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A fascinating account of the career of Michael Levitt who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2013. His journey via South Africa to the UK, to Israel’s Weizmann Institute and beyond. He was helped by Francis Crick who won a Nobel for DNA, thanks to Max Perutz, a Jew.

The 2024 Sustainable Practices Report from Israel’s Phytech (see previously) states that Phytech's technology enabled farmers globally to save over 132 billion gallons of water in 2024. It is equivalent to the annual water consumption of more than 3.1 million U.S. households.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s bioengineers have developed meat substitutes that mimic the intricate architecture of muscle and fat produced using injection molding, a high-capacity manufacturing process borrowed from the polymer industry.

Israel’s Brevel Ltd has partnered Israel’s Central Bottling Company to develop beverages and dairy alternatives containing Brevel’s high-value microalgae protein and oils. Brevel combines light with sugar fermentation in bioreactors to produce nutrient-rich microalgae in large quantities.

In a Democratic Party primary last year, George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeated Jamaal Bowman, a harsh critic of Israel. Jewish volunteers used the Israeli app UpVote to rally Jewish voters and get them to the ballet box. Latimer won by 12,000, aided by 14,000 “motivated” Jews.

Israel’s Guidde (see previously) has developed a generative AI platform that enables any employee to create video-based training and documentation for any software or process in seconds. Ideal for customer tutorials.

Leapfrog Innovation Powerhouse (LIP) Ventures is investing $90 million in Israeli startups from a group of 200 high-net-worth individuals and family offices across Latin America. The VC is boosting Israeli talent and helping Israeli entrepreneurs be exposed to the LATAM region.

Israel’s Education Ministry is implementing a nationwide program to integrate artificial intelligence into the nation’s school system. It includes training 70,000 teachers to use AI in classrooms and bringing in 3,000 training mentors from over 400 tech companies to help adapt AI tools.

Israel’s flō Opics has developed a solution for coating optical lenses using digital printing technology. It revolutionizes hard-coatings, tinted, and photochromic lenses, which can be applied on a pixel basis rather than just one option for the whole lens.

Israel’s Sequent is the world’s first end-to-end verifiable and transparent online voting platform. It has successfully conducted more than 200 elections in 10 countries for local municipalities, government bodies, and the private sector. It will be used for 1.7 million voters in the 2025 Philippines election.