The Weekly - Wednesday, August 2, 2023

The weekly

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Israeli NGOs screen South Sudan kids for lifesaving surgery

The Israeli team in South Sudan. Photo courtesy of Save a Child’s Heart

This is what a battle looked like in the medieval battle simulation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem Club. Photo by Emil Eljam, Israel Antiquities Authority

The sword that lay under water 800 years now has a story

Abigail Klein Leichman

Could this startup make water-based solar energy a reality?

Xfloat’s maritime solar farm. Photo courtesy of Xfloat

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Grow greens right in your kitchen. Photo courtesy of Agwa

Innovation

Cool Israeli innovations for an automated kitchen

From a countertop coffee roaster to an autonomous greens grower, these appliances are putting a modern twist on food preparation.

Abigail Klein Leichman

Motorcycling in the Jordan Valley. Photo by Raz Tsafrir

Travel

Touring Israel on the back of a motorbike

Guided group tours offer a new way to experience the Holy Land.

Abigail Klein Leichman

Dr. Noa Ofek Shlomai, right, head of neonatology at Hadassah University Medical Center, holding the newborn who successfully underwent surgery to save her ovaries. From left are Dr. Shay Porat, director of the obstetrics and gynecology ultrasound service, and Dr. Dan Arbel, director of the pediatric oncology surgery department. Photo courtesy of Hadassah

World-first newborn surgery saves baby’s ovaries

Doctors at a Jerusalem hospital do a daring procedure, successfully draining ovarian cysts detected in a prenatal ultrasound exam.

Abigail Klein Leichman

One year before Paris Olympics, what are Israel’s prospects?

Photo by Alexandros Michailidis via Shutterstock.com

A cheaper, more ethical way to produce hyaluronic acid for aesthetic and other purposes. Photo Kostiantyn Voitenko via Shutterstock.com

Bio breakthrough cuts price of key moisturizer ingredient

Micro-robots could deliver drugs to brain and organs

A Bionaut robot measured to scale. Photo courtesy of Bionaut Labs

Israel can combat heatwaves by becoming Climate Nation

Bats, rats, pigeons can help collect meteorological data

Abigail Klein Leichman

10 favorite Israeli songs in Tel Aviv

Israeli underwater robots win sustainable fishing contest

Tel Aviv-based firm uncovers Mexico phishing campaign

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