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One of 2023’s top 10 scientific breakthroughs

Posted on December 31, 2023

The magazine Physics World has announced its list of 10 leading breakthroughs of 2023. They included Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Prof. Fineberg who discovered that cracks in certain materials can spread faster than the speed of sound – previously thought … Continue reading →

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Award-winning Physics professor

Posted on December 31, 2023

Professor Shlomo Havlin of Israel’s Bar-Ilan University Physics dept, won the 2023 Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal, awarded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences once in four years for researchers who have made innovative contributions to the phase behavior … Continue reading →

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PhD student on Gaza front line

Posted on December 31, 2023

Major Daniel Widerker is commander of Company C, 749th Engineering Battalion in Gaza. He continues his Technion doctorate studies during his spare time, finishing a scientific paper on 3D printing, without a computer. He also works in a team developing … Continue reading →

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Tech Mission

Posted on December 31, 2023

In a gesture of solidarity and support for the Israeli tech sector, 65 senior executives from US technology, venture capital and private equity firms, joined an Israel Tech Mission in mid Dec. They visited Israel’s largest aid organization Brothers and … Continue reading →

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A hearing aid in your spectacles

Posted on December 31, 2023

Israel’s Nuance Hearing (see here previously) is working with a global eyewear giant to make efficient and economic hearing aids that fit invisibly into your glasses. https://www.israel21c.org/startup-develops-innovative-hearing-aid-hidden-in-glasses-frame/

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Protection for manufacturers

Posted on December 31, 2023

Israel’s NanoLock Security (see here previously) has teamed up with global security firm OTIFYD to protect industrial and manufacturing companies from the recent rise in external and internal cyber-attacks, including on critical infrastructure. https://securitybrief.asia/story/nanolock-security-and-otifyd-to-provide-top-tier-ot-protection-for-manufacturing https://industrialcyber.co/news/nanolock-security-otifyd-partner-on-industrial-cyber-protection-to-european-companies/

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Israeli tech takes down Hamas drones

Posted on December 31, 2023

Israeli forces in Gaza eliminated a swarm of 7 attack drones using the SMASH smart fire control system of Israel’s Smart Shooter (see here previously). AI image processing detects a target’s direction and speed. The British army has bought 225 … Continue reading →

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Druze restaurant goes kosher to serve IDF

Posted on December 31, 2023

Noor, a restaurant located in the Druze village of Julis in northern Israel, has been providing thousands of free packaged meals to local evacuees and soldiers since the beginning of the war. Deputy Minister Uri Maklev helped the owner, Asma, … Continue reading →

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The first consulate in Samaria

Posted on December 31, 2023

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is appointing an honorary consul in Judea and Samaria and opening an honorary consulate in the city of Ariel. This will be the first time in history that a foreign country has opened an official representation … Continue reading →

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A hotel of coexistence

Posted on December 31, 2023

The Magdala Hotel on the shores of the Sea of Galilee is hosting 200 war evacuees. Jewish kibbutzniks live alongside Catholic monks, the mostly Muslim hotel staff, and Druze workers, all holding prayers for the peace of the land. It’s … Continue reading →

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