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Tiny “Water Chip” Desalinates Water With the Power of a Store-Bought Battery

Water scarcity is probably the most pressing environmental concern in the Middle East region and current desalination technologies are too costly and energy-intensive to...

3-D Printed Plastic Gun Breaches Israeli Parliament Building Undetected!

Israel's security is renowned for being particularly tight, but officials failed to detect a 3-D printed gun when a local TV show snuck it...

Ashalim is Israel’s Largest Concentrating Solar Power Plant

Negev Energy, the new partnership between the Spanish and Israeli companies, will build and operate the 110 MW Parabolic Trough plant under a 25 year power purchase agreement. The energy they produce will sell for NIS0.76 per kilowatt hour, or $0.21.

DESERTEC Leaves its Industrial Partner Dii

More setbacks for Middle East solar or the only way a big dream can move ahead? DESERTEC has canceled its commercial partnership to build a...

World’s First ‘Tablet Cafe’ Circumvents Chronic Power Cuts

The world's first tablet cafe has opened in Dakar and already Google's latest experiment is turning out to be a major game changer. Bordered...

Israel’s Blue I to Detect Floating Dead Pigs in China’s Water

Pollution of fresh water supplies in large Asian countries is becoming more and more serious due to increasing populations and rapid industrialization. This is...

16-year-old Turkish Teen Makes Bioplastic from Banana Peels

Meet Elif Bilgin, the latest in a string of wunderkids from the Middle East and North Africa, who invented a bioplastic made from banana...

$10 Recycled Cardboard Bike Indiegogo Campaign Raises Nearly $20,000 in Two Days

When news of a $10 bicycle made of recycled cardboard first reached our desk, we didn't think it would ever see the light of day,...

Turkey: Whopping 9GW of Solar Projects Submitted in Five Days

While political unrest continues to simmer in Turkey, elsewhere business continues apace. The country recently invited expressions of interest to participate in a Feed-in-Tariff...

Masdar Launches the Seychelles’ First Renewable Energy Plant

The Middle East's leading clean energy developer, Masdar has launched the very first renewable energy plant to be built in The Seychelles - the...

Dubai Imports NASA-Developed In’Flector Solar Deflectors for Greener Glass Buildings

Tall glass buildings have come to dominate the Dubai and Abu Dhabi skylines, which makes absolutely zero sense given that summer temperatures consistently burst...

Alexandria Enters PV Solar Project with a Catholic School in Egypt

Once the most powerful seat of learning in Egypt, Alexandria has some catching up to do when it comes to renewable energy. Which may...

Masdar Buys Inkjet Printer for 3D Printing Solar Cells!

The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) in Abu Dhabi, which is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has purchased a Fujifilm...

Qatar’s First Saltwater Barley Crop Sprouts in the Desert

Water scarcity combined with desertification makes for a scary combination in the Middle East, but The Sahara Forest Project (SFP) is pioneering a promising solution:...

Can Captain Sunshine Save Better Place?

Better Place's sudden bankruptcy announcement only a week ago left more than 900 electric car owners in Israel uncertain about the future of the...

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Astro uses AI to help procure land for renewable energy

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Researchers develop a brick made largely from recycled Dead Sea salt—offering a potential alternative to carbon-intensive cement.

The Christ’s thorn (sidr tree) is also a well-known folk medicine

Christ’s thorn jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi) also known as the sidr tree is a real, identifiable tree native to the Middle East, and it appears—directly or indirectly—in Islam, Judaism, and later Christian tradition. The connections between the three faiths are not theological agreements but overlapping uses, names, and symbolic associations rooted in the same landscape.

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Farm To Table Israel is transforming the traditional dining experience into a hands-on journey.

The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, explained

Knowing about the concept of the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary helps explain a core idea in Islam.

The Air Tea Kettle creates a new way to meet plants and herbalism

Air Tea is a new technology. Instead of drinking tea, you inhale herbal vapor through warm air extraction. There is no water and no combustion. The warm air releases essential oils that are often lost in hot water and digestion.

Why Health Systems Are Reaching a Turning Point

Health emerges from a continuous energy and material flow from water through food to human physiology. Technical energy systems support this cycle through water treatment, agriculture, and infrastructure.
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