Category: Business

Last week in Brazil an Israeli military reservist was threatened with arrest on human rights charges over his service in Gaza during the Iron Swords War against Hamas terrorists. The Israeli, identified only as ‘Y,’ was forced to leave the country. Now Israel’s Channel 12 News is reporting that the country’s Foreign Ministry said that […]

A recent study led by the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Food and Resource Economics of high school and university students in seven European countries found that roughly half are worried about the use of plagiarism detection software in education. Researchers found these concerns can lead to counterproductive behaviors and ineffective learning. Examples of such […]

Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup December 28 – January 3, 2025New Startups / VC FundingUS-Israel BIRD Energy Fund Announces $16 Million Investment in Clean Energy Projects, Including $7.5 Million in Government GrantAt an Executive Committee meeting held on December 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Israel’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure […]

Our deepest beliefs, like paranoia, might have surprising roots in our most basic senses. A new Yale study suggests this connection, finding that individuals with stronger tendencies toward paranoid thinking (the belief that others intend them harm) and teleological thinking (ascribing excessive meaning and purpose to events) struggled with a simple visual task. When asked […]

On Thursday, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) Human Resources Division released the casualty data for the IDF for the years 2023-2024. Since the beginning of the Iron Swords War against Hamas in Gaza, 891 IDF soldiers from the regular (mediatory) service, reserve service, and permanent/career reserve combined, and 5,569 have been wounded. These figures include […]

Scientists are investigating two-dimensional (2D) materials—single-atom-thick sheets with potentially unique electronic properties—to develop more efficient electronics. Stacking two of these sheets at specific angles can create novel properties like superconductivity. University of Groningen materials scientist Antonija Grubišić-Čabo and her team studied such a “twisted” material and found its behavior contradicted theoretical predictions. Together with colleagues […]

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered how to neutralize bacterial defense systems, facilitating the transfer of genetic material between bacteria. This finding could lead to new tools for combating antibiotic resistance and improving genetic manipulation techniques for applications in medicine, industry, and environmental science. PhD student Bruria Samuel led the study from the lab […]

While marriage or long-term relationships are often considered the norm, more people are choosing to remain single throughout their lives. However, this can lead to economic and health-related disadvantages, particularly in later life when individuals may become more dependent on others. New research in Psychological Science reveals that lifelong singles have lower scores on life […]

NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun has endured another incredible milestone. On December 24, 2024, the Parker Solar Probe braved a record-breaking close encounter with our star, soaring through the solar atmosphere at a blistering 430,000 miles per hour—faster than any object ever created by humans—and coming within just 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s […]

Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup December 21 – December 27, 2024 New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli Startup FIZE Medical Launches Early Kidney Disease Detection Device with Advanced Fluid Monitoring TechnologyFIZE Medical is an Israeli medtech startup that offers the FIZE-kUO, a groundbreaking device, anchoring FIZE’s fluid management platform technology, detects early signs of […]