As reported in IVC: CEO Ofer Haviv: Given the extreme global weather, it is critical to maintain stable food supplies for people, and there will probably be a need for advanced technologies. Plant genetic engineering company Evogene Ltd. sees great potential in the soaring price for wheat over the past two years, and it has […]
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As reported in Israel 21C: The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Investigational New Drug regulatory clearance to initiate a Phase I/II clinical trial evaluating Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) in type 1 diabetics, based on research by Dr. Eli Lewis of Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev. Recipient of a number of grants and […]
Award recognizes Smart Water Grid Innovator’s Impact on Water Resource Availability Yehud, Israel – September 1, 2010 – The World Economic Forum announced today that TaKaDu, a water infrastructure monitoring leader, was selected as a Technology Pioneer 2011. TaKaDu’s Software-as-a-Service solution monitors water distribution networks to give utilities real time control over network events, reducing […]
Kesselman and Kesselman PricewaterhouseCoopers in a recent report shows investments in Israeli start-ups rose 21% from the first quarter to $206 million in the second quarter of 2010, and 27% from the corresponding quarter of 2009. For the first half of 2010, total investments in Israeli start-ups amounted to $376 million, slightly above the $356 […]
As reported in Israel 21C: A natural “bioremediation” technique developed by biologists at an Israeli university may hold the key to the final, difficult steps of the billion dollar oil spill cleanup in the wake of the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Professors Eugene Rosenberg and Eliora Ron from Tel Aviv University (TAU) use […]
(www.jpost.com) US most interested in light satellite technology. The Israel Space Agency and the US Aeronautics and Space Administration signed a memorandum of understanding in Washington last week to promote cooperation. Israel is a leader in the field and can contribute much to NASA, said Science and Technology Minister Daniel Herschkowitz, who was accompanied to […]
Industry Ministry’s Sharon Kedmi: This plan meets the world’s need for sophisticated solutions to support the financial industry. The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor today announced the launch of a plan to encourage international financial companies to set up R&D centers in Israel. The objective is to create a new […]
As reported in Globes: Due to the crisis in Europe, predictions were that the Israeli economy would grow by 2.9%. Israel’s GDP in fixed prices and after seasonal factors grew by 4.7% on an annualized basis in the second quarter of 2010, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. Due to the crisis in Europe, […]
Goldman Sachs projects higher economic growth for Israel in 2011 than Israeli leaders have so far estimated. Goldman Sachs analyst Ahmet Akarli predicts 3.5% real GDP growth for Israel in 2010 and 4.3% growth in 2011. The Bank of Israel currently predicts 4% growth next year, and the Ministry of Finance predicts less than 4% […]
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Israel’s man on space
As reported in Israel 21C: It’s men like Dr Zvi Kaplan who are leading Israel, one of only eight nations in the world to launch an indigenous satellite into space, into the billion-dollar space industry. An Israeli has yet to moonwalk – and the country’s only astronaut Ilan Ramon perished on a tragic NASA mission […]
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