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Israeli quake safety desk up for prize

Bezalel Academy of Arts student Arthur Brutter is up for one of the design world’s most prestigious prizes for his earthquake-protection school desk. The desk

Israeli doctors treat Ugandan pastor

An evangelical pastor from Uganda turned to Israeli doctors for help, following an acid attack that severely burned his face, torso, and damaged his right

New Nano watermelon hits shelves

There’s a new fruit on supermarket shelves in Israel. It’s called the Nano Watermelon and it’s exactly that: A smaller version of the country’s favorite

A+ for optimistic women

The power of positive thinking helps female students achieve appreciably higher grades than their pessimistic friends, according to a new study at Ben-Gurion University of

ICORE pledges future Nobel Laureates

A much awaited groundbreaking initiative to reinforce the country’s scientific research community and keep top academic talent in Israel was inaugurated in Jerusalem on January 3.

Spicy Way takes Germany by storm

Following a successful franchising out to the UK, the Israeli company, Spicy Way, is now set on taking the German market by storm. While it

Is 2012 the year of Higgs?

Physicists around the world are wondering if 2012 will mark the end of a more than 40-year search for the Higgs boson. This, in the