Not to be confused with its planetary namesake, Venµs is a French-Israeli mission designed to provide close and regular monitoring of vegetation on Earth’s surface. Launch is scheduled in 2017 from Kourou. For 2½ years, the Venµs microsatellite (Vegetation and…
While Israel is preparing for a cyber attack liable to hit in full force this week, defense systems personnel are carefully assessing the worldwide attack and seeing the positive results of the systems they developed. The attack struck almost 100…
On 16 May in Allan, Jordan, the SESAME synchrotron (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) will be inaugurated by H.M. King Abdulla II of Jordan in the presence of the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, the…
Water is made of oxygen and hydrogen, and splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen for fuel is a promising path for alternative energy. One of the main obstacles to making hydrogen production a reality is that current methods of water…
A nano-satellite built by Israeli high school students was launched to the International Space Station on April 18. Named for Israel’s national bird, the Duchifat-2 (in English, Hoopoe-2) nano-satellite was one of 28 student-built nano-satellites sent into space, to be…
Technion France organizes from 12th to 15th May 2017, the 12th edition of its Annual Mission at the TECHNION in Haifa, Israel Institute of Technology, and in the Israeli ecosystem : #technionconnectedworld, towards Revolution 4.0. Following the success of the…
TIPA Sustainable Packaging, a developer and manufacturer of breakthrough bio-based, fully compostable, flexible packaging, and Jindal Films Europe, a global leader in the development and manufacture of specialty packaging and labeling film solutions announced a signature of a partnership agreement today at Interpack…
Genomic Vision, a biotech company specialized in the development of diagnostic tests for the early detection of cancers and genetic diseases, will host a first R&D Day on May 10th, 2017, in the Imagine Institute (Necker Hospital, Paris). This event…
Aerospace engineers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed and patented a process that can be used onboard aircraft while in flight to produce hydrogen from water and aluminum particles safely and cheaply. The hydrogen can then be converted…
On April 27, 2017 will be held the event “INNOVATECH 2017: when the French Tech meets the Start-up Nation”. Organized by Connecting Leaders Club, whose president is Valérie Hoffenberg, in partnership with Invest in Israel, this event will be an opportunity to compare the…
