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Taking Israel's Lead, Solar Water Heater Use on Rise in Egypt

A solar hot water heater is a cheap way to collect endless hot water, from the sun. What are you waiting for? Image via...

Egypt Government to Invest in Wind, From $110 Billion Renewable Energy Budget

It can get windy over there in Egypt. Now, Egypt plans on making renewable energy 20% of its national energy goals. The Egyptian government has...

Looking to Spintronics to Make Batteries Last Longer

Today, laptop users are normally tethered to an electrical outlet as batteries only last a few hours. Dr. Amos Sharoni hopes to change the...

Israel’s Innowattech to Provide Renewable Energy for Highway Signs in Italy

Driving to Venice from Trieste? Your car will power the electronic signs along the highway. (Image courtesy Lee Coursey via flickr) Israel-based Innowattech, which develops...

Israel's Best and Brightest Debate Climate Policy

What will Israel do if the Nile Delta becomes submerged from climate change? Brainstorming at the Climate Change Mitigation Policy Workshop today at Ben-Gurion...

TaKaDu Adds Brains to the "Dumb" Water Grid

TaKaDu's software solution can help a city identify and home in on leaks so they can be plugged. You'd think that a country like the...

Water Purification and 9 Israel-related Cleantech Headlines, Week of May 16, 2010

A new alternative plant growth method for biofuel, Israeli streams, drinking water and more. Image by Or Hiltch. During the week of May 16, 2010,...

Saudi Arabia's First Solar Installation Goes Online

This solar rooftop in Saudi Arabia, shown here during construction, is now complete and connected to the grid. (Image via Flickr) The world’s largest oil...

Pythagoras Solar Unveils ‘Solar Window’

Pythagoras Solar's new photovoltaic glass unit can lower the cost of energy in commercial buildings and find strong markets in China and India. Israel's Pythagoras...

Organic Waste Converter "Hands-free Food Waste System" May Work Better Than Composting

About 50% of the waste in the UAE is organic. A new converter launched at conference aims to reduce this amount by 90% within...

BP to Begin Testing Waterworld Invention on Gulf Oil Spill

Testing to begin on device developed by Kevin Costner and Brother to separate oil from water In their desperate search for a way to clean...

Dropouts Threaten Viability of Israel’s Ashelim Solar Tender

Is the sun setting on Israel's plans to build solar power plants at Ashelim in the Negev Desert? (image via inisrael.com) Clal Industries and...

Hungry Persian Gulf States Look to Mycorrhiza Fungus to Grow Crops in Desert

Bring in the mycorrhiza fungi to help crops grow in the desert, suggests new study for the Middle East. Image via DGSgardening Oil rich Persian...

China and 8 Israel-related Cleantech Headlines, Week of May 9, 2010

Israel and China's cleantech partnership, Better Place, Multimatrix and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech this past week. During the week of May 9th, Israel...

Giving Plants "Jack and the Beanstalk" Protein Power

Looking at the proteins that "talk" between shoot and root of plants, Tel Aviv University unlocks a new tool for the biofuel industry. Plant...

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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.

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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.

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