Radiation is a serious matter in Japan. Two of the worst nuclear catastrophes in human history took place in the Asian country. Now Israeli company Tawkon is taking its cellphone radiation detection app to Japan.

A biodegradable balloon that isolates tumors from healthy tissues is able to minimize radiation exposure to healthy organs in prostate cancer sufferers. The technology, by Israeli startup BioProtect, is already marketed in Europe.

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.