Dr. Tareq Abu-Hamed in the Clore Garden of Science at the Weizmann Institute with young visitors from his village. With fears for the environment growing and the price of fossil fuels rising, a team of Israeli researchers working in Israel …
Environment
A windfall for Israel’s ‘waterfall’ sewage treatment firm
Mapal breaks into British market with its unique system for faster and more efficient treatment of wastewater.
Israeli technology derives bio-fuel from algae
Israel has been at the forefront of algae research for years, and is now working towards creating bio-fuel from algae. An ISRAEL21c series: The Israeli Energy Alternative Consumers worldwide are watching with worry as fuel prices steadily climb with no …
A place in the sun – for heat and electricity
Distributed Solar Power Ltd. (DiS.P.) uses semiconductor materials to converts sunlight into energy A new ISRAEL21c seriesThe Israeli Energy AlternativeConsumers worldwide are watching with worry as fuel prices steadily climb with no end in sight. The US Department of Energy …
Avocado aficionados abuzz about Israeli pollination research
Making avocado blossom more attractive to bees is at the root of the Israeli research. To the many mysteries of love, add avocados.Scientists have spent decades trying to figure out how avocado trees have sex. A tree can sprout as …
Israel’s Galilee cleans up in harmony
LINK director Badria Biromi-Kadalft adresses volunteers on the banks of the Zalman River in the Galilee. In the northern port town of Acre, Jewish and Arab high school students work together to transform rubbish into hand-crafted benches. And in the …
In Israel, water is the new oil
The earth is a thirsty place. More than half of the world’s countries need drinking water badly, and these countries are not just poor African nations landlocked by deserts. Among the list of 164 countries looking to secure potable water …
Natural Israeli cosmetics bloom in the US
The desire to look beautiful naturally is fueling an increasingly bigger chunk of the multi-billion dollar market for cosmetics and skin care products in the US, as women are increasingly searching out natural products that reduce wrinkles, blemishes, and tone …
Israeli prize winner rides the wave of movement ecology
Ran Nathan: We are going to establish this new field of research! Building roads, logging and other activities in wooded areas in the US can cause the fragmentation of what was continuously forested land. This development can seriously affect the …
Israel’s top environmentalist cleans up
Alon Tal is the type of intense personality that can be easily perceived as intimidating. His isn’t the power suit and tie eating a power lunch type of intensity. Instead, his icy, blue/gray-eyed gaze, quick movements, and dissemination of complicated, …
Solar energy lights up a Negev village
Residents of Drijat and representatives of Interdan and the Negev Development Authority are proud of their new solar electricity system. There is no sign on the main highway to the Israeli town of Arad in the northern Negev telling you …