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Israel’s Bar-Ilan University hosted the annual Researchers’ Night, this year dealing with topics related to science of the brain. The event, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space and the European Union, includes fun science-related activities for the entire family.

Israel’s desalination is described here as a “water revolution”.

In the latest of a series of deals in California, Los Angeles County has signed an agreement to work with Israel and use its know-how and experience to solve the state’s ongoing water problems.

Israel Railways has inaugurated its new Negev line, taking passengers from Ashkelon to Beersheba in just 50 minutes. The service will help drive the expansion plans for the desert city.

Thousands of international visitors at Digital Life Design (DLD) week in Tel Aviv gave their reasons for attending the festival. Plus a longer video on what they saw.

CyberGym is the Israel Electric Company’s cyber security training center and equips employees to thwart attacks on Israel’s electricity infrastructure. The IEC is now to export CyberGym to the Czech Republic where it will be the center for cyber-security training throughout Europe.

Israeli energy company Afek has confirmed it has discovered an oil reservoir in the Golan Heights. It has now requested permission from the Israeli Government to drill more exploratory wells in the area.

Output from Israel’s Tamar natural gas field has reached 1 billion Cubic Feet (1BCF) per day.

Beni Lew, from Israel’s Volcani Center, has been advising hundreds of Brazil’s water experts on how to deal with their water shortage. Speaking fluent Portuguese, Lew has encouraged delegations to attend Tel Aviv’s WATEC 2015 in October.

More details here about this major international event in Tel Aviv in October.