Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

The inside view

Some 20% of food is wasted between harvesting and distribution. The hyperspectral-powered AI scanning technology from Israel’s Neolithics can reduce that wastage by at least one third. Neolithics inspects fruits and vegetables from the inside out – in the orchard, … Continue reading

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Recycling wood in 4D

Remember Israel’s Daika Wood (see here) that recycles waste wood, molding, or 3D-printing it into “impossible” shapes? Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have now developed paste from recycled wood that can be molded in 4 dimensions – shapes … Continue reading

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Eco-friendly metal recovery

Israel’s Tenova Advanced Technologies is now part of the Italian Tenova metals processing giant. It provides solutions for the mining and chemical industries, including metal extraction and phosphate processing from ore to purified phosphoric acid and salts. https://tenova.com/about-us/our-brands/tenova-advanced-technologies

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Turning polluted water into fertilizer

Researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University have developed an industrial wastewater cleaning process for water polluted with phosphoric acid. Following selective electrodialysis, reverse osmosis, and neutralization, the extracted phosphates are used by the fertilizer industry. https://nocamels.com/2022/09/researchers-turn-industrial-wastewater-into-fertilizer/ https://www.jpost.com/science/article-716954 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03132

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Ultrasonic technology for fabrics

The innovative ultrasonic technology from Israel’s Sonovia (see here previously) makes fabrics antibacterial, water resistant, and flame resistant with less pollution than current methods. The technology is being integrated into the fabrics made by Israeli textile company Delta Galil. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/tech-and-start-ups/article-716291

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Teen wins silver medal at computer Olympiad

Israel’s Eitan Elbaum, 17, won a silver medal at this year’s International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A total of 346 students from 90 countries took part. Eitan studies at Jerusalem College of Technology’s  Torah U’Mada Yeshiva … Continue reading

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Science lectures in Belgrade bars

Scientists from Israel’s Weizmann Institute brought their unique “Science on tap” lectures in bars (see here previously) to the bars and taverns of Belgrade Serbia. They partnered Serbian scientists on Serbian National Science Day, to make science accessible over a … Continue reading

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Climate tech hub in NYC

Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) has several projects in New York City (see here previously). Now it has inaugurated a first-of-its-kind global center for startups focusing on climate tech, but including clean energy, transportation, water treatment, food tech, waste reduction, and … Continue reading

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50 years of US-Israel scientific partnership

The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), has helped fund breakthroughs in robotics, cancer diagnostics and therapies, brain defect reversal, space exploration, and chemical warfare protection. Scientists in BSF programs have won Nobels and Turing Awards. https://www.jns.org/us-and-israel-celebrate-50-years-of-scientific-partnership/

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Breakthrough research

The Israel Science Foundation (see here previously) has awarded Breakthrough Research Grants to eleven outstanding scholars. They include for therapeutics for deafness, link between sleep disorders and brain diseases, the energetic state of proteins, big data, bacteria to fight viruses, … Continue reading

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