Research and development

How the Negev desert became Israel's unlikely global tech powerhouse

From cyber hubs to climate tech, a once-dismissed vision is transforming the South into a global laboratory for solutions

Agrilight – a start-up project in the  DeserTech’s agriculture sector, demonstrating that it’s possible to  grow crops under a photovoltaic installation.
An artillery unit, deployed at a position in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanon border. Depending on the outcome of this war, Israel’s security challenges could worsen; therefore, its qualitative military edge must be preserved.

The wars Israel is already preparing for – and why they look nothing like today's

Israeli Tech

Your Taxes: What makes Israeli hi-tech tick

View of the Sapir Station belonging to the Israeli Mekorot National Water company, near Kinneret in Northern Israel. December 15, 2010.

The future of Israeli water: The technological revolution


TurboGen’s hydrogen turbine heralds the fuel of the future

The turbine, which could soon operate on 100% hydrogen, is indicative of Israel’s position as a leading hydrogen energy innovator.

 TurboGen's hydrogen-powered TG40 Micro Turbine

This glass is 1,000 times thinner than a strand of hair - study

Flat lenses offer clear advantages over conventional lenses, as they are much smaller, easier to manufacture and more visually appealing.

 Prof. Uriel Levy.

Israel's Negev will soon boom - and North American Jews are preparing

"We aren’t making a desert bloom, because it’s already far from being a desert. We are taking a place with its own story and moving it forward significantly."

 Jewish children from the Bnei Shimon Regional Council introduce themselves to Bedouin teens from Rahat at Rahat’s community center.

Uzi Sofer: The pride of Israel

Uzi Sofer is a modern-day pioneer helping materialize inventions that otherwise would never have seen the light of day. 

 Alpha Tau Medical EO and Chairman Uzi Sofer holding the Alpha DaRT vial.

Service robot temi offers a peek into the future of helpful smart machines

The developers take another step toward the next generation of in-home service robots.

 temi in a retail environment.

Cabinet approves joint Israeli-UAE R&D investment fund for hi-tech industry

Over the past 10 years, NIS 300 million will be allocated by Israel and the UAE to encourage R&D in the hi-tech industry.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meeting with the Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology to the UAE,  Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, December 13, 2021.

Hebrew U, U of I give $200,000 to new medical and agricultural R&D teams

The teams will research topics such as making crops more efficient in photosynthesis and preventing and combatting antibiotic-resistant diseases.

Mount Scopus campus, Hebrew University Jerusalem

Israel going from ‘Start-Up Nation’ to Scale-Up Nation

Israeli tech executives and investors meet in New York to discuss industry reset.

Israel Start up

Israel rejoins EU science program excluding Judea and Samaria

Horizon Europe is the EU’s largest research and development program but excludes funds from disputed territories.

AERIAL VIEW of east Jerusalem: Radical shift

AT&T to open new R&D center in Tel Aviv

The company also plans to recruit an additional 100 employees and significantly expand its activities to cloud solutions.

AT&T logo on a Dallas, Texas building.