Astronomers are constantly researching conditions on other planets, with hopes of getting a better understanding of the different celestial bodies in our solar system. Now, new light has been shed on the conditions on Neptune and Uranus.

After irrigation and dairy-farming, will the next great Israeli-inspired agricultural revolution be in pesticides? Israeli company Bio-Bee, which fights pests with other insects thinks so, as it launches operations in India.

Human error is still the primary cause of traffic accidents. Israeli company AutoTalks is therefore enabling cars to "talk" to each other and warn drivers of potential accidents. The company envisions that by 2015 the first cars manufactured with these talking chipsets will be on the market.

If there's a field where objective considerations outweigh political ones – it's medicine. Now, a multinational, multi-faith project aims to bring better medicine to Palestinian kids.

As more information is gathered on Alzheimer's disease, it is now accepted that a protein called amyloid-beta has a key role in the disease's progression. New research done in Tel Aviv uses electricity to balance the protein's levels in the brain.

An Israeli couple is hoping to address water scarcity in the world by sell their high pH water, and for every bottle sold, one will be donated to someone in need, packaged in a pouch that is itself edible and biodegeradable.

Google is reportedly buying Israeli social GPS startup Waze for a whopping $1.3 billion. It is not the first Israeli startup to be sold for big bucks, nor will it be the last – here are six companies that might be next.

Using bubbles of oxygen as a means of purifying wastewater is a technique that's been around for almost a century. Israeli company Mapal's novel method makes smarter use of the technology and is now being implemented in the UK.

The Eilat coral reef is a beautiful stretch of natural corals, decorating the bottom of the red sea. Some corals, called Heteroxenia, move in a pulsating motion – a phenomenon that puzzled researchers for 200 years. Recently, Israeli researchers have solved the mystery.

Researchers from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University found that a very low dose of the active ingredient in marijuana (THC) may protect brain cells before and after brain injury, and can also protect against the development of cardiac damage.

Taking apart delicate computer parts is a necessary task that has not been automated. A new recycling plant gives people from the special needs population in Israel a job in taking these components apart – helping both them and the environment.

When visiting Israel before going to University, Danny Chamovitz had a revelation. Instead of becoming a doctor, he decided to direct his efforts towards using plant sciences to solve world hunger.

For many people, the simple task of reading a street sign or a restaurant menu is impossible due to visual impairment. Israeli startup OrCam is using sophisticated artificial intelligence to give these people a solution.

When it comes to sensitive data, most companies would rather destroy and not recycle old hard drives, since even deleted data can be recovered. Israeli startup Sure Erasure can make sure the data is gone for good.

Researchers at the Center for Fertility Preservation of the Sheba Medical Center in Israel have recently discovered the reason behind high rates of infertility in female cancer patients and have already begun testing a possible treatment.