Israel's Medical Achievements

Preventing cancer from spreading

Researchers from Israel's Bar-Ilan University have developed a peptide (small protein) that prevents the triggering of metastasis - secondary cancer. In the laboratory, it had 90% success on solid ...

US approval for portable dialysis

Israelis liberDI has received clearance from the US FDA for its Digital Dialysis Clinic. The 3kg device allows patients to perform a 90 min dialysis at home or at work, by themselves, monitored by ...

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Science & Technology

How does a robot smell

Tel Aviv University researchers connected a biological sensor to an electronic system and used an AI algorithm to identify odors with an extremely high level of sensitivity. They believe that this ...

Israeli basil resists disease

Italian seed company Fenix is extending its alliance with Israel's Genesis Seeds, whose "Prospera" non-GMO basil (see ) leads the Italian market. It resists downy mildew ("the basi...

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Israel is Inclusive &
Global

Israeli Arab to be Israel’s youngest medical professor

Dr. Abdulla Watad (35) of Israel's Sheba Medical Center is set to become Israel's youngest medical professor at Tel Aviv University. A resident of the Israel Arab town of Jatt, senior rheumatologis...

Israel’s cyber summit at the UN

The Israeli mission to the United Nations will host the first Israeli Cyber Summit at the United Nations in New York City on 23rd Jan. "Stronger Together: Collaboration for a Cyber-Safe World" will...

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Culture, Entertainment & Sport

Jerusalem’s Armenian Museum

The Mardigian Armenian Museum is housed in a 19th century building in Jerusalem's Old City and has just reopened after a 5-year renovation. Jerusalem is home to a community of some 6,000 Armenians ...

Running in Antarctica for Israeli education

Israel's Eyal Shimoni ran the Antarctica leg of the Racing the Planet 4 Deserts Ultramarathon. He raised funds for Israeli NGO Yadid Lachinuch, with 2,800 retired Israeli volunteers helping teacher...

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Economy & Business

Record number of new companies in 2022

In the first 11 months of 2022, the Israeli Tax Authority registered 142,100 new companies - over twice as many as in 2021, when 64,900 businesses were created. Many employees laid off during the C...

A quantum leap

Israel's Quantum Machines (see previously) has increased its customer base to 280 facilities in 23 countries. Its technology now powers a large portion of the quantum computers op...

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The Jewish State

Archaeological evidence of King David

The Mesha Stele is a basalt stone containing chronicles by Mesha, King of Moab during the late 9th century BCE. Photographic technology has verified that references to events about the "House of Da...

So positive on Jerusalem Streets

As usual, the media missed most of these. Nefesh b Nefesh's Living Financially Smarter in Israel 2023; a shop for Ukrainian refugees; 30 years of the Naale educational program; five new foreign Amb...

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