Flexible robotic ‘mini surgeon’ set to ease hysterectomies
Memic Innovative Surgery raises $96m, receives FDA authorization for Hominis system to be used in laparoscopic transvaginal benign procedures.
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.
Memic Innovative Surgery raises $96m, receives FDA authorization for Hominis system to be used in laparoscopic transvaginal benign procedures.
Young sea turtles severely harmed by a Mediterranean tar spill were treated at Israel’s Sea Turtle Rescue Center and returned to their habitat.
Mediterranean Biennale features works by 60 artists and art collectives from 17 countries under the theme ‘Living Together – Crossing Borders.’
Muslim nurse who said Shema with dying Jewish patient to light Independence Day torch in Israel’s Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations.
He visited Jerusalem in 1994 to plant a tree at Yad Vashem in memory of his mother, Princess Alice of Greece, who saved Jews in the Holocaust.
With artifacts ranging from a 15th century Book of Esther to Leonard Cohen’s guitar, the rebranded ANU is world’s most comprehensive Jewish museum.
This year’s cohort represents 12 countries and is driving innovation across 18 industries including healthcare, climate risk and virus modeling.
CanBreed’s 3.5-acre California farm will enable standardization in the hemp industry. The company also opened Israel’s largest cannabis research farm.
Two unicorns – Trax Image Recognition and Redis Labs — helped push total funding for the first week of April to more than $1 billion.
A virtual Heroes Hackathon in Jerusalem was dedicated to assisting Holocaust survivors and promoting the memory of the Holocaust in innovative ways.
Study at Israeli hospital shows vaccinated staffers didn’t become carriers even after prolonged exposure to a positive family member in same house.
With 56% of citizens vaccinated and another 15% recovered, Israel may be the first country where people who are immune protect those who aren’t.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say only the extinction of larger animals and the decline of animal food sources led humans to consume vegetables.
IBM’s AI XRPIZE finalist Zzapp Malaria analyzes satellite images to identify malaria risk areas, and then treats them. It’s already working in Africa.
Israel has the world’s highest rate of people donating kidneys to strangers. On April 4, the number hit 1,000 … and climbed to 1,003.