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Israel’s Ben-Gurion University has launched 'Prisma Negev,' a new center integrating academic research, data, and applied initiatives to develop practical, scalable solutions that directly benefit residents and communities across the Negev. It unites local authorities, industry, the IDF, academia, and civil society.

Boeing and Israel’s Ben-Gurion University have launched a joint aviation cybersecurity research initiative in Beersheba designed to confront the growing cyber risks facing modern aerospace systems. Boeing already uses vast amounts of Israeli technologies and suppliers.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt have signed a cybersecurity cooperation agreement between Israel and Germany. It includes the next generation of the "Cyber Dome", a Cyber Center of Excellence, joint exercises, and cyber risk management.

Two Bar-Ilan University–led projects have won part of a prestigious $11 million Schmidt Sciences award for research into artificial intelligence and humanities innovation. Dr. Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin and Prof. Yehuda Halper are unlocking hidden histories in texts, art, and cultural heritage.

Analysis by Avi Hasson, CEO of Startup Nation Central, ex-Chief scientist and Israel Innovation Authority chairman. “From scale to substance: Israeli tech’s 2025 turning point.” How discipline, concentration, and execution replaced speed and hype. A more mature, resilient era for the Start-Up Nation.

Israel’s Thermagix (see previously) is building a patented, economical platform to capture low-grade heat for producing electricity and / or cooling. It comprises Phase Change Thermoacoustic technology with outstanding heat dissipation capabilities for data centers.

Israel plans to phase out the ubiquitous “Dude Shemesh” - rooftop solar water heaters, in favor of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells that power heat pumps, which are 2.5 to 4 times more energy-efficient than standard electric boilers. The NIS 4,500 cost pays back in about 4 years.

From coral reef restoration to the new space revolution, from building a thriving high-tech company to science and entrepreneurship in the fight against cancer: all the lectures from the Unexpected Innovation event at Israel’s Technion Institute are now available to watch.  

An international team, led by Israel’s Technion Institute researchers has measured cosmic rays at the heart of a galactic nebula located 400 light-years from Earth for the first time. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, they analyzed the Barnard 68 nebula, opening a new field of astrophysics research.

Israel’s Marquee has developed an AI-native operating system for recruitment departments in pro team sports. It matches the club’s sporting DNA, financial constraints and the prospects abilities to make recommendations. It also automates some 70% of the manual recruitment work.