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New York Launches Contest for Israeli Startups to Tackle Clean-Energy Challenge

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The contest will focus, among other things, on the next generation of electric-vehicle charging, artificial intelligence and energy storage.

Israel / Iran / Cyber

‘Politically Motivated’ Iranian Hacker Group that Hit Israeli Companies Exposed

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“Moses Staff’s goals seem aligned with Iran’s cyber warfare doctrine, seeking to sabotage government, military, and civilian organizations related to its geo-political opponents."

IDF & Security / US / Antisemitism / Diaspora / Chessed and Tzedaka / Science and Tech

Anonymous Philanthropist Gifts Israeli Life-Saving Tech to 500 US Synagogues and Schools

By Jewish Press News Desk

Gabriel Network is an Israeli startup that develops smart technology for security and safety incidents.

Featured / Video of the Day / Science and Tech / Aliyah / Geulah

Nasa Physicist Makes Aliyah, Delta Airlines Honors Him

By Video of the Day

Jerry Wittenstein worked with Neil Armstrong at NASA and he just made Aliyah with his wife.

Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Bar-Ilan U Study Shows two Vaccine Doses May Protect Against Long COVID

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Bar-Ilan University-led study is the first in an ongoing series examining the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Featured / IDF & Security / US / Photo of the Day / Science and Tech

Images of Today's Flight Test of the Arrow 3 Weapon System

By Jewish Press News Desk

Later in the day, we received these images from the launch from Israel's Defense Ministry. Enjoy.

Featured / Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

DNA as Text: BGU Researchers Apply Linguistics to the Study of DNA Replication

By Jewish Press News Desk

DNA-protein interactions underpin living cells and understanding them could lead to the ability to control their replication.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

SpaceX Launches into Orbit 8 Satellites Built by Israeli High School Students

By Israel Hayom

The teams, who spent three years on the project, gathered with officials in Florida to watch the live launch via video from NASA.

Israel / Global / The Environment / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU: Fight Against Marine Plastic Pollution Mired in Disorganization

By Jewish Press News Desk

Plastic pollution is extremely harmful to marine life: organisms swallow particles and toxins and become entangled in larger products and nets.

Israel / Science and Tech

Israeli Scientists Discover Supernova Explosion of Wolf-Rayet Star

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Such stars are those missing one or more of their external and generally lighter layers, and instead have outer layers made up of helium, carbon or other heavier elements.

Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Haifa U Study: Male Songbirds Set Fashion Trends at Females' Expense

By Jewish Press News Desk

The more extensively the birds replace their plain feathers with new colorful ones, the more exposed they will be to aggression from other birds.

Ben-Gurion University

Israeli Scientists Test Goldfish’s Ability to ‘Drive a Car’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A goldfish has successfully driven a robotic car in new research conducted at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Israeli Astronaut Taking Prayer for State of Israel with Him to International Space Station

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Herzog gave Stibbe a special gift: a glass cube inscribed with the Prayer for the Welfare of the State of Israel in the handwriting of its author, the President’s grandfather, Israel’s first chief rabbi, Yitzhak Isaac HaLevi Herzog.

Featured / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U. Developed Blood Test Detecting Immune and Inflammatory Activity Sans Biopsies or Imaging

By Jewish Press News Desk

Based on this, scientists can identify from which tissue the circulating fragments of DNA originated and infer disease states.

Government / Cyber

Iranian Cyber Attacks on Israeli Government Targets Thwarted

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

A known Iranian hacking group commonly associated with the regime, named “Charming Kitten” or APT 35, was behind an attempt to exploit the Log4j vulnerability against seven targets in Israel from the government and business sector.

Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U. Physicist Wins 2021 Breakthrough of the Year Award

By Jewish Press News Desk

Physics World editors chose the winners from nearly 600 published research articles.

News Briefs / Science and Tech

BIRD Energy to Invest $5.48 M. in 6 Cooperative Israel-US Clean Energy Projects

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The "success [of the projects] will not only contribute to the fruitful cooperation between the United States and Israel but the entire planet.”

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Weizmann Institute Study: Gut Microbes May Drive Weight Gain after Smoking Cessation

By Jewish Press News Desk

Substances produced by microbes, identified in a study in mice, may help in the development of new anti-obesity treatments.

Headline / Israel / Cyber

Israel’s Social Security Agency’s Website Hit by Cyberattack

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Israel has been facing a growing number of attacks in the cyber realm in recent months.

Health and Medicine / On Campus / Education / Science and Tech / Israel / Featured

TAU-Led International Study Discovers Drug that Treats Symptoms of Autism and Alzheimer's

By Jewish Press News Desk

The symptoms that were remedied using NAP: slow development, poor communication, brains with a small number of synapses, and low electrical activity.

