Science and Technology
Students visited more than 15 startup firms in sectors such as cybersecurity, medicine, biotech, agritech, finance and artificial intelligence.
SpaceIL and IAI packed the 180-kilogram spacecraft into a custom, temperature-controlled sterile shipping container to protect the spacecraft and ensure that it arrives safely at the launch site.
Mothers launch “Let them Grow Up in Peace” project, which works with elementary schools to encourage use of basic phones for young children.
Raw wastewater and sewage from Gaza is being pumped into southern Israeli streams, and garbage is being amassed along the Israeli border fence, causing an ecological nightmare and the suffering of residents near the border, according to a report in Ynet.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University also confirmed the presence of plastic additives (i.e., “plasticizers”), substances added to plastics to increase their flexibility, transparency, durability and longevity.
About half of the exports were projected to be utilized for Egypt’s domestic economy and half will be liquefied to be re-exported.
Israel’s water technology is being used in more than 150 countries, including some that have no formal ties with the Jewish state.
Samsung has already invested some $15 million in Corephotonics, which develops imaging technology for smartphones.
The new program is part of the Jerusalem College of Technology’s Machon Tal School, where more than 2,500 women study in undergraduate and graduate tracks.
One of SpaceIL’s stated goals is to inspire the next generation in Israel and around the world to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The new government grant is conditioned on Intel’s commitment to hire 250 new employees, as well as business arrangements with local vendors and retailers to the tune of NIS 2.1 billion ($555 million) a year.
Using Israeli technology to show how to create self-sufficient infrastructure and bring access to clean water, education, refrigeration and food security to the continent.
