Research and development

The future of Israeli water: The technological revolution

In a special podcast series by The Jerusalem Post, senior executives of Israel’s national water company pull back the curtain on what happens behind the scenes.

View of the Sapir Station belonging to the Israeli Mekorot National Water company, near Kinneret in Northern Israel. December 15, 2010.
The Water reservoir in Netufa, from were the main national water pipes originats and carries water supply to the country, March 9 2011.

Connecting the ends under fire: A national development surge

The Iron Beam laser defense system, pictured in December 2025.

Defense Ministry rolls out Iron Beam laser air defense system across Israel

Automated pharmaceutical conveyor line, robotic arms handling medical vials

Israel's biotech moment: How science, data, and geopolitics are converging - opinion


New type of computer memory could boost performance, cut energy costs

A research team from the University of Cambridge has developed a new computer memory device that could improve performance while using less energy.

Could your password be at risk of a hacker finding it out?

Iran claims technological leap with new hypersonic missile amid skepticism

Iran’s claim to have developed a weapon capable of reaching Tel Aviv in 400 seconds represents a clear objective for the Islamic Republic.

 A billboard with a photo of a new hypersonic ballistic missile called "Fattah" and with text reading "400 seconds to Tel Aviv" is seen on a building in Tehran, Iran June 8, 2023.

Marsupials are evolving faster than humans, other animals – study

"We often have this bias that ours is the group that evolution is directed towards, but that's not how evolution works," explained Goswami.

A female Red-necked Wallaby suns itself as its five-month-old joey pokes its head out of her pouch at Sydney's Taronga Zoo June 6, 2009. Joeys usually do not leave their mother's pouch until they develop a protective coat of fur when they are about seven months old.

Microsoft's 'Sparks of AGI' ignite debate on humanlike AI

The study explores the capabilities of OpenAI's GPT-4, a powerful language model that has shown remarkable potential in generating humanlike answers and ideas.

Will AI be capable of overpowering humanity?

Weizmann Institute solves the mystery of red blood cell production

Weizmann Institute's identification of the cells producing the hormone EPO could lead to new therapies for treating anemia.

 (left to right): Prof. Chamutal Gur, Dr. Eyal David, Dr. Bjørt Kragesteen and Prof. Ido Amit

What happens to human brain at all stages of life? Studies have pretty cool answers

Our body ages, and with it the brain - this is clear to all of us. So when are our brains the sharpest? And when does it start to degenerate?

 The brain (illustrative).

Unique Israeli radar system used to help locate Turkey earthquake survivors

Camero-Tech’s Xaver 400 radar is specialized for use with buildings and was helpful in the IDF's Turkey mission.

 A member of Israel's search and rescue team uses the Xaver 400 radar from Camero-Tech.

TAU establishes first observatory for orbit satellite communication

The station includes a satellite observatory dome with a diameter of 4.25 meters, a tracking system, a primary high-speed camera and more.

A satellite

The power of the soul makes miracles happen -opinion

With all due respect to the important treatments the world of cancer medicine has to offer, the patient’s spirit can have an outsized impact.

 ‘ONE OF the most important lessons I learned was from a person who was not a doctor. He was not even an adult but rather a teenager. His name was Menachem,’ says the writer.

What is the future of our species? -opinion

Decisions humanity makes over the next years might enable technologies that, if used for good, allow us to make the world a far better place.

SpaceX SN15 starship prototype liftoffs from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, US, May 5, 2021.