
Israeli housing prices show largest increase in the world
Israel’s position is more than double the closest runners up – Switzerland, which saw a 165% increase; and Germany, where housing prices rose 162%.
Brian has been a journalist and high-tech entrepreneur for over 25 years. He combines this expertise for ISRAEL21c as he writes about hot new local startups, pharmaceutical advances, scientific discoveries, culture, the arts and daily life in Israel. He loves hiking the country with his family (and blogging about it). Originally from California, he lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children.

Israel’s position is more than double the closest runners up – Switzerland, which saw a 165% increase; and Germany, where housing prices rose 162%.

SpliSense has demonstrated in human-derived cells that it can generate a functioning protein to replace one that is defective in 20% of CF cases.

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Smartphone app tracks how many steps you take and converts that data into virtual tokens exchangeable for real world goodies.

Black soldier fly larvae are chock full of protein, and they can clear greenhouse gases. One Israeli company is harnessing the insect’s diverse capabilities.

A novel approach from the Weizmann Institute of Science plugs the opening that the SARS CoV-2 virus uses to attach to cells in the body.

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Wasteless uses AI to lower an item’s displayed price gradually as it nears its expiration date.

UltraSight makes video game-like software that guides any healthcare practitioner in grabbing the best image of a patient’s heart.

Potatoes get stressed too apparently. If farmers were able to get early warning signs, according to new research, the result could be much better harvests.

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