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Newswise — Solar power must become more efficient and less expensive to compete with energy produced by fossil fuels. Silicon-based solar cells are the dominant technology in the field, but the widespread adoption of these cells has been slowed by their high costs. Solar cells that use inorganic ...
By Yinnon Shraga, NoCamels ·
While solar energy companies throughout the world are competing for the relatively few vast land areas required to house solar farms, Israeli startup Solaris Synergy has found a new terrain to use. Instead of a land-based solar system, the company decided to develop a water-based technology. In other ...
Seeds Of Peace: Botanical Gardens To Connect Jews And Arabs
By Hanna Szekeres
The Botanical Gardens in Jerusalem, Israel is a 30-acre oasis where you can see, smell and even taste over 10,000 species of flowers from around the world. But the educational department of the gardens also focuses on another type of seed: “the seeds of ...
By TechIsrael Staff
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It may look like mud, but sludge – the “leftover” semi-solid part of the stuff we flush down the toilet or pour down the drain, is a creature unto itself. Far more toxic than plain old mud, sludge has the potential to bust a city's budget, as it needs to be ...
By David Allouche, NoCamels
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Israeli agro-biotechnology company, Rosetta Green, has developed a new technology to develop plants that are better able to withstand prolonged periods of severe drought. The company aims to develop new plant varieties resistant to harsh climatic condition, maintaining an increased ...
New Food Packaging Made Of Natural, Fruity Repellents
By TechIsrael Staff
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There are now seven billion people in the world, and as in the past, experts are wringing their hands over the possibility that Malthus could finally have his day. Malthus was the English philosopher who expected the world to starve eventually ...
By Abigail Klein Leichman for Israel21C
Photo Courtesy of Tel Aviv University http://www.tau.ac.il/index-eng.html
Leave it to Israeli scientists to figure out a way of growing trees in the barren sands of the Arava Desert.
The trees aren't just meant to look pretty. This pollution-reducing forest planted over the summer is ...
By Ran Bushuhrian, for Maariv
From the first moment I heard about the WaterHackathon (an exclusive event at the Tel Aviv University that brought together dozens of engineers, program developers and other professional, who worked for three full days on solutions to problems in the water field) it was clear to me that I will take part in ...
