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.

Israel's Hearing Day is gaining prominence across the country and this year the vice-mayor of one of Israel's cities announced all his city schools would start teaching sign language.

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.”

Nano Retina, an Israeli startup founded by inventor Yossi Gross, is participating in the race for more than 45 million blind people worldwide waiting at the finish line: the race of technological development that will allow them to see. It seems Nano Retina might well be the first to truly get there.

Verishow, a new "video chat on steroids," aims to enhance customer service by allowing people to video-chat with a far-off product representative, while simultaneously looking at various independent applications, such as charts and paypal, that assist the consumers in the chat.

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.

For most of us who grew up in developed countries, clean water is a given, not something we've ever given much thought. Yet in the United States alone, an estimate of 7 million tons of chemicals are being used in order to clean water every year. What effect do these chemicals have on us and on the environment?

A new study in Israel shows that when women are depressed and their sensitivities are dulled, their partners also become less empathic. When women are depressed, the relationship suffers more.

A new mobile application, developed by Israeli company Rewardy and available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry, frees you from that old-fashioned, but essential coffee stamp card by turning your phone into a digital card!

An Israeli couple created Jumboard, a four-buttoned keyboard that “sits” on your existing laptop keyboard and allows toddlers and the disabled to play games that helps their development while keeping them entertained.

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.

An Israeli startup that launched a popular mobile application telling users how much radiation their brain is absorbing during every mobile phone conversation is now shifting its attention to children, due to increasing exposure.

While eating fish is considered healthy, the effects of mercury - a metal which accumulates in the body - are not and can include damage to the nervous system and liver functions. A new Israeli study shows where all this mercury comes from.

According to a new study by Ben-Gurion University and Columbia University, fatigue negatively influences the rulings of judges sitting on parole hearings.

BillGuard, an Israeli startup that helps people fight credit card fraud by using "the wisdom of the crowds," was recently introduced to the public, after it receives an initial funding of $3 million from American investor funds.