Professor Lilac Amirav of Israel’s Technion, has developed nanotechnology and solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen with 100% efficiency.  In time for Pesach – Moses would have been proud! http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04813 https://www.technion.ac.il/en/2016/03/breaking-down-h%E2%82%82o/

The European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission blasted off from Kazahkstan on 14th March.  Israel’s Rafael Industries made the vital hydrazine thrusters for the Schiaparelli landing module, which on 19th Oct will slow the decent of Schiaparelli to just 2 meters … Continue reading →

10th grade student Tamar Barbi from Hod Hasharon discovered the new “Three Radii Theorem” whilst studying mathematics at the highest level in Israel. If three or more lines extend from a single point to the edge of a circle, then … Continue reading →

Israeli startup Magos’s civil security systems won the 3C Smart Cities Challenge in Tel Aviv to develop solutions for Brazilian smart cities.  Second was GreenIQ’s smart management of green spaces.  Third was Pixtier, which develops an engineering system.  The three … Continue reading →

Israel’s agriculture minister Uri Ariel opened India Water Week in Delhi.  It will feature eleven Israeli companies in the water industry who will demonstrate, through simulations, innovations in irrigation, desalination, water purification, measurement and management for municipalities and farms. http://hamodia.com/2016/04/03/israel-opens-water-week-delhi/

As part of the EU project Fresh Food Corridors (FFC), the first ever “reefer” (temperature-controlled containers) block train loaded with Israeli fruit and veg travelled from the Slovenian port of Koper to Rotterdam. It arrived 6 days earlier than ships … Continue reading →

In the second round of Grand Challenge Israel, ten Israeli companies won government grants of up to half a million shekels for creating technological solutions to health and food security challenges in developing countries. (See 25th Jan newsletter for previous … Continue reading →

A team from the Jusidman Science Center for Youth won the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award at the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) – a global robotics competition for young people, held for the first time in Israel.  The Jusidman Team includes … Continue reading →