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BGU wins 3 QS-Apple Creative Awards

Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev won three QS-APPLE Creative Awards for the Best International Educational Promotional Designs at the QS-Apple conference in Singapore

Encourage late retirement, study says

A new study from Israel recommends that “a policy of late retirement or cancelling compulsory retirement ought to be encouraged.” While French workers take to

Back to the future for breech babies

Forget Caesarean delivery for breech babies, normal birth is just fine, claims an Israeli researcher, overturning traditional protocols. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90. An Israeli researcher

Three Israelis win Blavatnik awards

Photo by Shmulik Almany (Left to right) Yaron Lipman, Michal Lipson, a representative of the New York Academy of Science and Daniela Schiller. The three

Autistic teens to serve in IDF

On Monday, for the first time in its history, autistic soldiers joined the ranks of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Zohar Pe’er (21) was one

Peace Corps explores service in Israel

Representatives from leading American service organizations, including Teach for America, Peace Corps, City Year and others, spent last week in Israel exploring volunteering opportunities offered

Researchers warn of stem cell cancer link

Researchers in Israel are warning that stem cell treatments could raise cancer risks. Photo courtesy of Hebrew University. Hebrew University stem cell researchers (from left):

Israel’s SolarEdge raises $25m

Israel’s photovoltaic solar energy monitoring system start-up SolarEdge completed a $25 million funding round led by Lightspeed Ventures. Other participants included existing investors Opus Capital,

Israel joint winner of dialogue award

A civil society advocacy organization jointly established by environmentalists from Israel, Jordan and Palestine, ECOPEACE Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME), was awarded the

Israeli paranormalist is super sexy

People Magazine has included Lior Suchard, the Israeli paranormalist who’s taking Las Vegas by storm, on its list of Sexiest Men Alive for 2010, according