Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have engineered edible bacteria that feed on carbon dioxide. The project aims to produce microbes that only require sunlight and CO2, thus avoiding the need for vast amounts of land set aside for agriculture. https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-world-first-weizmann-institute-engineers-bacteria-that-grow-fast-on-diet-of-co%e2%82%82/

Israeli students one a gold medal and 4 silvers at the International Physics Olympiad in Colombia. Then at the Biology Olympiad in Lithuania they won four medals, including two gold. And at the Chemistry Olympiad in Uzbekistan, they won another … Continue reading →

Israel’s Arpalus, uses artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to provide real-time visibility into supermarket shelves. It has just been acquired by US retail tech giant Instacart to provide its network of 600,000 shoppers to scan shelves to check and … Continue reading →

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed microscopic robots, the size of a single cell that can climb over tiny obstacles and transport living bacteria. Previously, microbots could only crawl across a flat surface. Now they could one day help … Continue reading →

The Israel Innovation Authority is to invest NIS 100 million to establish national infrastructure for research and development that will help local companies and universities adopt advanced quantum computing technologies. Also Project Nexus, to build an Israeli quantum computer. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-earmarks-nis-100-million-for-national-quantum-computing-rd-infrastructure/ … Continue reading →

Israeli defense tech companies Airwayz and Tenna Systems have partnered to embed Tenna’s real-time spectrum‑intelligence capabilities into OVERWATCH, Airwayz’s command-and-control and airspace-governance platform. It provides safety to the skies and allows for more use of civilian drones. https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-902670