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Could Phones Revolutionize Palestinian Agriculture?

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Protei Designs Sailing Robots to Clean the Sea

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Solar Powered Desert Oasis Uses Desalination to Fight World Hunger

Growing the most crop per drop of water is an Israeli specialty. With little rain and a hot desert sun as unforgiving as the...

Distance Learning Provides Green Education Opportunities

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Lapka iPhone Device Will Tell You if Your Food is Really Organic

These days it's impossible to trust anything. We go to the store or market and buy what we believe is an organic head of...

Energy from Trash to Become Reality with $17 Million Israeli Investment

There are nearly 8 million people crammed into Israel and most of them like a little A/C in the summer. But only 74, 520...

littleBits LEGO-like Electronic Toys Designed by Lebanese Woman

If you ever wondered how the coffee machine works or how your iPhone responds to touch, then littleBits are for you. Lebanese designer Ayah...

Fool’s Gold Regulates Our World’s Oxygen Supply

Iron Pyrite or Fool's Gold plays dominant role in the world's sulfur cycle, new research shows As sulfur cycles through Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land,...

SmartPaint Senses Structural Damage, KNOxOUT Cleans Air

Made from fly ash, SmartPaint is a new environmentally-friendly paint that alert owners of building faults. This is one of three space-age eco paints...

Rare Earth Metals Limits Clean Technology’s Future

If you think renewable energies will become an increasingly cheaper alternative to petrol - think again now that there's peak minerals. As the world moves...

Biodegradable Transistors from Blood, Milk and Mucus Protein

Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) pave the pay for a new era in nano-technology. Say hello to transistors made of blood, milk and...

EcoBasalt’s Volcanic Rock Fabric to Clean Oil Spills

Volcanic basalt is a rock which can be turned into oil-absorbent fibers. A company named EcoBasalt was founded in Israel in February of 2012.  Its...

Algeria Solicits Bids for Wind and Solar Plants

Finally poised to embrace renewable energy generation, little-known Algeria is accepting tender bids from solar and wind energy producers. Along with Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia,...

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