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Luke Tress
Luke Tress
Luke Tress is a video journalist and tech reporter for the Times of Israel
Illustrative: A doctor leaves the operations department in Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, September 3, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 7, 2019, 6:59 pm
Israel faces dire shortage of doctors in coming years, report finds
Country’s physicians are reaching retirement age and not enough are being trained in Israel, with 60% coming from abroad
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: The DLD Tel Aviv tech conference, Israel's largest international tech and startup gathering, Tel Aviv, September 27, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
October 30, 2019, 10:51 am
Israeli tech companies raise $2.24 billion in third quarter; most since 2013
Firms make 142 fundraising deals, a 37% increase over last year, although researchers note move away from risky investments
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Soldiers guard a power plant near Kueblis, Switzerland, Jan. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone, Ennio Leanza)
October 30, 2019, 5:58 am
Israeli defense firm Elbit selected to provide Swiss army with tactical radios
Deal pending approval by Switzerland’s parliament is said to be worth $200-300 million; Elbit chosen over 14 other bids
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo DRC, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
October 28, 2019, 3:36 pm
Workings of Ebola vaccine decoded; smaller dose seen yielding similar protection
Existing medicines are unwieldy and poorly understood, but breakthrough by Israeli and German scientists could help protect more people for the long-term
By Luke Tress
Researchers screen for finds at the Stelida, archaeological site in Greece in 2017. (Jason Lau/courtesy)
October 24, 2019, 9:12 pm
Upending wisdom, Stone Age pre-humans traveled Mediterranean 200,000 years ago
Findings in Greece could rewrite accepted narrative of how early humans reached Europe; study’s authors raise possibility that pre-sapien hominins used boats
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: People watch a board showing price fluctuations at the Tel Aviv stock exchange. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
October 24, 2019, 6:02 pm
Israel jumps 14 spots in World Bank’s annual ‘Doing Business’ report
Progress made in tax reforms, access to credit, ease of cross-border trade and corporate registrations, study says
By Luke Tress
Students on the campus of Ben Gurion University in Beersheva, May 8 2013. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
October 23, 2019, 6:50 pm
After 2-year decline, number of Israeli undergrads on the rise
Women make up 60% of Israel’s college students; country lagging behind other OECD states in enrollment, Central Bureau of Statistics finds
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Students on the University of Haifa campus, April 11, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 22, 2019, 1:17 pm
Brain gain bid seeks to double number of international students in Israel
Higher Education Council launches program aimed at scholars from North America, India, China; earmarks funds for recruitment, courses in English
By Luke Tress
Illustrative photo of cash, October 20, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 22, 2019, 5:18 am
Israel has 131,000 millionaires, and its wealth is growing quickly, report finds
Jewish state ranks 23rd worldwide in total number of wealthy people, and Israelis gained more assets in the past year than the citizens of almost any other country
By Luke Tress
Al-Shabaab terrorists in Mogadishu, Somalia, October 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
October 17, 2019, 11:22 am
US researchers develop data model to predict terror groups’ future lethality
Data scientists from Northwestern University apply venture capitalist system to terrorist organizations to extrapolate how deadly they will become based on their first 10 attacks
By Luke Tress
Illustrative image of a research lab. (Motortion; iStock by Getty Images)
October 16, 2019, 11:22 am
Pharmaceutical firm 89bio files for $70 million IPO
Herzliya- and San Francisco-based company with ties to medical giant Teva developing drug to treat NASH, a severe liver disease
By Luke Tress
New Zealand military personnel protect themselves from mosquitoes while receiving US military training on the Pacific island of Espiritu Santo, April 23, 1944. (US Navy via AP)
October 15, 2019, 6:39 am
Researchers rediscover fast-acting insecticide used by Nazi army, lost after war
DFDT was dismissed by US military officials following World War II in favor of DDT, but could be used to combat malaria and other mosquito-borne illnesses
By Luke Tress
From left: Tel Aviv University researchers Dr. Yaron Carmi, Diana Rasuluniriana, Dr. Peleg Ride. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
October 14, 2019, 6:31 pm
Leukemia immunotherapy treatment could fight other cancers, Tel Aviv team finds
Israeli researchers discover specific type of white blood cells that can be engineered to attack solid tumors, with fewer side effects than chemotherapy
By Luke Tress
China holds 70th anniversary celebrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square marking the founding of the People's Republic of China, October 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
October 13, 2019, 1:21 pm
Young Israelis really like China, and Alibaba may play a part
Israel scores higher in support for Beijing than any Western or European country besides Russia, with backing for the People’s Republic increasing faster than almost anywhere
By Luke Tress and TOI staff
Illustrative: Jews in a sukkah in Jerusalem, September 21, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 10, 2019, 10:28 am
Open Sukkah offers a holiday home to weary travelers, city dwellers in Israel
‘Airbnb for sukkahs’ connects hosts from Tasmania to Saskatoon with those who don’t have a hut in which to celebrate festival
By Luke Tress
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