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Israel’s Bar-Ilan University hosted the second annual Winter School on Cryptography. Attending were 130 of the top international brains in the subject that encodes information and secures the Internet from hackers and data leakage.

(Thanks to Yoeli) The National Academy of Sciences' Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium program has entered into a new partnership with the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. NAS symposia advance the career of scientists – ten of whom have received the Nobel Prize.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin took Israel’s President Shimon Peres on a special tour of the company's headquarters. At the start of the tour, Brin arranged a surprise for the president - a virtual journey back to his childhood in Poland. “Israel is a pioneer in research and development in Google," Brin told Peres, "and we have a great appreciation for Israeli developers.”

The Argentina Israel Program for Industrial Research and Development is offering grants totalling $160,000 for research and development projects that demonstrate innovation and potential application in the market.

Three Israeli universities (Hebrew U, Bar-Ilan and Haifa) are to establish a centre for researching the sea anemone Nematostella, which has the ability to restore damaged body parts. (If they can stop the jellyfish from stinging me during June then I’ll be happy.)

“Burka” spectacles conceal undesired female images; the “Hechsher Sniffer” checks your food is kosher before you consume it; and a “Shidduch” (matchmaker) app for the iPhone.

(thanks to Israel21c) Syneron Dental Lasers of Yokneam, Israel, has developed the new LiteTouch dental laser. It is entirely portable, saves energy and, oh yes, it’s much less painful than a drill.

Not sure how Denmark won the title, but Israel came in second place internationally in the Cleantech Global Innovation Index.

The Low Energy Analyser (LEA) from Tel Aviv’s Blue I Water has just completed a successful pilot monitoring the quality of water in the Spanish city of Barcelona. The LEA will now be rolled out to over 40 other areas of Spain.

(Thanks to NoCamels) Israel’s Water-Gen specializes in water generation and water treatment. Their technology extracts water from the ambient air humidity, and turns it into drinking water. The system is operated by solar or electric energy.