Israel / Jewish / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Bar-Ilan U's Prof. Shlomo Havlin Elected an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics 2021

By Jewish Press News Desk

Recently, for the second year in a row, Havlin won the "Most Cited Researcher in Physics" award.

Israel / Science and Tech

World First: Top Experts Formulate International Ethical Code for Ancient DNA Research

By Jewish Press Staff

Since ancient DNA research deals with people who once lived, it should therefore respect them.

Iran / News Briefs / Cyber

Israel Behind Cyberattack on Iranian Gas Stations, say US Officials

By Israel Hayom

The hackers may have gained access to data on international oil sales, a state secret that could expose how Iran evades international sanctions, Iranian officials tell “The New York Times.”

Israel / The Environment / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Using Plant Remains TAU Researchers Reconstruct Israel's Climate by End of Last Ice Age

By Jewish Press News Desk

The study was conducted at the prehistoric archaeological site Jordan River Dureijat ("Jordan River Stairs") on the shores of the Paleo Lake Hula.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Cyber

Cyber Company Cofounded by ex-Mossad Chief Sells for $700 Million

By Israel Hayom

European retailer Schwarz Group acquires XM Cyber, an Israeli cybersecurity company that was cofounded in 2016 by former Mossad director Tamir Pardo.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Bar-Ilan U Study Reveals How People Know They're Tired

By Jewish Press News Desk

Our PARP1 protein acts as an antenna, signaling the brain that it's time to sleep and repair DNA.

Israel / Science and Tech

New Israeli Tech Exposes Liars Through Facial Muscles

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The technology has detected 73% of the lies told by trial participants based on the contraction of their facial muscles,

Featured / Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Germany

Quantum Encryption Advances at Hebrew U Keeping Data Secure on the Internet

By Jewish Press News Desk

The team at HU developed a system that uses fluorescent crystals in the form of specks so tiny that special microscopes are needed to see them.

Israel / The Environment / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Tel Aviv U Initiates Model for Carbon Neutrality

By Jewish Press News Desk

TAU has placed efforts to combat climate change among its top priorities.

Israel / UK / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Israel-British Partnership to Boost Groundbreaking Research on Aging

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Tel Aviv University held a hybrid conference last week on the multidisciplinary aspects of aging research, including molecular aging, social aging, age-dependent diseases and interventions, and life quality.

Israel / Iran / News Briefs / Social Media / Cyber

After Israeli Push, Telegram Blocks Iranian Hackers

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Telegram blocked the Black Shadow groups, which hacked personal information from Israeli sites hosted on CyberServe servers.

Israel / US / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Weizmann Institute Researchers Solve the Riddle of Jupiter's Red Spot

By Jewish Press News Desk

Weizmann Institute and NASA Researchers discover surprising parallel between Jupiter and Earth

The Environment / Ukraine / Science and Tech / Russia

Israeli Company Planting Vertical Farms in Russia and Ukraine

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Vertical Field’s indoor farm is a mobile unit that grows leafy greens such as lettuce, oaky green lettuce, spinach, and basil.

Terrorism / Israel / China / Cyber

Chinese Hackers Now Believed Responsible for Cyber Attack on Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The attack is believed to have had a financial motive, and may have been in preparation for a larger and more serious event, according to Israel’s defense establishment.

Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Startup Genome Ranks Tel Aviv University 5th in the World in Entrepreneurship

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tel Aviv University ranked right after four leading American universities – Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley and Harvard.

Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Jerusalem School Launches Trailblazing Cyber Security Program for Orthodox Tekkies

By Jewish Press News Desk

Cyber Elite 2.0 is set to bolster Israel’s cyber industry with underleveraged talent from Orthodox communities.

Iran / News Briefs / Cyber

Cyberattack on Iranian Fuel Highlights Sensitive Domestic Pressure Point

By Yaakov Lappin

The reported attack’s messaging “cyber-attack 64411,” is designed to tell Iranians that their regime is not infallible, while the disruption to the gas-pump supply underscores an issue that’s led to destabilization in the past.

Israel / Antisemitism / Science and Tech

Google Maps Removes ‘Apartheid Wall’ Label from Security Barrier Near Jerusalem

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

While it remains unclear how it came about, the company called it “inappropriate” and removed the words after being alerted by JNS.

IDF & Security / Science and Tech

Israeli Air Force Integrates New Anti-Jamming GPS System Onto F-16s, UAVs

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Electronic warfare poses an evolving threat to satellite navigation systems,” said Jacob Galifat of Israel Aerospace Industries.

"Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Science and Tech / Gulf States / UAE

Israel and UAE Sign Historic Agreement to Enhance Space Cooperation

By TPS / WAM

The UAE will exchange research, and develop scientific instruments for Israel’s Beresheet-2 mission to land a spacecraft on the Moon by 2024 as part of the landmark agreement.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Weizmann Institute to Offer Off-the-Shelf Cancer Immunotherapies

By Jewish Press News Desk

Off-the-shelf therapies to be developed for entire groups of patients, making cancer immunotherapy more accessible.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Bar-Ilan U Study of 625,000 Births: Exposure Extreme Temperatures May Slash Fetal Growth

By Jewish Press News Desk

With extreme temperatures resulting from climate change, identifying windows of vulnerability can assist clinicians in refining their recommendations to pregnant women.

Israel / Science and Tech

3rd Stage of Israel’s National Drone Initiative Takes Off to Tel Aviv Area

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The drones will carry out different kinds of tasks on flight paths assigned by the joint control system, including the delivery of sushi, security missions for an emergency facility, ice-cream deliveries, and flights to deliver donated blood, platelets and plasma from the Magen David Adom (MDA) Blood Bank to Sheba-Tel HaShomer Hospital.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Researchers' Discovery of Immune System's 'Double Agents' May Help Win War on Cancer

By Jewish Press News Desk

It is not inconceivable that these revelations are the first step towards deciphering the mechanism of interaction between the immune system and violent cancerous tumors that, as mentioned, claim the lives of so many.

Israel / Europe / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Physicist Elected President of CERN Council

By Jewish Press News Desk

Professor Rabinovici’s main field of research is theoretical high-energy physics, in particular quantum field theory and string theory.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Israel Celebrates Professor Rabinovici’s Election to President of CERN Council

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, one of the world’s largest and most respected centers for scientific research.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Discovery: White Blood Cells May Help Destroy Malignant Tumors

By Jewish Press News Desk

The destructive properties of white blood cells called eosinophils can be employed to kill cancer cells.

Israel / Science and Tech

Technion Scientists Create Wearable Motion Sensor that Identifies Bending, Twisting

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The sensor is essentially an electronic skin capable of recognizing the range of movement human joints make, with up to half a degree of precision.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

SpaceIL Wants Science Experiments to Send Into Space on Beresheet 2

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Beresheet 2 is scheduled to be launched into space sometime towards the end of 2024.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Stop Killing your Children: TAU Study Shows 70% of Smokers' Kids Suffer from Secondhand Smoking

By Jewish Press News Desk

Researchers tested children's level of exposure using a biomarker, nicotine in hair, which indicates cumulative exposure to tobacco smoke.

Global / Business and Economy / Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Study: Stock Markets Tumble When Working Moms Take Junior to First Day of School

By Jewish Press News Desk

The team surveyed 607 participants from 32 countries regarding their gender, education level, parental status, and whether they accompanied their child on the first day of school.

Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Coronavirus

Hebrew U Study Shows Oral Medication Effective in Treating Severe COVID-19 Patients

By Jewish Press News Desk

Fenofibrate reduced inflammation in 48 hours, removed need for oxygen support in 5 to 7 days.

Israel / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

TAU Researchers Discover Millennia-Old Magnetic Field Recordings Teach Us about Today's Magnetic Field

By Jewish Press News Desk

Burnt archaeological flints enable us to determine the strength of the Earth's magnetic field during prehistoric periods.

Headline / Police and Crime / On Campus / Education / Cyber

Israel’s Bar Ilan University Hit by Ransomware Cyberattack

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“From what we know so far, the event is a narrow one. Work and classes at the university are continuing as usual."

Featured / Israel / Science and Tech

New Weizmann Study on Bats Throws Light on When the Brain’s GPS Goes Off the Grid

By Jewish Press News Desk

A new study on bats reveals an unexpected representation of three-dimensional space in the brain.

Boycott / BDS / Anti-Israel NGOs / Cyber

Cyber Experts: Criticism of NSO Likely Part of ‘Orchestrated Effort to Harm Israel’

By David Isaac

What is raising suspicions for some is the identity of one of the key players in the accusations against NSO.

Jewish / US / Science and Tech / Religion

Pew: Religious People Less Likely to Believe in UFOs

By Jewish Press News Desk

By contrast, roughly half or more of agnostics (49%) say that UFOs reported by people in the military are definitely or probably evidence that intelligent life exists beyond Earth.

Featured / Israel / Global / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Top Diplomats From 10 Countries Gather to Learn What Makes Israel's Innovation Ecosystem Tick

By Jewish Press News Desk

Start-Up Nation Central is the address for corporations, governments, and investors to connect with the Israeli tech ecosystem.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech / Asia

New Israeli-Japanese Agreement Paves Road for Boost of Lunar Industry

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli startup will produce oxygen from the lunar surface by means of a soil-fed reactor in addition to other various metals.

