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Technion Prof Alon Gany was awarded the 2025 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Wyld Propulsion Award for outstanding achievements in rocket propulsion systems. It recognizes his research on metalized propellants, energetic materials, hybrid rockets, ramjets, and scramjets.

Two Israeli cyber megastars, CyberArk and Wiz have announced a strategic partnership to improve multi-cloud security for enterprises. It will help companies meet audit and compliance requirements while reducing the risk of unauthorized access.

Israel’s Fermata (see previously) is partnering Israel’s yieldsApp to give farmers “personalized, real-time insights that ensure crops get the right nutrients and treatments…”. Feremata’s cameras and AI detect problems and yieldsApp offers solutions to increase yields.

In most products 85% of the ingredients is water, which wastes fuel transporting it from place to place. Israel’s Capsule Minimal has developed 3D-printed smart capsules containing the active ingredients. Insert the capsule into the reusable metal bottle, add tap water, and the product is ready to use.

A team of international researchers including from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has created an updated map of the local universe by analyzing the motions of 56,000 galaxies. It suggests that our cosmic neighborhood may be 10 times larger than previously thought.

Time Magazine’s 100 Best inventions of 2024 include 9 Israeli products. Nuvo, Aporia’s Guardrails, OrCam’s Hear, UVeye, BeeHero, InnerPlant’s CropVoice, Emulait, BelongAI’s Dave, and D-ID’s avitars. Only Emulait has not appeared before in this newsletter. (See for previous years’ Israeli mentions.)

Israel’s Kardome (see previously) has now implemented its AI-based voice-recognition software into more than a million devices. Kardome’s Spatial Hearing software enables devices to truly understand the context of speech, whether in a busy car or a bustling street.

Too many Israel Defense Forces drones are fragile, and rely on China-based production. However, drones are essential for protecting Israel soldiers in Gaza and Lebanon. STEM-up Israel, together with other nonprofit groups, use high-school students to procure, build, and maintain drones for the IDF.

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found that a balanced diet is essential for honeybees’ optimal health and task performance. A diet with a high omega-6:3 ratio (5:1) significantly affects bees’ ability to nurse larvae, both in delay and frequency.

Two reports (one in detail) of Israel, a country with the population the size of New York City, that is one of the world’s top cyber powers. (Just as well as Israel’s enemies have attacked almost all of the country’s major computer systems – many times.)