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A new era in satellite communications will be ushered in with the launch of NSLSat-1, the world’s first expandable high-performance

The China-based World Economic Forum included four Israeli companies in its list of 56 Technology Pioneers for 2019, released on July 1.

Antidepressant exposure increases the risk of dementia by a factor of 3.43 among people over the age of 60, compared

Israel is not a country known for its immense water resources. As such, the question of water supply and availability

When an Israeli start-up wants to expand to the United States, its first step is often to open an office

More than 200,000 specialty foods and beverages will be displayed to the trade at the 2019 Summer Fancy Foods Show at the

NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson and quarterback trainer Quincy Avery are touring Israel this week, accompanied by an Emmy-nominated film crew

A sustainable Israeli packaging solution is now being offered by Google Express as a cost-effective and plastic-free alternative to the

Scientists cannot yet make a living copy of your brain. But researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

A new report from global innovation advisory firm Mind the Bridge reveals that the gap is narrowing between the number of European

Ten Israeli companies were among 16 chosen from more than 750 international digital health companies vying for the chance to

More than 420 Israeli companies and researchers that won a European Union Horizon 2020 grant last year were recognized at

At one year old, Noam Yasovsky was diagnosed with allergies to eggs, sesame, and milk. Eating at other people’s homes

Four Israeli companies have won R&D grants from the Space Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership Program, founded in 2013 to support research,

Get your rainbow flags out, everyone – Tel Aviv Pride 2019 is kicking off. The Israeli coastal city is not only home

An Israeli-British-German study published in Acta Neuropathologica reveals a novel method for detecting the aggregation of the protein alpha-synuclein, a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease.

“Waste not, want not,” goes the age-old adage. So age-old, in fact, that even prehistoric humans adhered to it. These

Fifteen-year-old Yogev Alcalay of the Sdot Yam Sailing Club in Israel took home four gold medals and a trophy from

More than 100 Israeli and British injured veterans joined in Israel for the inaugural Veteran Games and Conference, a five-day

There was much excitement in the Small Animals Building of the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo last month when twin golden lion

If you suffer from pollen allergies or are concerned about “indoor pollution” from sources such as cleaning materials, furniture glue,

More than 100 Israeli high-tech entrepreneurs are presenting their innovations in one-on-one meetings with some 1,000 potential investors in China

As SodaStream’s Muslim employees are observing the month of Ramadan, marked by daily fasting, the company broke the fast together at

More than 1,000 wildfires raged through Israel over a scorching hot weekend, destroying 50 homes and burning through almost 2,000

Founded in 1995 by American immigrant and heart surgeon Dr. Ami Cohen, Save a Child’s Heart began operating at the

Two projects by Israel’s Kimmel Eshkolot Architects received awards at the 9th annual International Space Design Award Idea-Tops in Shenzhen, China and

Watergen, an Israel-based company that creates clean water out of air, is now providing a source of fresh water for

Israeli humanitarian aid agency IsraAID reports that it has dispatched an emergency response team to the city of Cúcuta on Colombia’s border

The first experimental robot drone that flies like a typical quadcopter, drives on tough terrain, and squeezes into tight spaces

“I never thought I could get excited by hugging a teddy bear,” exclaims Ziva Nusinker, a 44-year-old Israeli mother of

Let’s be honest – in the Eurovision Song Contest, the music really isn’t the main attraction. That is, unless you’re a

Zahav chef Michael Solomonov’s famed Israeli fusion restaurant in Philadelphia won the Outstanding Restaurant award at the 2019 James Beard Foundation Awards

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki overcame a Bulgarian opponent to win the gold medal in the men’s under-81-kilogram weight class at

For everyone out there wondering what the fuss about the Eurovision Song Contest is all about, Sunday evening’s opening ceremony certainly provided

As anyone who’s ever tried to reach Tel Aviv in rush hour knows, the traffic is a real pain. And

The 7th International Writers Festival next week in Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem, will feature leading Israeli authors together with writers from across the world

In a groundbreaking achievement, Israeli researchers have transformed rodent skin cells into the three major stem-cell types that comprise early-stage

The Israeli and American national academies of science signed a cooperation agreement in Jerusalem on April 7, a move set

A ceasefire hopefully marking the end of the latest round of violence on the Gaza border came into effect on

Israeli humanitarian aid agency IsraAID reports that it is preparing its emergency response to Cyclone Kenneth, which hit northern Mozambique as a

As consumers increasingly consider making their next car purchase electric, two major trade-offs are stalling the transition from gasoline-powered vehicles.

It’s no secret that the body does wonders during pregnancy, getting ready to bring new life into the world in

Israeli video creation company Magisto of Ness Ziona and Mountain View, California, will be bought out by ad-free open video platform Vimeo

The Swedish Transport Administration chose a wholly owned Swedish subsidiary of Israeli company Electreon Wireless to lead a consortium in building the

A Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian walk into a classroom. No, this is not the start of a joke,

Hoping to develop an accurate handheld device for shoppers to check produce for pesticide residue, Avner Avidan put in six

Israel and Finland launched a collaboration in the digital health arena on April 15 at the Embassy of Finland in

A groundbreaking online service to deliver artificial intelligence-driven genetic testing to depression sufferers has just been launched in a partnership

Beijing Capital International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world with more over 100 million passengers passing through

The Old City of Jerusalem and its walls are a UNESCO World Heritage site and the most visited place in

Israeli high-tech companies continue to attract significant investment: $1.55 billion in 128 deals was raised in the first quarter of

On Sunday, April 14, a delegation of 11 Israeli experts landed in Ethiopia to assist local firefighters working to extinguish

Cardiovascular disease is the world’s leading cause of death. Heart transplants are often the only option available for patients in

Following the disappointing crash landing of Beresheet, Israel’s historic unmanned lunar spacecraft, on the night of April 11, SpaceIL Chairman

Wild cheers turned to stunned silence Thursday night as Israel’s Beresheet unmanned spacecraft suddenly lost contact with the control center.

