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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.

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 4 medals including 2 gold.

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 replenish products.

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 perform delicate medical and laboratory tasks.

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.

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.

Israel Aerospace Industries has unveiled HYPNOSIS, an advanced navigation warfare system designed to counter a wide range of airborne threats, including large drone swarms, by disrupting their satellite-based navigation.

The upgraded Arrow Weapon System has completed successful tests, marking another milestone in the continued development and enhancement of Israel's top-tier missile defense capabilities. The launch, from a central Israel test site, is part of the system's multi-year development program.

History was achieved on Israel’s Independence Day by the six members of Israel’s student delegation, all of whom won medals at the International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad held in Moscow. The students were trained at the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion.  

Israel’s Firewave is an AI-powered acoustic sensor that detects wildfires in under two minutes by listening for the sound of combustion, far outpacing traditional camera-based systems. Firewave says that it “listens to nature, to protect it”.