Monthly Archives: June 2012

How the octopus makes itself invisible

Posted on June 24, 2012

A new paper, co-authored by Ph.D. student Noam Josef and Dr. Nadav Shashar of Ben Gurion University’s Department of Life Sciences, suggests that octopi focus on a limited selection of nearby objects in order to determine their disguise. The youtube … Continue reading →

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The Israeli projects to make fuel from CO2

Posted on June 24, 2012

Ben Gurion University Professors Moti Herskowitz and Miron Landau have just been awarded a grant to further their groundbreaking research in liquid fuels. Weizmann and Technion scientists and Israeli start-up NewCO2Fuels are also working to achieve a similar result. http://www.greenprophet.com/2012/06/jet-fuel-carbon-dioxide/ … Continue reading →

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Scientists use the media to change society

Posted on June 24, 2012

Technion President Prof. Peretz Lavie credits the media for bringing about Israeli scientific improvements such as teaching science in Hebrew, Israeli Summer Time and “silent” radio to provide an emergency channel to alert the public if necessary during wartime. http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?id=272996

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Israel to build artificial islands

Posted on June 24, 2012

Tiny Israel is well known for its outside-the-box thinking, but the cabinet’s approval for new islands is truly ambitious. Plans include a new airport, a seaport, a desalination plant, a power plant and a military testing base that would normally … Continue reading →

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Israel does more with less

Posted on June 24, 2012

Over 2000 people viewed PM Netanyahu’s speech prior to the Rio+20 Environmental Summit (featured here last week and on my JPost blog). Please also watch Gilad Erdan – Israel’s Environment Minister – who was elected Vice Chairman of the conference. … Continue reading →

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From prisoner in Sudan to policeman in Israel

Posted on June 17, 2012

Asher Ayesa, a former Prisoner of Zion in Sudan is about to become an Israeli police officer. Ayesa’s journey to Israel began when he was two years old and was carried on his mother’s shoulders from his native Ethiopia. On … Continue reading →

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Deceased donates 7 major organs

Posted on June 17, 2012

Over 2000 people came to the funeral of 46-year-old chef Gil Karo. His legacy has saved the lives of five patients who received his heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and pancreas. His corneas will restore the vision of two further patients. … Continue reading →

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Another Boeing contract for Elbit

Posted on June 17, 2012

Israel’s Elbit Systems unit Cyclone will supply $80 million worth of structural components to Boeing over the next seven years. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000756786&fid=1725

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Israel is really going Dutch

Posted on June 17, 2012

The Netherlands is Israel’s 2nd largest European trading partners and trying to get even bigger. Over 60 Dutch business officials have come to Israel with Maxime Verhagen, the Dutch Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. … Continue reading →

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India to use Israeli garbage-to-fuel technology

Posted on June 17, 2012

Bangalore has decided to turn its landfills into alternative power units using Israel’s refuse-derived fuel (RDF) technology. The city needs to overcome its growing garbage disposal problem from the 3,000 tonnes of rubbish it generates every day. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/254112/palike-use-israeli-technology-garbage.html

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