Following a series of articles about the Israeli high-tech sector’s smart car revolution, an investor in a large venture capital fund called me a few days ago. He wanted to warn me that a bubble was being created. “Every local…
The need for safe and efficient technologies for detecting buried landmines and unexploded ordnance is a humanitarian issue of immense global proportions. About half a million people around the world are suffering from mine-inflicted injuries, and each year an additional…
On March 27th, Philippe Guerret, M2i Life Sciences President and Shaul Bassi, CEO of BioBee Biological Systems settled an agreement for a long term collaboration. BioBee and M2i have been working already together on three R&D project on pheromones since two years and this collaboration stood…
Many cancer patients struggle with the adverse effects of chemotherapy, still the most prescribed cancer treatment. For patients with pancreatic cancer and other aggressive cancers, the forecast is more grim: there is no known effective therapy. A new Tel Aviv University study…
The first national iodine survey conducted in Israel has revealed a high burden of iodine deficiency among Israelis, posing a high risk of maternal and fetal hypothyroidism and impaired neurological development of the fetus in Israel. The International Child Development…
While studying trees during his postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Tamir Klein made such a startling discovery that his research supervisor at the University of Basel at first declared that the finding must have been a mistake. In the forest, trees are known to…
Technion researchers have developed a new method for the production of hydrogen from water using solar energy. The new method will make it possible to produce the hydrogen in a centralized manner far from the solar farm, cost-effectively, safely and…
The Safe &Smart City 2017 Conference will gather key experts and influencers from the French and Israeli business and political scene on the theme “New Safety and Security Challenges for Smart Cities”. The conference will address the security of sensitive infrastructures and…
Intel Corp (INTC.O) agreed to buy Israeli autonomous vehicle technology firm Mobileye (MBLY.N) for $15.3 billion on Monday in a deal that could thrust the U.S. chipmaker into direct competition with rivals Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) and Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) to…
Rwanda and Israel have reiterated their commitment to keep strengthening bilateral cooperation in boosting Rwanda’s agriculture sector. The commitment was reiterated on January 23, 2017 during a meeting held in Kigali by Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Dr Gerardine…