Politics / Government / Science and Tech / Israeli Arabs

PM Bennett, Communications Minister Hendel Dedicate Fiber-Optic Cable in Remote Northern City

By Jewish Press News Desk

"They blazed a trail to reach everyone even if there is no initial economic interest in this connection."

Israel / Science and Tech / Gulf States / UAE

Dubai to Use Israeli Drone Technology to Boost Security at World Expo

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The autonomous fleet will replace security personnel and reduce police response times from 4.4 minutes to 1 minute.

Israel / The Environment / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Bar-Ilan U. Biologist Found Spotted Hyenas' Social Ties Are Inherited

By Jewish Press News Desk

Massive study of data collected over 27 years sheds light on social networks, rank and survival of this African species.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

TAU Technology Restores Sense of Touch in Damaged Nerves After Amputation

By Jewish Press News Desk

This unique development is body friendly and does not require electricity, wires, or batteries.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

We're Going Back! SpaceIL Secures Crucial Funding for Launch of 2nd Lunar Probe

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Beresheet 2 mission calls for the breaking of global records in space history, including a double landing on the Moon in a single mission by two of the smallest landing craft ever launched into space.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Technion Ranked No. 1 in Europe in Field of Artificial Intelligence

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

An innovation for its prowess is the Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems research center, which aggregates all AI-related activities.

IDF & Security / US / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israel Aerospace Industries, Lockheed Martin, to Cooperate on Integrated Air and Missile Defense

By Jewish Press News Desk

Combining the development capabilities and the vast know-how of Lockheed Martin and IAI experience will create win-win opportunities for both sides.

IDF & Security / Science and Tech

Israel Defense Prize 2021 Awarded to IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet, Defense Ministry, and Israeli Defense Industries

By Jewish Press News Desk

"It is your spirits and belief in the righteousness of your missions that make you, my dear ones, the best.”

Israel / Science and Tech

Israeli Scientists Develop World’s Thinnest 2 Atoms Thick Tech

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The new technology, enabling the storage of information in the thinnest unit known to science, is expected to improve future electronic devices in terms of density, speed, and efficiency.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Israeli startup ZzappMalaria Wins IBM Prize with Malaria Elimination App

By Jewish Press News Desk

As part of the award, the company will receive a $3 million prize to continue driving forward its mission of ridding the world of the deadly mosquito-borne disease.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Goodbye Multifocals - An Israeli Company Changes Focus Via Software

By Brian Blum

For this long-time wearer of progressive lenses, DeepOptics glasses are nothing short of an addictive, adaptive miracle.

Israel / Science and Tech

Drones Take Flight over City of Hadera in Test of Israel’s National Commercial Drone Network

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Ultimately, the network will allow drones to fly all over the country in a multi-drone environment.

Israel / Science and Tech

Israeli Researchers Produce Water from Air in Polluted Area, Comply with WHO Drinking Water Standards

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Scientists discovered that water produced from air is affected from where the air originated.

Headline / IDF & Security / Science and Tech

Israel Completes First-Ever Interception Tests Using High-Power Laser

By Jewish Press News Desk

"The laser system will add a new layer of protection at greater ranges and in facing a variety of threats."

Featured / Jerusalem / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U Reveals Impact of Medical Marijuana on Children

By Jewish Press News Desk

Matok and his team found that medical cannabis is particularly successful at treating severe epilepsy and chemotherapy’s pernicious side effects.

Science and Tech

Israeli Scientists Invent Artificial 'Nose' to Detect Bacteria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The artificial nose uses chemical reactions and electrodes to “smell” bacteria.

IDF & Security / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

IAI Completes Delivery of 100 Electric Mini-UAVs to Undisclosed 'European Customer'

By Jewish Press News Desk

IAI’s 50% acquisition of BlueBird Aero Systems, which was recently approved by Israel's government, is tapping into the potential of an emerging trend.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Israeli Defense Companies Sign MOU to Develop New Rocket-Propulsion System

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A statement said that the two entities “will expand their existing synergy” for use by the Israeli Defense Ministry, Israel Defense Forces and foreign armed forces.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / European Union

Bar-Ilan Co-Leading EU Vaccines Research for Measles, STD, in Under-Served Populations

By Jewish Press News Desk

In Israel, despite socio-economic disparities, the Israeli Arab population achieves very high vaccine uptake.

IDF & Security / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Asia

IAI Signs $200 Million Drone Service Contract with Undisclosed Asian Country

By Jewish Press News Desk

IAI’s UAS know-how and experience have been accumulated over nearly 50 years, representing two million aggregate flight hours and over 50 customers worldwide.

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