Israeli researchers have discovered a protein that seems to prevent the growth of pancreatic cancer. The protein could potentially be effective against other aggressive cancers as well.

Software developed by an Israeli team is giving intriguing new hints about what researchers believe to be the multiple hands that wrote the Bible. The new software analyzes style and word choices to distinguish parts of a single text written by different authors.

A network of second-hand bookshops is springing up all over Israel, but not where you’d expect. Israelis no longer have to visit librarians to find cheap copies of great books. Instead, they can just pop into one of their favorite cafes.

Israeli startup Breezy has developed a patented mint candy to keep breath fresh for up to four hours, with the help of microcapsules that gently clean the tongue.

Judging by a recent national plan, approved by the government, Israel is planning to become one of the most advanced research and industry centers in the field of oil substitutes for transportation.

Israeli students are putting their heads together to create green smart-phone applications that will help environmental causes. Their apps will presented at a clean-tech exhibit in July.

With Israel's famous Gay Pride Parade taking place in a few days, on June 10th in Tel Aviv, the country's gay youth is once again looking at ways to increase tolerance and equal rights for its members. Israel's gay leaders say they have decided to take the future into their own hands - by shaping it themselves.

Israeli company Particle Monitoring Technologies (PML) has come up with a dark laser beam that can monitor, separate and identify the tiniest particles in water, cement and fuel, to help ensure higher standards of water purification and a reduction in CO2 emissions.

Why is an Israeli device that resembles a computerized spider attracting international attention in the field of alternative energy? As Bob Dylan might put it,“the answer is blowing in the wind.”

Liliyot restaurant and bakery café in Tel Aviv don't just offer culinary excellence, but also help high-school dropouts find a place for themselves in society.

Israel's Ben-Gurion University gets $1.3 million grant to help develop ‘Clever Robots for Crops' that will harvest only the ripest fruits and vegetables.

An Israeli psychologist, Gil Winch, has founded a call-center staffed mostly with disabled Israeli and Arab adults. Winch says the business-model has attracted interest from people all around the world.

As children, we read stories about bees which taught us to believe that the stingy creatures are only attracted to the sweet nectar of flowers. It turns out that some types of bees just prefer good old plain fruits and vegetables, which makes them invaluable for farmers.

Israeli Ben-Gurion University's first Jordanian PhD student discusses his work in desalination and a road to regional peace through science.

Three days after the earthquake leveled Haiti last year, Israeli medical teams set up a hospital in a soccer field with equipment and supplies unheard of in the rest of the broken city. Now Israel has erected 7 medical buildings at Japan's "ground zero."