plus to find hidden jobs which job seekers may not be aware of. It is focusing on the US market and will soon turn to Spanish and Israeli job-hunters as well.

China is developing a demonstration center of agricultural technologies, in which Israeli solutions will be presented to the local market. As part of the center, blue roses that are considered extremely luxurious in China, will be grown based on Israeli know-how.

For owners worried about their dog's safety, a new system developed in Israel is able to recognize when a dog feels threatened or is stressed and then send an SMS to the pet owner's mobile phone.

Startup Uppsite converts websites into functioning native or web apps within two minutes, free of charge. The apps allow user engagement and social sharing - and are even submitted to the various app stores by Uppsite.

Microsoft Israel introduced a tool that allows users to remotely program their Android phones to respond to certain situations. To trigger their phone, users can choose from a variety of events, such as detection of a new Wi-Fi network, arrival to a specific destination or even parking a car.

Israeli scientists tried to find an explanation to the recurrence of cancer after chemotherapy and found that the source of returning leukemia is a set of unique cells that do not proliferate as quickly as regular cancer cells and are able to survive chemotherapy. The findings may have important implications for the future of cancer treatment.

The Israeli startup Folloyu allows web visitors to switch devices while browsing, without losing any information or progress. Based on QR code scanning, they can start an online order on a PC and continue from that exact spot on their smartphone. The company hopes to contribute to e-commerce and decrease shopping-cart abandonment.

Israeli researchers from the Technion found five genes that can predict Parkinson's disease. The findings could help identify high-risk patients before the onset of symptoms, thus allowing preventative treatments that can slow disease progression.

Wibbitz, a startup that coverts text and articles into videos in a matter of seconds, yesterday closed a funding round of approximately $3 million. The startup, dounded in 2011, hope to change the way we consume content online.

A team of 300 scientists from around the world, including researchers from the Hebrew University of Jeruslaem, sequenced the tomato genome the first time. The findings can affect further development of tomato production.

The Israeli company Alchemy Research offers a new method to power electric cars by using energy stored in aluminum grains. According to the company, cars powered with this type of energy can reach 2,400 km per tank.

A new strain of marijuana developed in Israel possesses the same pain-relieving qualities without the intoxicating and numbing side effects. It has recently been offered to patients eligible for medicinal marijuana treatment.