Israeli geologists have unveiled a new tool that allows researchers to learn critical lessons for the future by understanding patterns of seismic activity in the past.

The implications for Israel of the West’s growing dependence on Middle Eastern oil are troubling for the country. Yet there are two new developments in Israel's energy sector that could well offset these trends and eventually alter its standing.

You’ve probably all become familiar with face recognition software like Picasa, Windows Live Photo Gallery or even on Facebook. Going one step further, Microsoft Israel unveiled OneVision, a technology that can track and identify anyone not just in photos, but in video.

To stop using chemical pest-control substances, Israeli farmers have turned to the novel method of releasing masses of sterile insect species into their crops.

Many patients scheduled for a major spinal operation naturally worry that they might find themselves in a wheelchair due to a surgical error, or simple bad luck. While this happens only rarely, it is a possibility. SpineAssist – an Israeli invention – is revolutionizing delicate spinal surgery.

Various Israeli communes have decided that living an urban life does not preclude them from applying pure socialist beliefs and created what they call "urban kibbutzim" – families in large Israeli cities living under one roof and sharing all their earnings.

Women suffering from anorexia or bulimia portray themselves very differently in drawings than those who do not have eating disorders.

Scientists hope that in the near future it will be possible to perform a simple blood test to analyze a person's genes and based on the results, advise them on what foods they should and shouldn’t eat in order to prevent diseases they are inclined to develop.

A new "green" project in Israel intends to recycle the rubber from old tires, and use as many as 1,400 tires per kilometer of new paved highway. In a pilot trial, a 1.1 kilometer section of road was paved using an experimental mixture that included hundreds of recycled tires and a blend of asphalt.

Israeli and Palestinian geeks joined forces to build web and mobile applications in only 54 hours at Start-Up Weekend. 125 entrepreneurs, developers, designers and investors gathered recently to create 10 different applications with commercial viability.

“What’s the word I’m looking for?” One of the most common phrases and an especially annoying one if you're still scratching your brain for that missing word hours later. Encountering this problem themselves, two Israelis have developed PhraseUp – a website that aims to find your word.

Israeli-born architect Moshe Safdie is famous for his “Habitat 67″ design. His most recent commission – a pixelated residential complex – will be built in Qinhuangdao, China and will include a host of friendly green design components.

Specialized Israeli VC funds start to invest in clean technology, a market niche that is gaining traction in Israel's established technology sector.

A space engineer who drove by a car crash not knowing his own brother was the victim has developed an iPhone application that automatically sends an email with your coordinates to a loved one in a case of an accident.

Israel's Mantissa Ltd. says it has developed and successfully demonstrated a miniature radar/surveillance system the size of a personal camera.