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Israel is home to around 100 assistive technology startups addressing vision, hearing, mobility, services, assisted living, communication and cognitive needs.

September 20, 2023, 1:44 pm

UK signs deal with Israel to collaborate on science, innovation and technology

'Israel is known as the Start-up Nation for good reason: from its world-leading approach to the biotech, cyber, space and agritech sectors,' UK's science minister said.

By JN Reporter

A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a day 14 embryo. The model has all the compartments that define this stage: the yolk sac (yellow) and the part that will become the embryo itself, topped by the amnion (blue) – all enveloped by cells that will become the placenta (pink). Credit: Weizmann Institute.

September 7, 2023, 1:01 pm

Israeli scientists grow human embryos from stem cells

Groundbreaking experiment based on research team's previous experience in creating synthetic stem cell–based models of mouse embryos.

By JN Reporter

Undated handout photo issued by Tel Aviv University of Professor Lilach Hadany recording plants. Issue date: Thursday March 30, 2023.

March 31, 2023, 4:16 pm

Plants make popping noises when stressed, Israeli scientists reveal

"An idyllic field of flowers can be a rather noisy place," says Tel Aviv University evolutionary biologist Professor Lilach Hadany

By JN Reporter

As cool as a cucumber: Dr. Dan-Gamrasni, Postharvest Research Associate at MIGAL Galilee Research Institute. Photo: Amos Levin

November 15, 2022, 9:48 am

Israeli boffins extend shelf life of fruit and veg from two to NINE WEEKS

Groundbreaking discovery from Migal Galilee Research Institute has potential to drastically reduce post-harvest waste and lower food prices worldwide.

By Jotam Confino in Israel

January 23, 2020, 3:57 pm

Scientists in Israel make breakthrough in fight against kidney disease

Experts at Sheba Medical Center find that it's possible to rejuvenate the damaged organ, in an operation which could reverse serious conditions and bypass need for dialysis

September 20, 2019, 10:53 am

3,000-year-old tin ingots from Cornwall or Devon found off Israeli coast

Israeli envoy Mark Regev jokes that the discovery shows how 'UK-Israel trade goes back further' than he or the Trade Secretary Liz Truss

By Jewish News Reporter

August 13, 2019, 1:53 pm

Israel’s new space venture will use ultraviolet to explore the universe

Weizmann Institute's Ultrasat project, which is due to be launched in 2023, will take a novel approach to searching the cosmos

By Jewish News Reporter

Lord Sacks speaking at Jewish News' Night of Heroes event in February 2018

Credit: Blake Ezra Photography

June 11, 2018, 2:28 pm

Rabbi Lord Sacks awarded honorary doctorate by Technion

Former Chief Rabbi praises 'science and religion as “the great partnership our world needs', as he accepts gong from the Israeli tech university

May 11, 2018, 12:22 pm

Israeli scientists in breakthrough that may usher in ‘new era’ for safer drugs

Professors at Hebrew University and the Weizmann Institute may have found a way to create drugs with fewer unwanted side effects

Science Minister Sam Gyimah announcing the launch of BIRAX Ageing

March 11, 2018, 9:33 am

UK Science minister Sam Gyimah: Collaborating with Israel is a ‘strategic priority’

Sam Gyimah speaks to Jewish News during the launch of an exciting new scientific partnership between British and Israeli researches

By Stephen Oryszczuk

Jawbone fossil shown at Tel Aviv University, in a video posted by @IsraelinUSA on Twitter

January 26, 2018, 1:08 pm

Jawbone fossil found in Israel may re-write history of human migration

Scientists say the artefact may be the key to showing that modern humans left Africa more than 100,000 years earlier than previously thought

December 14, 2017, 5:10 pm

British-Israeli stem cell research projects awarded £1.5 million in funding

Four projects join the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange programme (BIRAX) helping to tackle degenerative diseases

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Technion's Flickr)

November 22, 2017, 1:54 pm

Technion scientists share £10m prize for work using ‘bio-chips’

Israeli biotechnology engineers win part of a reward for developing rapid diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visit at the Great Wall of China in Beijing on March 22, 2017. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO via JINIPIX

March 23, 2017, 10:41 am

Netanyahu walks the Great Wall of China upon completing state visit

Israel's Prime Minister praised the far-east country during his trip, in which he built stronger business, technological and academic links

By JTA

February 25, 2017, 6:15 pm

Physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, ‘Queen of Carbon,’ dies at 86

Daughter of impoverished Polish-Jewish immigrants, Dresselhaus's pioneering work gave her world-renowned scientific status

By JTA

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