Sci-tech

Bar-Ilan becomes Israel’s second largest research university, surpassing HUJI

Over the past seven years, Bar-Ilan has seen a 30% increase in total student enrollment, marking the highest growth rate among the country’s major research universities.

Bar Ilan University, engineering department
 Background made of various alkaline and lithium-ion batteries, positive pole visible.

ICL forms lithium iron phosphate venture for battery market

 SOFIA BOUTELLA in ‘Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire.’

‘Rebel Moon’ fails to land its own mythology - film review

Prof. Eyal Zimlichman, Sheba Medical Center's Chief Innovation Officer (left) signs MOU with Liberty Science Center in the presence of the governor of New Jersey and mayor of Jersey City.

Sheba launches digital health partnership with SciTech city in New Jersey


Wolf Prizes in the sciences and arts presented to nine North Americans

Nine outstanding North Americans in the sciences and the arts were on Thursday night awarded five Wolf Prizes.

Linda J. Saif

Formerly toxic Neot Hovav dump wins Cleantech 2015 Prize

The annual exhibition and conference exhibits Israeli innovation and ideas.

Moovit app has 10 million users

Presenting: A cross between a pomelo and an orange and other novel Israeli produce varieties

Researchers at Israel's Volcani Institute show off their new produce varieties to eager chefs.

New chickpea varieties at the Volcani Institute.

The new advertising world

Avinoam Rubenstein, my6sense Founder and CEO, and Gabi Rosenberg, former JCS CEO, and today, board member at the startup company, talk about the revolution in the advertising world.

my6sense

Hebrew U. scientists map brains of the blind

Researchers studying brain activity of blind people have tackled the long-inscrutable question of how tasks such as reading and identifying numerical symbols have their own brain region.

Eye exam [Illustrative]

Experimental Israeli drug available for dissolving gall stones after stomach-shortening

After major weight loss which occurs often after bariatric surgery gallstones often form within months.

Overweight man [Illustrative]

New multi-million fund for Israeli scientists to pursue research at Cambridge University

Blavatnik Family Foundation provides funds that will enable appointment of three fellows a year.

Building at Cambridge University in England.

Israeli innovators receive grants to aid developing world

The Grand Challenges Israel program aims to use technology to solve health, water and agricultural challenges in developing nations.

Indian farmers in Pusa working with former Israeli agriculture minister Orit Noked in 2008

Tech talk: CES 2015 Las Vegas

Businesses use CES as a place to test out their prototypes in the market or to increase exposure of new products.

INTEL HAS developed a prototype module called Curie that is a microcomputer the size of a small button.

Genetic markers in olive breeding to bring cheaper, higher quality oil to consumers

Scientists in Israel and around the world are already making significant headway in this process.

Aravah Ofanansky harvests olives