New Israeli research demonstrates that plants can ‘eavesdrop’ on their neighbors through their roots, helping them to anticipate and prepare for dangers such as drought. Photo courtesy of Wiki Commons Pea plants can warn each other of danger. Plenty of …
Environment
Neomatix takes the pressure off tire checks
Israeli company Neomatix lets car and truck drivers head for the road on properly inflated tires, without leaving the driver’s seat.
Israel’s solar-powered tulips
Hooked up together, a “flower garden” of AORA solar energy plants could power entire cities.
Cooking oil – the perfect pesticide
Insects and fungi are no match for a 100% safe blend of edible oils formulated by an Israeli agricultural research institute.
Can car exhaust cause tornados?
A joint American-Israeli research project demonstrates for the first time how tiny particles of pollution dangerously affect the clouds.
Outer-space swordfight against bacteria
Israeli researcher Avi Domb’s kit, sent aboard the space station Atlantis, shows how a polymer can cut into bacteria and neutralize it.
Using water to power itself
What could be simpler than generating electricity for municipal water monitoring systems from the flow of the water itself? That’s the breakthrough idea of Israel’s HydroSpin.
‘Virtual power plants’ for today’s electricity needs
Israel’s Greenlet system helps households and power companies monitor electricity usage and even power down certain appliances to avoid brownouts.
Pacha Sleeping Mama
The Pachamama Alliance is a worldwide organization that aims to raise awareness of the environmental dangers facing planet Earth – from catastrophic climate change to the mass extinction of species. The Israeli arm of Pachamama has been schlepping the organization’s …
Watershed moment for extinct Israeli frog
The Hula painted frog was considered a relic of history, until a vigilant park warden spotted the creature jumping back into existence.
Bio-filter blasts nitrates out of the water
Nitrates in drinking water pose serious health problems, but a new low-tech solution from Israel is coming to the rescue.