Science and Technology
“Immediate action must be taken to reduce the amount of waste for landfill by increasing recycling,” says newly sworn-in Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg.
The approach introduces the concept of delivering bio-friendly optical resonances, used in cancer-imaging tests, via a miniature nanoscale particle they produced.
“The motive could be nationalistic,” says Jerusalem Fire and Rescue Services District Commander Nissim Twito, pointing to previous blazes and Molotov cocktails thrown in the area.
The system can overcome the breakdown of existing cellular services in emergencies and provides geo-location capabilities for rescue services.
“Hundreds of acres of forest have been burned, perhaps even more,” said Israeli forester Gidi Bashan.
A blaze that erupted on Har Haruach spread to Neve Ilan, Kibbutz Ma’aleh HaHamisha and Abu Ghosh.
The plan calls for closing factories and the country’s largest oil refinery over the next decade, replacing it with a park, businesses and housing.
Israel Defense Prize winner and pioneer of the nation’s space program Aby Har-Even “contributed greatly to Israel’s security in ways that will never be recounted,” says Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
“Thanks to the [Abraham Accords], we—an Israeli company—are able to cooperate with our Middle East neighbors to solve one of the region’s difficult problems: water scarcity,” said Dr. Michael Mirilashvili, president and CEO of Watergen.
Post-event, participants can enter the LevTech Lab Pre-Accelerator to further develop products or create their own startups.
An overexpression of SIRT6 increases longevity in engineered mice and enables them to stay vigorous without becoming frail.
The move seemed to be a non-controversial way of trying to simmer tensions between Jews and Arabs after violent clashes have raged throughout the country in the past several weeks.
