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A Race to Space, Curing Baldness and More – This Week from the Startup Nation

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November 24, 2015

Israeli Innovators Looking to Win Big at CES in Las Vegas

CES is one of the biggest conferences of its kind in the world, drawing some 3,600 exhibitors and 150,000 people, with plenty of media coverage on the latest and coolest gadgets to hit the circuit. The Israeli delegation will feature 16 companies displaying their inventions as they aim to demonstrate to the world how innovative the startup nation really is.

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Will These Israeli Students Cure Baldness?

When 25-year-old Technion student Alexey Tomsov needed to come up with a project for the prestigious iGEM synthetic biology competition, he decided to untangle a problem close to home – baldness. After examining the market, he decided to develop a topical solution that stops hair loss without affecting the rest of the patient’s body. Together with a group of his classmates, he embarked on a journey…

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An Unexpected Israeli Export to Russia

While the European Union has decided to label Israeli goods generated in settlements, Russia will be “opening its doors” to importing Israeli poultry products, the Agriculture Ministry said on last week. After a lengthy period of examinations that began four years ago, Russia has completed its checks and approved the import of Israeli poultry products into the country, under the supervision of Veterinary Services at the Israeli Agriculture Ministry.

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Rent or Design Your Favorite Legos Online With ‘Pley’

Legos may seem like a great gift to get your kids, but unfortunately they can also rob you of a small fortune.  Best-seller kits on Amazon range from $100-200. And it’s not a one-off cost; once children complete one set, they quickly want another. That’s why two Israelis, Lanan Ranchman and Elina Furman, came up with a very simple idea – why not rent Lego kits? They looked for rental services online, but did not find any. So, they decided to implement their own.

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The Race to Space – How Israel Ranks?

Israel is known globally as a high tech nation, producing some of the most up to date commercial utilities in a variety of fields. At the same time it is a leading weapons exporter, researching and constructing its own military capabilities, including a number of missile systems.  What is less well known is that these two characteristics have combined to make Israel the smallest member of a very special club of nations – the potential space travelling  states…

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