Singer Achinoam Nini (Noa) has never been afraid to voice her opinions. At the 2011 Speaking Arts conference, she sang with Palestinian artists. 'It's very hard to hold such events despite the fact that we are artists and that such connections should hover over everything."

Israel currently has almost 4,000 active technology start-ups - more than any other country outside the United States, according to Israel Venture Capital Research Centr. Watch this BBC report to understand how it happened.

Solar cells that use inorganic nanocrystals or "quantum dots" could be a cheaper alternative, but they are generally less efficient at turning solar energy into electricity. Technion researchers have now found a new way to generate an electrical field inside quantum dots, making them more suitable for building an energy-efficient solar cell.

A new iPad app aims to re-invent the veteran music-sheet by being the first interactive “musical kindle.” The Tonara app is the first interactive sheet music app that listens to people while they play music or sing.

Thanks to a technology developed in Israel, relatives will be able to view coronary catheterization of their loved ones on their iPads in real time and in high resolution. “This is the beginning of a new medical era,” said Prof. Ran Kornowsky, who initiated the project.

A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University in Israel on undergraduate students determined that optimism helps female studens excel, but on the other hand sabotages male students' success.

Instead of braving the 4 AM crowds in search of a bargain during the holiday season, the Israeli start-up Superfish has developed an improved virtual shopping technology to better the online shopping experience.

A biotechnical company in Israel has produced a ground-breaking therapeutic vaccine for cancer patients which could prevent about 90 percent of cancers from coming back, including prostate and breast cancer, solid and non-solid tumours.

A researcher collaboration between scientists at University of Colorado–Denver and Technion–Israel Institute of Technology has successfully tested a gold nanoparticle (GNP)-based sensor that can detect lung cancer (LC) markers in a patient’s breath.

Israeli startup GRPL discovered a way to utilize sludge and turn it into electricity. This innovative process will save money and will significantly help clean up the environment.

The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens has created a "coexistence" program designed to bring Jewish and Arab children together in peaceful surroundings.The project brings together nine- to 11-year-olds from the city’s Jewish and Muslim schools.

Researchers conducted a study on children with type 1 diabetes in a hotel rather than a hospital, for the first time in history. This innovation relieves the patients from the daily burden of dealing with their illness and holds the potential to significantly improve their quality of life.

The company Bio[pack] has developed innovative packaging for food products that keeps the bugs out by giving them a taste of nature. They use naturally-occurring bug repellents in fruits, vegetables, grains and spices.

A new technique developed by Ben- Gurion University researchers has generated mouse sperm cells from testicular germ cells in a petri dish. Prof. Mahmoud Huleihel and his research group call their in vitro work a “breakthrough” that could eventually help infertile men who cannot produce sperm.

No more queuing in supermarkets? No more waiting for the cashier to scan every item in your shopping bag? That's what a new startup company says is in store for us if their product takes off. With ShelfX, all a customer has to do in order to purchase an item is use their mobile phone or a ShelfX Card to scan a product.