Though the technical side of being a doctor is complex enough, many doctors admit that the hardest part of their jobs is talking to their patients about dying. A new Israeli-Canadian study suggests doctors should be specially trained for the task.

Studies on the way the brain navigates on a plain have so far focused on two dimensions. Now researchers at the Weizmann Institute in Israel set out to get a better understanding of how the brain processes 3D environments – using fruit bats.

Though decorated glass is nothing new, using state of the art printers to make intricate and durable designs on glass is. And that's exactly what Israeli company Dip-Tech does worldwide.

Some 300 million children go to school in areas prone to earthquakes. An Israeli design student and his instructor have come up with a table designed to protect them. Their creation will be on permanent display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

After seeing a decline in recent years, could solar energy be making a comeback? Israeli company Shikun Binui has commissioned a $20 million project from Chinese firm Suntech, to be built in the Israeli desert.

Millions of people worldwide suffer from mitral regurgitation, a disorder of the heart in which the mitral valve does not close properly, which makes heart surgery a risky option. MitrAssist is working on a solution.

When it comes to neurodegenerative disease, much remains in the dark. However, step by step, science is getting closer the causes of these diseases and how to treat them. Another such step was made by Israeli researchers recently.

Microsoft PowerPoint facilitates presentation design and startups like Prezi provide well-designed templates to help you communicate what matters. Now an Israeli startup called Emaze is trying a different take by offering a much simpler presentation template system.

What comes to mind when you hear the word seaweed? Some might think of a trip to the beach, others, of a good roll of sushi, but Israeli designer Nir Meiri has used it for something else entirely - and the result is unexpected.

After establishing itself as a startup hub second only to Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv has set its sights on a new goal. The ambitious project will take all municipal services online, offer free citywide wifi and an array of digital services.

How does one go from being an unemployed marketer to a serial entrepreneur and then CEO and founder of three successful startups? That’s the (several) million dollar question we ask Yaron Samid.

Despite their sting, bees are an important part of the food chain, due to their role as pollinators. For years, scientists have been trying to find pesticides that don't harm them. Israeli scientists now say the answer may be a hormone derived from the bees themselves.

The Galapagos Islands, an archipelago of volcanic islands off the coast of Ecuador, famously inspired Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Now, the same biodiversity that made the islands famous is at risk and Israeli experts have been called upon to help.

Though the cause for global warming is still open to debate, its effects are not. Now, alongside troubling phenomena such as desertification and glacier-melting, it seems that it may also be the cause for the spreading of the West Nile virus.

When people experience prolonged periods of stress, the toll on the body is heavy. Ben-Gurion University researchers have shown that chronic stress increases the susceptibility to autoimmune disease.