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Israel sets global electric vehicle (EV) charging standard

As reported in port2port: The standard will be the foundation for the establishment of an electric car recharging infrastructure, the operation of electric cars, and public safety The Standards Institution of Israel (SII) issued a press release last week noting it had set the standard for charging electric vehicle (EV) by cables- Israel Standard 6185 […]

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Intel invests $2.7 billion in its Israeli chip facility

As reported in Israel21c: In an unstable business environment, where US companies are scaling back and weathering bad times, Intel has made a surprising business move. The chipmaker announced in January that it will invest $2.7 billion in its Israeli plant in southern Israel, which will produce next-generation 22-nanometer chips. It is expected that 22-nanometer […]

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Kellermeister Charity pilgrimage to Jerusalem’s half marathon

Staff at boutique Barossa Valley winery Kellermeister Wines will be undertaking a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in March where they will participate in Jerusalem’s half marathon to raise money for charity. All money raised from the challenging 21 km run will be donated to the Little Heroes Foundation, a charity committed to making a […]

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Video: The Churches of Jerusalem

Though there are many sacred sites peppered around Israel, Jerusalem has a magic no other place can produce. Jerusalem is home to beautiful churches and other sacred and historical sites Israel has more than a million specifically Christian visitors each year. Many of them spend most of their time in Jerusalem – where pilgrims from […]

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Swift help for epilepsy

As reported in israel21c: Each year, it is estimated that several thousand epilepsy patients in the United States alone will die or suffer severe brain damage from an unattended epileptic seizure. Epilepsy is an incurable condition that especially affects two vulnerable population groups — young children and people over the age of 65 — and […]

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Israeli wins top cancer research award

As reported in Israel 21c: Israeli scientist, Dr. Yosef Shiloh, has been chosen by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) as this year’s winner of the prestigious Clowes Award. The Tel Aviv University professor is the first Israeli researcher to win the coveted prize. Shiloh is renowned for his research on ataxia telangiectasia (A-T), […]

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Solar energy that floats on water

As reported in Israel21c: Generating energy from the sun would be more practical if not for two huge drawbacks: The expense of the silicon material that converts light to electricity, and the large tracts of land needed for solar farms. By solving both problems – and introducing unexpected side benefits, too – Solaris Synergy captured […]

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Night Tours at City of David, Jerusalem

From 6 January 2011, visitors to Jerusalem can enjoy night time tours of the City of David, every Thursday evening. Artistic lighting highlights the antiquities, with harp music in the King’s Garden enhancing the experience.  The  evening experience begin with a night-time overlook of the city at the City of David’s Hatzofeh lookout point. From […]

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Odis – water treatment plants for emergency situations

Odis is one of the largest bodies in the world supplying water treatment plants for emergency situations, army units and disaster relief. Odis have supplied these systems during the Tsunami in Tailand as well as many other systems supplied to the UN, Unicef and many more aid organisations who worked in Chile, Haiti, Guatemala, Mexico […]

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Israel’s Waves Audio gets Grammy

Back in the ’80s, when people tied bandanas around their legs and jumped around to Wham!, a young Israeli-American sound engineer named Gilad Keren was cutting his teeth in the music biz, recording Israeli artists like Shalom Hanoch. Today, Keren and his business partner Meir Sha’ashua are primed to collect a Grammy award, the most […]