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Qatar and the UK Research On Recycling Plastic Waste

Qatar, one of the largest polymer-producing countries in the Middle East region has new ambitions for recycling its plastic waste. Qatar University has paired...

Low-tech Watercone funnels seawater to thirsty in Yemen

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BP Solar and SolarEdge Partner to Develop Power Harvesting System

Solar energy giant BP Solar from Maryland, USA, and SolarEdge from Israel today announced a joint agreement to commercialize a power harvesting system embedded...

Michigan Looks To Miya and Israeli Water Expertise To Create Green Jobs

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The International Renewable Energy Agency Convenes in Sharem, Sinai, Next Month

Seventy-nine countries will send delegates to Sharem el Sheikh, Sinai next month to inaugurate the first session of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)....

Ormat News and 9 Israel-Related Cleantech Headlines, Week of May 10, 2009

During the week of May 10, 2009, Ormat, a geothermal company, announced its plans to build a plant in Indonesia and Globes reported that...

Aora Makes The Desert Bloom With Sunshine Flower Power

Rising up, like a mirage in the middle of the desert outside Eilat, is a giant yellow tulip in whose heart lies a massive...

California's PG&E Signs Historic Solar Energy Contract With BrightSource Energy, for Solar Power

The deal is to provide power to more than half a million homes: Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it has...

Seeing Water Pollution With Snake's Eyes

(Water snakes in Thailand. This new technology developed by Prof. Katzir can see through water, just like a snake.) Although most people take the safety...

Saudi Arabia Opens World's Largest Desalination Plant

Saudi Arabia has always had an acute fresh water shortage problem. The problem has been so severe that a proposal was once considered to...

ZenithSolar and 10 Israel-Related Cleantech Headlines, From Week of May 3, 2009

During the week of May 3, 2009, Israel's two biggest cleantech stories were about a BusinessWeek feature, which provided an overview of the sector...

Win The $1.5 Million Zayed Future Energy Prize

Once again, in the UAE Gulf state of Abu Dhabi, the Zayed Future Energy Prize contest is open for entries on new and innovative...

Forget Submarines, Send In The Robotic Octopus Instead

Explore where no man has gone before, with tentacles? Now building the world's first robotic octopus, and the world's first soft-bodied robot, Israeli "octopus"...

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What Qualities Help Nurses Thrive in Their Careers?

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Dead Sea Scroll mystery may be solved by a calendar that lost touch with the seasons

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Mysterious metallic spheres dubbed "space balls" washed ashore on Forrest Beach in Queensland, Australia. The objects were identified by the Australian Space Agency as pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle that re-entered Earth's atmosphere, and crews successfully removed the safe debris.

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Kansas City is attempting to revive protections against conversion therapy with a new ordinance carefully designed to withstand recent First Amendment challenges. Rather than banning conversion therapy by name, the proposal targets harmful therapeutic practices linked to increased risks of depression and self-harm, creating what supporters hope could become a legal model for other U.S. cities.

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