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New Tender: BOT Project for the Design, Finance, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of a Municipal Biological Degradable Waste Treatment Plant

THE INTER-MINISTERIAL TENDER COMMITTEE HEREBY INVITES 1. Entities and consortia from the private sector in Israel and abroad, to participate in a pre-qualification process for a tender regarding a BOT project for the design, finance, construction, operation and maintenance of a municipal biological degradable waste treatment plant, by the private sector. The plant shall receive […]

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Discoveries of vast gasfields off Israel provides opportunity for Woodside

As reported in The Australian Newspaper: “LET me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses,” former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir once joked. “He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!” Unlike Australia, Israel’s lack of […]

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Saving Lives Anywhere, Anytime: New Emergency Care Technologies

In a recent screening operation conducted by the Pennsylvania-based Simon’s Fund, dozens of school children were diagnosed with silent heart defects which may lead to a life threatening situation. As the world moves forward and social and physical habits change rapidly, emergency care is gradually becoming a significant part of our daily lives. With 75 […]

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Caring for Both Sides: Advanced Patient Transfer Solutions

One of the less glamorous aspects of modern science and the growth in life expectancy, challenges the global health system in the form of long-term necessity of care for the elderly. Simultaneously, countries of the world are dealing with the work-related disorders that caregivers suffer from: “In even the most advanced nursing environment, manually handling […]

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Be’er Sheva: Desert Bloom

  Stepping off the bus at Be’er Sheva’s Central Bus Station amid the crowd of Israeli soldiers and students, bus fumes wafting into the hot desert air, enveloped in the sound of chattering Hebrew, I am hit with waves of nostalgia.It has been 30 years since I lived in Israel’s Negev Desert, on a small […]

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“Made in Israel” Video Clip

The Israel Trade Commission is excited to share with you the video clip, “Made in Israel”. This short clip features some of the hottest technologies that have been developed in Israel.    

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New Israeli Tactic Makes Deadly Viruses Commit Suicide

As reported in Israel21C: Vecoy Nanomedicines has a whole new approach: a virus ‘decoy’ to outwit the world’s worst enemy before it does any damage. There’s the West Nile Virus forging a deadly path in North America, and a new round of Ebola in Africa. Then there’s bird flu, SARS and a handful of other […]

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All eyes on Israeli trial of methanol fuel

  As reported in Israel21c: With gas-pump prices soaring along with the demand for energy independence, energy experts in the United States are eagerly awaiting the results of an Israeli pilot using M15, a fuel made of 15 percent methanol and 85% gasoline. Methanol is made from natural gas, a substance that both countries have […]

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Israeli salve for sick buildings

As reported in israel21c: House mold, smelly armpits, dust mites, “sick building syndrome” and hospital-borne bacterial infections now face tough competition: Israeli startup Better Air has developed a novel air filtration system that uses millions of “good” bacteria called probiotics to overtake the “bad” bacteria and their associated contaminants infiltrating indoor living, healing and workspaces. […]

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Weather forecasting set to undergo high-tech revolution

As reported in israel21c: Shipping companies, aviation specialists, sailors, farmers, wind turbine owners – — even the Boy Scouts – know that better weather prediction leads to a better ability to avoid risks to infrastructure, products and lives. This is especially true when faced with today’s increasingly unpredictable weather. Professionals with a lot at stake […]