An international group of 52 undergraduate and graduate students from Imperial College London recently spent a week in Israel getting

Excitement has fast been mounting for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv on May 14-18, and now it’s

The city of Ramla, together with 14 NGOs, is celebrating the International Day of Sport and Peace (April 7). The

Israeli archaeologists unearthed the remains of a Jewish settlement of the Second Temple era in the southern Israeli city of

Three companies with Israeli origins were among 21 chosen out of 1,000 applicants to the 2019 cohort of port and

Water pollution is one of the leading causes of death in the west African country of Sierra Leone, where average

Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer was recently ranked by the Newsweek magazine as the 10th best hospital in the world. “Sheba Medical Center

Fast-food empire McDonald’s has acquired Dynamic Yield, an Israeli artificial intelligence startup specializing in personalization and decision logic technology. The move

March 26, 2019 marks the fourth decade since the signing of the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty. It is a bittersweet

Dialing 911 in an emergency is something that we’ve all been instructed to do since childhood. And old-fashioned, simple dialing

ISRAEL21c is excited to share these new images and videos transmitted to Earth from Beresheet, the privately funded Israeli unmanned

Twenty-seven Israeli athletes with intellectual disabilities competed at the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi in the United

Branches of Israel’s United Hatzalah unique localized volunteer emergency response network already operate in countries including Panama, Ukraine and the United States.

When a carnival huckster tries to guess a person’s age, he looks at outward signs such as firmness of skin

It began with four co-founders in “garage” mode in 2015. Less than four years later, Israeli ag-tech company Taranis has nearly 60

Scientists are not generally required to display prowess in modern dance, but Roni Zohar of the Weizmann Institute of Science’s

One of the most significant barriers to integration of Arab-Israeli women into the job market, as well as greater involvement

Three collections from Israel’s National Library are featured in a new Google Arts & Culture online exhibition, Once Upon a Try, reportedly

On March 11, Santa Clara-based NVIDIA announced that it will acquire all issued and outstanding common shares of Mellanox of Yokne’am, Israel,

Doing good is a noble thing, but it’s not the most lucrative business model out there, right? Jerusalem-based global investment

Israel Defense Forces medical missions always fly to disaster zones with tons of medical equipment. For David “Dush” Barashi, the

Skin grafts are modern medicine miracles, saving the lives of people suffering from severe tissue damage. Unfortunately, they are also

Beresheet, Israel’s first unmanned rocket to the moon, may still have a long voyage ahead of it, but it’s already

Typhoons, floods, droughts, earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires — the frequency and intensity of natural disasters across the globe are worsening, and

Australian-Israeli startup Electriq~Global and Dutch company Eleqtec have entered into an agreement to launch Electriq~Global’s water-based fuel technology in The Netherlands, where

A novel artificial intelligence (AI) platform for monitoring and predicting the progression of neurodegenerative diseases was unveiled in Israel by

A surprising new study from Israel finds that malignant colorectal cancer cells can be eliminated with eosinophils — white blood

Every year, Fast Company magazine ranks the world’s 50 most innovative companies. This year, six companies from Israel made the list,

Israeli director Guy Nattiv won an Academy Award for best live-action short for his film Skin at the Oscars on Sunday

Israeli snack-food empire Osem has doubled production of Bamba, its bestselling crunchy peanut snack, making it available in major overseas

For Forbes magazine Chief Content Officer Randall Lane, Israel was a natural choice to host the first-ever Forbes Under 30 Global

In Israel, only 8 percent of startups are led by women. And while that’s not very different from the rest

After eight years of preparations by 250 people, $100 million and a large dose of Israeli chutzpah, the SpaceIL Israeli unmanned spacecraft

The wildly popular Israeli pop duo Static & Ben El released a US single, “Tudo Bom,” following its premiere on

EarlySense, an Israel pioneer in contact-free continuous monitoring solutions in healthcare, was selected for a pilot project with Save the

After eight years of preparations costing $100 million, the SpaceIL Israeli unmanned spacecraft “Beresheet” (Genesis) is tentatively scheduled to take

A stirring rendition of The Beatles’ “Let It Be” clinched the vote for 27-year-old Kobi Marimi last night (February 12)

Getting serious about getting into shape? You could invest in a gym membership or a basement full of workout equipment,

Sing out! In the same spirit that only a few weeks ago launched a thousand images documenting Israel’s history for

A new automated system for measuring the effectiveness of “antibiotic cocktails” devised by biology and computer-science researchers from the Technion-Israel

In the fourth season of the American TV sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” theoretical physicist and all-around nerd Sheldon decides

The biggest M&A news out of Israel in January 2019 was London-headquartered private equity firm Bridgepoint Advisers’ $260 million agreement

Adam Scott Bellos founded The Israel Innovation Fund (TIIF) to tantalize young adults with what he calls “cultural foreplay” in the form

Yofix Probiotics of Tel Aviv is launching a dairy-free, soy-free yogurt alternative in three fruit flavors. Based on oats, lentils, sunflower

Emergency workers recently evacuated people to safety and treated those wounded in a mass-casualty event in the Chilean city of