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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Cleaner air – add probiotics
Israeli Cleantech company Better Air has created a system that improves the quality of the air we breathe by inserting probiotics into air conditioning systems at home, in the office or in hospitals. BioZone’s good bacteria work at the microscopic … Continue reading
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For perfect chips
US based Applied Materials Inc has unveiled its Applied UVision® 5 wafer inspection system for detecting microscopic defects in microchips. Israeli technology is responsible for the Deep Ultra Violet (DUP) lasers that will speed up the manufacturing of the world’s … Continue reading
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Hydroelectric power – in a pipe
Israel’s Leviathan Energy is able to generate electricity at its desert test site using a turbine inside an underground water pipe. The Benkatina Turbine uses excess pressure to produce between 20 and 60 kilowatts of energy, which can either be … Continue reading
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Storing energy in compressed air
Israel’s Arothron has developed underwater compressed air energy storage (UWCAES) systems to handle the problem of where to store excess power during low usage periods (e.g. at night). It also deals with energy demands at night when solar energy production … Continue reading
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EU & Israel sign joint research agreement
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with visiting European Union President José Manuel Barroso in Jerusalem on Monday to oversee the signing of a new water and energy cooperation deal on technological development. http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-meets-with-eu-president-signs-joint-research-agreement/
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A blue & white send-off for Israel’s athletes
(Thanks to Israel21c) Israel’s Olympic and Paralympic teams had a gala send-off at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. The 38 Olympians and 25 Paralympians began spontaneously to sing the song “All the world is a very narrow bridge, and the … Continue reading
“And I will bring them”
The Israeli Cabinet decided on Sunday to speed up the immigration of Ethiopia’s remaining 2,200 Jews. The government’s aim is to have all remaining members of the country’s Jewish community arrive in Israel by March 2014. http://www.timesofisrael.com/cabinet-to-speed-up-jewish-immigration-from-ethiopia/
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Israeli schoolchildren help save endangered plant
(Thanks to NoCamels) As part of a class science project, students at Ha’kfar Hayarok High School in Central Israel gathered a few dozen seeds of the rare plant Rumex Rothschildianus, sprouted them in their lab and produced 100,000 new seeds. … Continue reading
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IDF rebuilds its wounded ex-soldiers
Eight disabled IDF veterans will receive new, top of the line artificial knees, enabling them, for the first time in years, to run, jog and ride a bicycle. The imported Genium bionic knees cost $85,000 each. http://www.timesofisrael.com/advanced-prosthetic-knees-turn-disabled-idf-vets-into-bionic-men/
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CNN names Israeli “Green Pioneer”
CNN has named Yosef Abramowitz, president and co-founder of the firm responsible for Israel’s first solar field, as one of six global “Green Pioneers.” The program highlighted the significant environmental achievements of “men and women with big ideas to change … Continue reading
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