Tag: News

Facebook popularity high in Israel

While Israel’s Twitter community remains fairly small, the Facebook social networking site, with two million subscribers, is the fourth most popular website in the country,

A new, green method to prevent biofilm

An environmentally-friendly method for preventing and affecting biofilm of bacteria and fungi was introduced last week at Israel’s WATEC Conference by Yissum Research Development Company,

Taking the pulse of the sun

Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have discovered that observations of ordinary, common lightning strikes hitting Earth can be assessed to use sunspots to measure

Israel to desalinate Cypriot water

Israel’s Mekorot Development and Enterprise has received government approval to construct and operate a seawater desalination plant in Cyprus. Like Israel, Cyprus suffers from a

Israel No. 4 in scientific activity

Israel ranks fourth in the world in scientific activity, according to data compiled by the Council of Higher Education. The data, which dates to 2005,

Israeli WBA boxer takes world title

Yuri Foreman became the second Israeli to claim a professional boxing crown when he defeated Daniel Santos of Puerto Rico to take the WBA junior men’s middleweight

Israel-California strategic R&D pact

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Israel’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Benjamin Ben-Eliezer signed a renewable energy R&D cooperation agreement today. The cooperation agreement

Motorola to buy Israeli video co BitBand

Motorola announced yesterday that it will buy privately held BitBand, an Israel-based video-on-demand technology provider, to expand its home video business. According to Thomson Reuters,

Israeli choreographer honored in NY

Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin received the 2009 Dance Magazine Award at a ceremony in New York last week. Naharin received the award for both Gaga,

Israel and Germany to regenerate bones

The technology transfer company of Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev, BGN Technologies, has signed an agreement with German company curasan AG to jointly

First online donation portal for Israel

IsraelGives.org has collected more than $400,000 for Israeli non-profits in its first few months of operation, becoming Israel’s largest online fundraising portal and the first

Israeli cos. among 100 most promising

In September, four Israeli companies were included on the Guardian and Cleantech Group list of the 100 Most Promising Clean Technology Companies on the Planet.

Top Hollywood songwriter on Israel visit

Top Hollywood music producer and songwriter Alan Roy Scott will share his knowledge and experience with Israeli music students and professional songwriters in Israel, from

Toronto Stock Exchange seeks Israeli cos.

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is seeking to develop relationships and potential partnerships with Israeli renewable energy companies and will be participating in the upcoming

Israel-Britain academic cooperation

The Britain-Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership (BIRAX) has selected 15 projects for £365,000 (about $612,000) in research grants, promoting UK-Israel academic cooperation. The projects,