Monthly Archives: March 2023

New family of snakes identified

Posted on March 19, 2023

Tel Aviv University researchers have registered a new family of snakes, dating back 50 million years and corrected a previous wrong classification. Micrelapidae comprises 3 distinct species, one of which resides in and around Israel. The other two live in … Continue reading →

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Oil, feed, and medicine from larvae

Posted on March 19, 2023

Israel’s BugEra is enhancing the larvae of the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) to produce 60% oil. BugEra aims to supplement the biofuels market, saving precious land resources and helping to eradicate organic waste. BSF larvae also makes animal feed and … Continue reading →

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Powering ahead

Posted on March 19, 2023

Israel’s Addionics (see here previously) has just inaugurated its new Tel Aviv production facility for its advanced electric vehicle batteries. Addionics expects to achieve a 1 GWh production capacity by 2025. Its clients are some of the world’s leading vehicle … Continue reading →

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Using AI to teach kindergarten children

Posted on March 19, 2023

Havatzelet is the first Israeli school to use artificial intelligence (AI) to teach English to kindergartners. Amit (“companion” in Hebrew) is to be rolled out to 70 Israeli schools in September. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwzItiMLdfk

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Incentivizing a clean society

Posted on March 19, 2023

In the 15 months since I last reported (here) on Israel’s CleanCoin, the number of registered app users has grown to 100,000. As a reward for reporting or clearing up trash, they receive tokens (coins) that can be redeemed at … Continue reading →

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Cleaning South African reservoir – for free

Posted on March 19, 2023

Despite the South African government’s anti-Israel behavior, Israel’s BlueGreen Water Technologies completed its pro-bono (free) project to remove toxic algae from South Africa’s Setumo Dam. It means the people of Mahikeng have safe drinking water for the first time in … Continue reading →

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Treating the poor in Brazil

Posted on March 19, 2023

A delegation of doctors from Tel Aviv’s Ichilov hospital recently visited Brazil, treating rural communities in the Amazon rainforest and people living in the favelas (slums) in major cities. The mission aims to reduce maternal and infant mortality in developing … Continue reading →

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Blood for Greek train crash victims

Posted on March 19, 2023

Israel’s ambassador to Greece, Noam Katz, was one of thousands who donated blood for the injured in the deadly train crash near the Greek city of Larissa. https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1205794/israeli-envoy-donates-blood-for-victims-of-train-collision/

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Japanese emergency team visits Israel

Posted on March 19, 2023

A Japanese medical delegation of researchers, physicians, and emergency experts has been in Israel to discuss responding to emergency situations. They saw MDAs Ramla blood center and its national operations center in Kiryat Ono. They also held a joint preparedness … Continue reading →

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Combating disease for the Bedouin

Posted on March 19, 2023

Portable smart samplers from Israel’s Kando (see here previously) are testing the wastewater for many Negev Bedouin communities. They provide early warnings for outbreaks of anything from diarrhea and dysentery to polio, flu, norovirus and Covid. https://nocamels.com/2023/02/testing-sewage-for-disease-helps-off-grid-bedouin-communities/

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