Lionel Messi with FC Barcelona Team 2,_2011 / Wikipedia Will he sign a new deal or not after months of back and forth? – Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, is likely to depart Barcelona after spending his entire professional career there. Argentina made his first-team debut for […]
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Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC FundingBuildots Raises $30 Million for New Construction TechIsraeli startup Buildots offers a new service that utilizes modern camera technology to verify that the work being done on the ground matches what was expected in the planning. Buildots has just completed a $30 million Series B funding […]
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Some 120 rapid coronavirus antigen testing complexes will open across Israel on Sunday as part of the Health Ministry’s reinstated Green Pass program. The complexes will be operated by Magen David Adom at their stations or other major centers nationwide. MDA is expected to perform tens of thousands of rapid tests every day, providing results […]
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Google’s Verily Life Sciences Opens R&D Center in Israel with Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center Verily Life Sciences and Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Teams LinkedIn Healthcare, data science and technology company Verily, a company belonging to Google parent Alphabet company, is opening a new research and development center in Israel. The Verily Israel team will focus […]
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Prof. Neta Erez / Breakthrough in the battle against breast cancer Scientists at Tel Aviv University observed changes in healthy lung tissue that indicate the tissue is preparing for supporting the growth of disseminated breast cancer cells. The changes were discovered in the tumor’s “microenvironment,” notably in connective tissue known as fibroblasts. According to the […]
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New research found a link between COVID-19 and lasting cognitive deficits, including the acceleration of Alzheimer’s disease, the Alzheimer’s Association said in a press release. The findings, which were announced at the 2021 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, held virtually and in Denver, reveal that some COVID-19 patients experience short- and/or long-term neuropsychiatric symptoms, including loss of […]
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Israel’s Rapyd Hits $10 Billion Valuation Rapyd just brought in $300 million. Rapyd co-founders Arkady Karpman (right), Arik Shtilman, and Omer Priel (left). (Company PR pic) Rapyd, an Israeli global payments and fintech company, is now a unicorn. And what a unicorn! Rapyd now has a $10 billion valuation. Rapyd hit this milestome mark upon […]
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Ivermectin, a drug used to fight parasites in third-world countries, could help reduce the length of infection for people who contract coronavirus for less than a $1 a day, according to recent research by Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer. Prof. Eli Schwartz, founder of the Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Disease at Sheba, conducted a […]
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Tel Aviv University Unveils New Climate Change Exhibition Judi Lax of TAU presents the new exhibit (Press Release) Tel Aviv University has opened a new exhibition about climate change, “Global Warning: The Climate, the Crisis and Us”. Considering the current spate of heatwaves around the world, it seems that TAU has a good sense of […]
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Israel IPOs and Unicorns July 2021 Fireblocks co-founders Idan Ofrat (from right), Michael Shaulov and Pavel Berengoltz (PR Pic) Startup Nation continues to excel at what it does best: multi-billion dollar exits by way of an IPO and startups reaching valuations of more than a billion dollars. The latter are known as unicorns. While things […]
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