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Tel Aviv University Invents 40-Times Better Electricity Transmission

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have just developed the next generation of superconductors, that have the potential to revolutionize energy transfer, carrying about 40 times...

Groasis Waterboxx Grows Trees In Deserts

The Groasis Waterboxx inventions provides the perfect micro-climate for plants to grow in dead zones - deserts and mountain slopes. Read how it works.

Jerusalem Boy’s School Makes Electricity On Roof

A vocational yeshiva in Jerusalem meets a third of its own energy needs. The Jerusalem Post reports that the Boy's Town  rooftop solar panels have...

Israel’s GridON Keeps the Midnight Oil Burning

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AquaAgro Fund II to Focus on Preventing Starvation with Water Investment

At its extreme, it is human life itself that is at risk from water scarcity Can you imagine being this child's mother? Perhaps she herself...

Marzan’s Luminescent Future Cityscapes With Solar OLEDs

Israeli inventor Meidad Marzan has a vision of solar-powered futuristic city lights Solar power embedded in tiny tiles cladding the sides of skyscrapers could be...

Next for Enlight – a Wind Farm

Hot on the heels of the solar contract we covered last year to supply the Israeli Defense Force with the power of the sun,...

Israeli Cleantech Benefits from Australian Climate Legislation

When Prime Minister Julia Gillard narrowly succeeded in passing Australia's first carbon tax last month, she probably wasn't thinking of how Israeli innovation will...

Could Morocco be First to Get 42% Solar?

It might seem counter-intuitive, but an undeveloped North African nation could be the first in the world to get 42% of its electricity from...

Israel’s Advantix to Wring out the Soggy Air of the USA

In our warming world, ever more moisture is being held by ever warmer air. This means more places now suffer from humid heat more...

BrightSource Applies to Build Two More Solar Thermal Plants in California

BrightSource Energy keeps plunging forward with its solar ambitions! BrightSource Energy may well be one of the most indefatigable companies on earth. After 20 years...

Yale Researcher: “Desalination Should Be A Last Resort”

When is energy-intensive desalination a last resort? One of humankind's worst tragedies is currently unfolding in the Horn of Africa, and it is caused by...

The Middle East’s Carbon Emissions At A Glance (Infographic)

Carboun, an organisation which promotes sustainability in the Middle East, has produced its first infographic which does a great job of mapping out the...

Axing Paper Waste and Nasty PET in One Fell Bio-Foam

A Ph.D student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Shaul Lapidot has designed an industrial bio-foam made from paper mill waste. You would be...

Ashpoopie Turns Poo into Ash

This handy gadget, which looks like a camping flashlight, delivers a secret formula to animal and human waste that turns it into ash within seconds!

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Barilla eats Goodles and the health food mac and cheese gets an Italian upgrade

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