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


Israel reaches agreement with EU on R&D funding

The agreement between Israel and the EU for the seven-year Horizon Europe program should be signed before the end of the year.

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021

How can Israel grow its hi-tech workforce? - analysis

Filling positions isn't easy, and hi-tech executives regularly complain that there are not enough qualified programmers and engineers available in Israel.

Israeli Tech

Pfizer to ‘Post’: No plans to open COVID-19 vaccine R&D center in Israel

The company contradicts claims made by Netanyahu during the election campaign about research and development centers in Israel.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein meet a shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines at Ben-Gurion Airport on January 10.

Hebrew University researchers discover the taste of heavy water

While it is not radioactive, heavy water is highly coveted for its unique atomic structure and properties, which allow it to be used in the production of nuclear power and weapons.

A view of the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran December 23, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

EU celebrates 25 years of cooperation with Israel on research, innovation

The European Union Delegation to Israel celebrated 25 years of EU-Israel research and innovation cooperation.

The European Union Delegation to Israel celebrated on Wednesday 25 years of EU-Israel research and innovation cooperation.

Meet the Israeli robot that 'hears' through a dead locust's ear - Watch

When the researchers clap once, the locust's ear hears the sound and the robot moves forward; when the researchers clap twice, the robot moves backward.

The ear of a locust is seen inside a special sensory chip.

Haifa University signs cooperation agreement with UAE research institute

The Emirati TRENDS Institute studies geopolitical shifts, international relations, security and military affairs and economic sustainability in and around the Middle East.

AN ISRAELI and a UAE model pose in Dubai in September.

BGU to open research facility in India, collaborate on desert agriculture

The joint academic initiative will allow Indian students to enrol into advanced degrees at BGU without leaving their country.

BGU president Prof. Daniel Chamovitz

Start-Up Nation: Israel spends most money in the world on R&D - WEF

Israel spends the highest percent of its GDP on research and development, followed by South Korea, Switzerland, Sweden and Japan.

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Tel Aviv U. researchers develop antibody cocktail against COVID-19

Lead scientist: ‘Asymptomatic patients may possibly contract disease a second time’

Ph.D. student Michael Mor