Groundwork BioAg® announced today the global launch of the Rootella Carbon™ program, based on mycorrhizal carbon – a frontier technology that leverages mycorrhizal fungi as a nature-based solution for carbon dioxide removal. Rootella Carbon harnesses the power of Rootella® –…
The researchers succeeded in identifying new viruses, even specifying which organisms they are likely to attack. Their discovery is expected to help advance the development of repellents for bacteria, fungi and agricultural pests. This is a ninefold increase in the…
In the global fight against climate change, actively removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere must be accelerated if we are to avoid devastating, irreversible damage to our climate. BlueGreen Water Technologies (BlueGreen) is among those leading the way. “After successfully pushing the…
At the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), University of Haifa signed a first-of-its-kind trilateral collaboration agreement with Emirati and German academic institutes to investigate the consequences of climate change and pollution in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the…
Like most of the rest of humanity, chronically ill patients have taken to social media to discuss or chronicle their illnesses. However, there is a latent potential for medical insights in their posts just waiting to be unlocked. Now, Ben-Gurion…
The full programme for the fifth Soph.I.A Summit, taking place from 23 – 25 November in Sophia Antipolis, France and online is now available. Organised by Université Côte d’Azur, Communauté d’Agglomération de Sophia Antipolis and Sophia Club Entreprises, Soph.I.A. Summit…
An international team led by Professor Hagai Levine of Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Hadassah Braun School of Public Health, with Prof. Shanna Swan at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, along with researchers in Denmark, Brazil, Spain, Israel…
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…
