
Record new investments in Israeli climate tech in 2021
$2.2 billion invested in this year in climate-mitigating technologies such as Future Meat ($347m), 57% higher than previous 2020 record.
Abigail Klein Leichman, a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c from August 2010 until her retirement in March 2024, moved to Israel in 2007. She has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.

$2.2 billion invested in this year in climate-mitigating technologies such as Future Meat ($347m), 57% higher than previous 2020 record.

Study suggests that the course of the fatal neurodegenerative disease can be delayed and even reversed in its early stages.

Physical therapist Amit Abraham works with Israel’s Olympic rhythmic gymnastics team, dancers and Parkinson’s patients to use the mind to enhance physical performance.

54% of hiring managers and HR leaders say many employees leaving their companies are choosing to work for themselves.

Emergency response team is delivering safe water and hygiene kits to communities affected by Odette in Southern Leyte and Cebu provinces.

Safety and efficacy of another booster shot is to be determined by a study of 150 healthcare workers whose antibodies from the third shot are waning.

For those dreaming of a sunny escape, new research by money.co.uk reveals the top relocation destinations for the best weather; Tel Aviv ranks 8th.

Because Omicron is very infectious and not aggressive in causing serious illness, it may lead to natural herd immunity and the post-pandemic era.

Wisesight invented an app-free solution for a frictionless park-and-pay experience benefiting both motorists and municipalities.

Citizens over 60 and medical personnel will soon get a fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the face of Omicron wave.

Israeli children’s hospital offers remote at-home monitoring of infants with complex heart defects from Israel, PA, Gaza, Iraq, Kurdistan, Cyprus.

For the first time internationally, Techstars opened a second program of its global accelerator in the same year, in Tel Aviv.

Breathing air with added oxygen overnight for about a month seems to improve depressive symptoms significantly, according to study.

Anastasiya Gorbenko, 18, won Israel’s first two gold medals in FINA World Swimming Short Course Championships, doing the women’s 50m breaststroke in 29.34, and in the medley.

16 PICO Kids Ambassadors travel to Dubai to join Emirati peers in a makeathon and other innovation and entrepreneurship activities.