Israel unveils I-CORE, a cross-university initiative to keep generating Israeli Nobel-level breakthroughs, starting with smarter biofuels. Brain drain has been the bane of Israeli academia for years now: young Israeli scientists trained at the country’s best universities get a high quality, state-subsidized education for just a few thousand dollars a year. They go on to […]
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Jigsaw Nation
With sales of some 1.2 million puzzles annually, Israelis are among the world’s leading jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts A team of Israelis tackled the world’s biggest puzzle. Go into any household in Israel and you’ll find the exact same pictures of charming landscapes, Disney characters and famous buildings. Some are up on walls for display […]
Treato.com is an exiting new Israeli start up, that is striving to change the way patients all over the world approach healthcare. Facing medical concerns and dilemmas, patients are flocking to social health websites by the millions. They are desperately seeking medical information to become more informed about their health. At the same time, other patients […]
Since its founding in 1948, Israel has had a thirst to grow crops in the desert. It wasn’t just a technological challenge, but a matter of survival. Today, Israel offers some of the world’s hottest technologies in desalination, water reclamation and crop irrigation. But the Jewish nation hasn’t forgotten those early days, when Israel hadn’t enough […]
The signing of the agreement with CERN is the climax of a long and challenging process by various Israel government ministries. (Communicated by the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson) On Friday, September 16, Israel signed an agreement in Geneva with CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, becoming an associate member of the organization, in preparation for […]
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WATEC 2011 Program now online
We are pleased to announce the WATEC 2011 Conference program is now online. To view please see click here
Israel’s strength in developing advanced solutions in homeland security, information and communications technologies, water technologies, clean tech and many others, enables superior control and operation of such mega events as the Olympics, the World Cup, and any large exhibition. We are confident that in this catalog you will find Israeli products, technologies and solutions that will […]
As reported in IVC: The price is estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars. Eight months of close cooperation were enough for online retailing giant eBay to decide to buy Israeli start up The Gifts Project. It is estimated that eBay paid several tens of millions of dollars for the company, which […]
Four bids have been submitted to the Inter-Ministerial Tenders Committee for the construction of a 30 megawatt photovoltaic technology-based power plant in Ashalim, which is located in the Ramat Negev Regional Council. The groups, which are some of the leaders in the field of solar infrastructures and technology, include the French electric company EDF, Shikun […]
As reported in IVC: Visonic’s wireless security technology to complement and broaden Tyco Security Products’ intrusion security portfolio Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire Visonic Ltd. (TASE: VSC.TA), a global developer and manufacturer of electronic security systems and components, for approximately $100 million in cash. The […]
