The first low-sugar full-flavor orange juice
Israel’s BlueTree Technologies together with Israel’s Priniv has launched the world's first commercially available reduced-sugar orange juice (33% less) with no additives. It is now available in Israeli supermarkets.
Yes, we have new bananas
Israeli-founded, UK-based startup Tropic has developed a “new, better” version of the banana. Israeli scientists at the company have hardened the banana against Panama and black sigatoka diseases, prolonged shelf life, and reduced CO2 emissions from food waste.
A 1 million qubit quantum computer
Israel’s QuamCore says it has developed a technology that can build a million-qubit computer in a 50 cm cube. According to the company, its technology drastically reduces both power consumption and costs from billions of dollars to just one million dollars.
Perfect recruitment with AI
Israel’s Perfect AI-powered platform for recruitment automates end-to-end processes to deliver faster, smarter, and fairer hiring. From candidate sourcing to interview scheduling, Perfect empowers recruiters to focus on human connection while the AI handles the rest.
Meetings with avatars
Microsoft and Israel’s D-ID (see previously) will provide tools to enterprises and developers to create AI avatars for Microsoft Teams and other Microsoft software. D-ID will integrate its technology into Microsoft Azure, allowing AI avatars to be embedded into applications.
$20 million towards creating another university
The Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA (JFC-UIA) have announced a $20 million investment in education for northern Israel. Most of the funds will help transform Tel-Hai College into a full-fledged university, while the remainder will support informal education initiatives.
Countering SMS fraud attacks
Israel’s Atrinet have launched the Atrinet URL Scanner, an advanced solution designed to combat real-time SMS fraud from SMS phishing (“Smishing”). It combines an SMS Firewall with URL Scanner, in collaboration with Google, to scan SMS links for malicious content.
Outstanding Scientists
The Israel Chemical Society has awarded the Outstanding Young Scientist Awards for 2024 to Prof. Josh Baraban from Ben-Gurion University (see previously) and Dr. Moran Shalev-Benami from the Weizmann Institute. See also Outstanding Scientists and ICS Gold Medal winners.
Smart energy
Israel’s Contel Smart Energy was established as Contel Technologies in 1964. Its projects include at Rambam hospital, Hadera power station, power plants in Spain, and Kibbutz Zeelim’s 120MW PV plant. It has now launched Energynie, an AI-based platform to manage PV, wind energy & storage.
The gene that controls the scent of flowers
Hebrew University researchers have found that a single gene, PhDEF, previously recognized for its role in petal formation, also plays a key part in activating scent production in later stages of flower development. It has major implications for the fragrance industry.