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Bar-Ilan University has launched a NIS 30 million research lab complex for the development of more efficient and environmentally friendly battery storage devices and fuel cells.

The University of Haifa is preparing to receive the first intake of 64 6-year students to its new Herta and Paul Amir School of Medicine. Meanwhile, Tel Aviv’s Afeka Academic College of Engineering and Jerusalem College of Technology have been building new campuses.

At Israel’s Technion Institute, undergraduates can study in English for their first year while learning Hebrew at an intensive ulpan. The second and subsequent year(s) will be taught in Hebrew. Watch the video to discover why it’s great to study for a degree at the Technion.

Ambassador Niki Haley launched a partnership between South Carolina’s Clemson University and Israel’s Sapir College and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It aimed to promote agricultural innovation and sustainability to stimulate economic growth in Israel’s Negev.

Nine miniature satellites developed by Israeli high school students were launched into space from a SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket into a low Earth orbit. One satellite was developed by Druze students and is the first of its kind - launched as a delegation of Syrian Druze sheikhs visited Israel.

StandWithUs, the international non-partisan education organization dedicated to supporting Israel and combating antisemitism, has launched SWUBOT (Beta), an innovative AI-powered assistant designed to educate, inform, and empower individuals around the world.  Please try it.

Alumni of elite IDF units have founded Israeli defense tech startup Kela Technologies in the wake of Oct 7. They have developed an open (but secure) platform that enables Western militaries to integrate cutting-edge commercial technologies into military systems. It’s hi-tech, essential, and secret.

An elite IDF special forces unit has ordered advanced tactical communication systems from Israel’s Silynxcom (see previously). It follows a successful field pilot in sensitive operational environments, and strong positive feedback on operational effectiveness and performance.

A 17 minute video that explains how Israel made the Negev desert bloom and produce 40% of the country’s food crops.

Israel’s Colmobil (see previously) is spearheading the construction of an Israeli factory that recycles used Electric Vehicle batteries. It will be based on German technology as described here.