Monthly Archives: January 2022

Fighting fire with technology

TeleFire is Israel’s largest manufacturer of fire safety systems. It provides the hardware and software needed to help prevent, detect, and extinguish fires. It enables fast building evacuation with voice, horns, and firefighter support. It features fire suppression, smoke management … Continue reading

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41 new wind turbines

Israel’s Energix Renewable Energies is to build 41 wind turbines in the Golan Heights. Each turbine will be 200 meters tall, creating the largest and most advanced wind farm in Israel to date. The project will enable the supply of … Continue reading

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Turning a single lens into multifocal

Israel’s Addon Optics has developed a technology platform that integrates an off-the-shelf single-focal lens with a proprietary flexible lens to create a high-quality progressive lens.  Using a low-cost machine, it can make affordable multifocal spectacles available to those that need … Continue reading

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Out of this world

Israel has awarded a total of NIS 18.5 million to 11 Israeli space tech startups – Ayecka, Paxis, Terra Space Lab, NSLComm, GorillaLink, GreenOnyx, Helios, SCD, Space Plasmatics, NewRocket, and Ramon.Space. The program aims to help grow space tech startups … Continue reading

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Nano satellite will test cosmic radiation

The TauSat-3 nano satellite, built by Tel Aviv University scientists, has arrived at the International Space Station. It contains the “COTS-Capsule” experiment that Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe will perform in March, to analyze mechanisms to protect electronics from cosmic radiation. … Continue reading

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Going out with a bang

Professor Avishay Gal-Yam and colleagues at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have just published their findings of their 2019 discovery of a supernova that had never been observed before. A Wolf-Rayet Star exploded nearly 1 billion light years from Earth, emitting cosmic … Continue reading

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Israeli women win EU research grants

Two Hebrew University of Jerusalem female researchers have won €1.5 million European Research Council Starting Grants. Dr. Yonit Hochberg (Project: Light Dark Matter: New Directions) and Dr. Mor Nitzan (Decoding the Multi-facets of Cellular Identity from Single-Cell Data). https://www.efhu.org/index.php/news/awards/613-promising-hebrew-university-researchers-awarded-prestigious-erc-starting-grants

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Israeli female doctors fly out to help Indian women

A group of female Israeli doctors spent 8 days in India helping women with health issues, as part of a special delegation organized by Israel’s Foreign Ministry. They examined approximately 1,000 women, providing services such as pap smears, ultrasounds, and … Continue reading

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Millions access National Library in Arabic

In 2021 there were over 2 million online visits to the National Library of Israel in Arabic – 125% more than in 2020.  Over half of those visits were from outside of Israel. https://www.jns.org/doubled-in-2021-online-visits-to-national-library-of-israel-in-arabic-top-2-million-globally/

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Arab MKs become Knesset deputy speakers

Deputy Speakers of Israel’s parliament include Arabs Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi (Meretz), Mansour Abbas (Ra’am – United Arab List), and Ahmad Tibi (Arab Joint List).  Photo in second article shows Mansour Abbas in the Speaker’s chair conducting a main Knesset plenary … Continue reading

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