ISRAEL21c — Good News From Israel

In honor of International Women's Day on March 8, ISRAEL21c compiled a list of eight legendary Israeli women in the sciences.

How a Facebook message changed the life of Marvel’s newest superhero, what she thinks of Natalie Portman, and more.

Israel is investing 113 million shekels (about $35.5 million) in its first laboratory dedicated to bio-devices and biochips. The December announcement by the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) marks a significant step into the growing field of bio-convergence, underlining the country’s intention of becoming a global leader in this relatively new approach to healthcare and scientific research. What exactly is bio-convergence, and why does it matter? Bio-convergence brings together experts from different fields of study to create novel solutions to a wide variety of needs: in medicine, environment, energy, agriculture, food, security and more.

An Israeli startup has found a surprising way to combat malaria, by releasing more mosquitoes. Using advanced technology, Diptera.ai sterilizes male mosquitoes to curb the spread of disease by naturally reducing malaria-carrying populations. This innovative approach could transform global efforts to fight one of the deadliest diseases in the world.

The Israeli humanitarian organization Save a Child's Heart orchestrated open-heart surgeries and catheterizations on dozens of gravely ill children over the course of four days. Full story: https://bit.ly/4j568nj

Israeli TV show “Fauda” has become a global hit since the streaming rights for the show were acquired by Netflix a few years ago. There is no official release date for Season 5 yet, but there are a few bits and pieces that we know, and we’ve got them all here for you. Read everything we know about Fauda Season 5 so far: https://bit.ly/42csRIl

As the clocks strike midnight, Russian-speaking Israelis raise glasses of champagne and bite on a cracker smeared with caviar. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gs1QEV

Israeli plant-based meat startup Chunk Foods’ beef-style products will roll out in LA and NYC consumer markets to start, after debuting in food-service settings. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3ZSZLdV

In a perfect world, our bodies and belongings wouldn’t have to be scrutinized at slow-moving security checkpoints every time we travel or go to a concert. Alas, because of smugglers and terrorists in our imperfect world, everyone needs to be checked. An AI-based automatic threat-detection technology developed by Israeli company SeeTrue AI is now making the process faster and more accurate at over 100 checkpoints in about 10 countries. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Ds5IHg

More than half of Israel’s Arab population believe the Gaza war has increased their sense of shared destiny with Jews, and 33.9% define their Israeli citizenship as the dominant component of identity, study shows. Full story: https://bit.ly/4074GJO