Science and Technology
With 41 Israeli-founded private companies worth $1 billion or more, the startup nation has finally entered the scale-up nation era.
The U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program is seeking “information on the activities, networks and associates of Hezbollah that form a part of its financial support.”
The EAPC-MED-RED plan, which will include other countries as well, is to avoid crossing the Suez Canal and save time for Asia buyers.
Myriad deals between the two countries run the gamut from health tech to diamonds, though food tech and agritech are also top priorities.
Self-driving hauling trucks are on the agenda as Israel Aerospace Industries forms a joint venture with Australian logistics company Bis Industries: “We are talking about networks of vehicles, linked by a data system to control centers.”
The office, the 25th in a global network dedicated to disaster management, is to be located in BGU’s Earth and Planetary Image Facility • U.N.: BGU “adds precious expertise on satellite technology to the network.”
Developments from the faculty of mechanical engineering at the Technion show innovation in light amplification: 10,000,000 rotations that pass through a cross-sectional area of about a micron squared, increasing the light 10 million times.
The Israeli-Lebanese announcement “offers the potential for greater stability, security and prosperity for citizens in both nations,” says U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Knesset Ministerial Committee on Intelligence Services discusses but fails to vote on whether to mandate that the public use an alternative Health Ministry phone-tracking app.
It’s part of a group of deliveries of 820,000 barrels of gasoline and other fuels to the once oil-rich nation.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum: “The UAE will be the fourth country in the world to send a mission to explore the moon.”
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz proposed that the Emiratis join a regional forum to export natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean.
