Max Rietkerk (Utrecht University), Arjen Doelman (Leiden University), Ehud Meron (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Isla Myers-Smith (University of Edinburgh) received an ERC Synergy grant of 10 million euros with their project RESILIENCE. The researchers will investigate whether and…
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Synergy Grant of 8.6 million euro to Institut Pasteur, Bar-Ilan University, and the Weizmann Institute of Science for a project that will generate unprecedented insight into the role of genome instability in…
The Israeli coastline is contaminated with over two tons of microplastics. The most polluted Israeli beaches are in Tel Aviv and Hadera. The study’s findings show that the sources of plastic pollution include food packaging, single-use plastic products, and fishing…
Ahead of the upcoming UN Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Conference, the Cabinet, at its weekly meeting today (Sunday, 23 October 2022), approved a new climate plan, under which all government ministries must – by the end of 2023 – submit action plans…
Airovation Technologies Ltd., an Israel-based climate-tech company, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Korea-based Kolon Industries Inc. to collaborate on a three-phase scaleup process for CO2 capturing (carbon capture) at Kolon’s manufacturing facility. The…
The climate crisis presents a huge challenge to all people on Earth. It has led many scientists to look for exo-planets, planets outside our solar system that humans could potentially settle. The James Webb Space Telescope was developed as part…
Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute in Haifa have developed an innovative technology that enables the growth of “enriched seaweed” infused with nutrients, proteins, dietary fiber, and minerals for human and animal needs. According…
Being vaccinated with at least two doses of Pfizer vaccines dramatically reduces most of the long-term symptoms individuals reported months after contracting COVID-19, a new study shows. In this study, eight of the ten most-commonly reported symptoms were reported between…
A research team of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev environmental scientists has developed a circular process for eliminating the risk posed by phosphoric acid plant wastewater. The process turns the environmentally toxic wastewater into clean water while recovering valuable acids.…
Airovation Technologies, a cutting-edge climate tech company based in Israel, and ASUSTek Computer Inc., the Taiwan-based world leader in computer hardware and consumer electronics’ applications and markets, this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the megacorporation to explore utilizing…