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Prof. Shlomo Navarro, co-founder of Israel’s Bio[pack], has launched a new non-toxic solution that prevents insect infestation in packaged foods.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed super-conducting wires using fibres made of single crystals of sapphire. Each wire can carry approximately 40 times more electricity than a copper wire of the same size and have the potential to revolutionize energy transfer.

Heliofocus and the Weizmann institute have built a 35-meter high experimental device that generates electricity by heating air, instead of current water or oil-based devices.

Technion graduate David Perlmutter took the decision that made it possible for you to read this newsletter. (More in the book ‘Israel – Start-up Nation’ by Senor and Singer.)

Israeli online video editing solutions developer Magisto “takes your unedited video and automatically edits it into short, fun clips." Magisto has signed up wit YouTube.

Israeli entrepreneur Ori Allon will become Twitter’s Head of Engineering in charge of their search engine, as part of the multi-million dollar sale of his start-up Julpan.

Over 1000 Israeli students and teachers held the world’s largest chemistry lesson and re-enacted the experiment conducted in outer space by Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon.

The Tel Aviv Hub is a space for social, environmental and technological innovation. More than 50 Israelis use the hub to network and adapt technological ideas for a social purpose.

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Optical Hostile Fire Source Locator system locates precisely the sources of hostile fire, including antitank missiles, RPGs, and gunfire on the battlefield.

Israel will use ‘Protector’ unmanned naval patrol vessels built by home-grown Rafael Advanced Defence Systems to guard its oil and gas fields in the Mediterranean.