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Israel’s Laline opens at Pier 39

Israel’s Laline bath, body and soul products are available in the US, at San Francisco’s Pier 39. Laline, the popular Israeli retail chain selling “bath,

Israeli author wins prestigious award

Israeli author Etgar Keret has received the Chevalier (Knight) Medallion of France’s Order of Arts and Letters. Recipients are recognized for the quality of their

First steak knives found in Israel

It appears that about 200,000 years ago, early humans were sitting around the barbecue pit using disposable knives to cut their meat. Photo by Ran

Israel’s Aposense in successful IPO

Israel’s drug development company Aposense completed its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in June with resounding success. The company raised

Family therapy better for suicidal teens

Adolescents with suicidal thoughts and elevated depression have better and faster reduction of symptoms when treated with family therapy than with private therapy, according to

Oil-eating Israeli bacteria for BP spill

Satellite photo by NASA. Sunlight illuminates the oil slick off the Mississippi Delta. A natural “bioremediation” technique developed by biologists at an Israeli university may

Biondvax wins award for flu vaccine

Biondvax Pharmaceuticals, based in central Israel in Ness Ziona, has won the prestigious Frost & Sullivan 2010 European Influenza Vaccines Technology Innovation Award for its

Atheros invests in Israel’s Wilocity

Israeli company Wilocity, which develops 60 GHz multi-gigabit wireless chipsets for the mobile computing, consumer electronics and peripheral markets, is to collaborate with Atheros Communications