Monthly Archives: January 2022

Boost for sugar-reduced juices

Posted on January 2, 2022

Israel’s Better Juice (see here previously) has sealed its first commercial deal. GEA Group, AG, Germany, a major US fruit juice manufacturer will help to bring Better Juice’s reduced-sugar juices one step closer to supermarket beverage aisles. Better Juice was … Continue reading →

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Drone delivery expands

Posted on January 2, 2022

Since February, Israel’s Flytrex (see here previously) has increased its drone delivery business in North Carolina, USA more than tenfold. Its three drone stations at the Holly Springs Town Center make dozens of food orders deliveries a day for restaurants … Continue reading →

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University innovation grants

Posted on January 2, 2022

Israel’s Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology has launched a new “Knowledge Accelerator” program to promote research for industry. It awarded NIS 10.8 million to Ben Gurion University to create “The Lab Pre-acceleration Program” within its Yazamut 360° Oazis accelerator … Continue reading →

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Wave power for Israel

Posted on January 2, 2022

At Jaffa Port, Israel’s Eco Wave Power (see here previously) is installing its system to produce clean energy from ocean and sea waves. It will be the first time in Israeli history that wave energy will officially connect to the … Continue reading →

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Maintaining healthy soil

Posted on January 2, 2022

Scientists at Israel’s Ben Gurion University have founded DOTS (Data of the Soil), which has developed an electro-optical nitrate sensor based on absorption spectroscopy, for continuous monitoring of nitrate levels in the soil. It prevents over-fertilization and reduces water resource … Continue reading →

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Zero waste optical lenses

Posted on January 2, 2022

Researchers from Israel’s Technion Institute have discovered an innovative and comparably cheap, way to make optical lenses. It avoids the 80% waste of grinding and shaping glass slabs. A polymer is injected into a ring-shaped frame under water. Its benefits … Continue reading →

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Filtering the air in the classroom

Posted on January 2, 2022

Israel’s health and education ministries have selected Israel’s Aura Smart Air (see here previously) to pilot its filtration systems in 700 classrooms across Jerusalem to stop the spread of coronavirus. 150+ global educational institutions use Aura Smart Air filters in … Continue reading →

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Accidental breakthrough in cultivating meat

Posted on January 2, 2022

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute stumbled onto a fast process for growing lab-grown meat. They found that cultivated meat grows much faster when the enzyme ERK is blocked. They have formed the Israeli startup ProFuse to take this further. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/318886 … Continue reading →

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The largest cultivated steak to date

Posted on January 2, 2022

Israel’s MeaTech 3D (see here previously) has successfully bio-printed the largest cultivated steak to date, producing a 3.67 oz (104-gram) product made with real muscle and fat cells. https://www.timesofisrael.com/food-tech-startup-meatech-unveils-largest-cultivated-steak-to-date/ https://meatech3d.com/3-67oz-achievement/

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On the fast track

Posted on January 2, 2022

Israel has approved a project to build a high-speed rail connection between Haifa and Tel Aviv for a travel time of 30 minutes. Also, Nahariya to Tel Aviv would be shortened to 54 minutes instead of more than hour-and-a-half. The … Continue reading →

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