An Israeli foundation is first in the world to research mass production of cultured chicken breast, a real meat product starting from a single cell of a real bird. Dutch tissue engineer Mark Post made international news last year when he cooked up a beef burger made from lab-cultured cow muscle tissue. He claims that within a couple of decades, fairly priced cultured meat … [Read more...]

As the Nepal earthquake death count continues to climb above 3,300, an Israel Defense Forces relief delegation was finally able to take off from Israel on Monday morning, following delays caused by strong aftershocks in Nepal. The 260-member team, divided among two jets, is carrying 95 tons of humanitarian and medical supplies from Israel along with 122 doctors, nurses and … [Read more...]

Want to know which watermelon is sweeter, whether an avocado is ripe, or what’s in that diamond? New pocket-sized molecular sensor reveals all. Before buying fruit at the greengrocer, steak at the butcher or a nutritional supplement at the pharmacy, imagine taking a gadget out of your pocket, aiming it at the item and instantly seeing its quality, ripeness and nutritional … [Read more...]

Israel is a country in which military service is associated as much with advanced technology as it is with warfare. This is particularly true in the IDF’s Intelligence Corps, most notably Unit 8200, which is responsible for collecting signal intelligence and code decryption. Because so many 8200 veterans spend their army years thinking outside the box and wind up in the … [Read more...]