Transportation

Strange Chlorine Gas Smell Takes Over Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv's mysterious gas smell is nothing compared to Cairo's annual "black cloud". Tel Aviv is Israel's largest city, and at times has been so...

Drifting Driving a Sin in Saudi Arabia

You see all kinds of weird transportation in the Middle East: but the worst is drifting where young Arab males purposefully "drift" their cars...

The Weird Science of Pedestrian Behavior Might Help Hajj

Math helps us understand how people flow, and just maybe it could help Hajj pilgrims stay safe. A Californian jogs to the beach.  Coming...

Morocco to Build Cars in Zero Carbon Factory

Morocco's zero-carbon car factory opening earlier this month, via NY Times. The CEO of Renault–Nissan alliance Carlos Ghosn and Moroccan King Mohammed VI inaugerated French...

Biodiesel Money Machine Collects Old Cooking Oil In Turkey

"Bring waste oil, take away money" reads this advertisement for BAYTOM, a machine that incentivizes Turks to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. In Turkish cities...

World’s Longest Solar-Powered Flight Will Land in Morocco!

The Solar Impulse flies from Switzerland into the Moroccan sun. Just 107 years after the Wright Brothers became famous for successfully flying the world's first...

Objet Geometrics 3D Prints Electric Car Dashboard

3D printing technology could lead to a greener product manufacturing and consumption. Above is the model for a 3D printed villa now in Dubai. We...

Electric Cars on Display at Automotor Exhibit in Tel Aviv

Better Place offers the public a close-up view of the electric Renault Fluence Z.E. and the sporty Tesla Roadster at the Automotor Exhibit in...

Where Can You Find the World’s Most Expensive Gasoline? Probably Turkey.

After a rise in the cost of gasoline on Tuesday, Turks are now paying what may be the world's highest price for the precious...

Jerusalem Mayor to Join “Bike to Work Day” Next Week

Jerusalem's light rail may have been up and running for months already, but some residents believe that cycling is still the best way to...

Jordan’s Public Transport Plans Blocked By ‘Political’ Barriers

According to local engineers, the public needs to show its support for Jordan's ambitious Bus Rapid Transit to help it overcome political barriers Over a...

Public Transportation on Tel Aviv’s Sabbath: Ecologically Smart or Defiling Religious Law?

Public transportation shuts down completely on the Jewish Sabbath across Israel, but now Tel Aviv (Israel's secular capital) wants to allow buses within the...

Volt Voted Out as GM Readies to Suspend Production

Chevy's Volt Electric Hybrid car being suspended due to poor demand When General Motors announced its new plan to build the ultimate electric car, the...

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar Institute Files U.S. Patent for Advanced Battery tech

Masdar Institute makes first foray into advanced lithium battery technology. Continuing its pioneering of renewable energy technologies that have great relevance for the Middle East...

Seimens and Volkswagen Drive the Middle East Green

VW Touareg energy saving  Hybrids, like this one, will soon be seen on Arab Gulf roads Luxury cars like white  gold Mercedes Benz coupes and...

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Yalla Parkour – A Gaza documentary of the movement before the war

Yalla Parkour, directed by Areeb Zuaiter, captures this culture from within. The film follows Zuaiter’s long relationship with Ahmed Matar, a parkour athlete in Gaza, as she reflects on loss, memory, and belonging after the death of her mother. What begins as a personal search gradually opens into a portrait of how movement shapes young lives under constraint.

The holy sidr tree can stop desertification

Al-Rumaydh describes the Sidr less as a single organism and more as a working ecological unit. Its deep roots reach down toward groundwater, while lateral roots spread wide to catch surface moisture. Its dense canopy slows wind instead of blocking it abruptly, reducing erosion.

Our hair shows that banning lead works

An analysis of hair samples conducted by University of Utah scientists shows precipitous reductions in lead levels since 1916.

Sony builds the world’s first global supply chain for renewable plastics in high-performance electronics

The supply chain includes chemical and materials heavyweights such as Mitsubishi Corporation, Neste Corporation, Toray Industries, Mitsui Chemicals, Idemitsu Kosan, ENEOS, Hanwha Impact, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre, and SK Geo Centric, among others.

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