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From air to water: Israeli startup turns humidity into drinking water
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (454+ words) An Israeli company is harnessing moisture from the air to produce clean drinking water, offering a potential breakthrough for billions worldwide who lack reliable access to safe water As water scarcity worsens across the globe, an Israeli climate-tech company says…...
Fossils reveal some feathered dinosaurs lost the ability to fly
1+ week, 2+ day ago (294+ words) A Tel Aviv University'led study of 160-million-year-old fossils shows that some feathered dinosaurs likely became flightless, challenging the idea that the evolution of flight followed a linear path A rare fossil discovery is reshaping scientists" understanding of how flight evolved…...
Iron Beam: IDF's first operational high-power laser defense system
1+ week, 3+ day ago (275+ words) Minister Katz described the milestone as a 'game changer' that sends a strong message to Israel's adversaries, from Tehran to Sanaa and Beirut Israel has achieved a major technological breakthrough in defense with the delivery of its first operational high-power…...
Jubilee Cave: Israel’s largest cave chamber discovered in the West Bank
1+ week, 3+ day ago (550+ words) Researchers from the Hebrew University have uncovered an enormous underground cave near the West Bank settlement of Ofra, featuring the largest cavern chamber ever found in Israel An exceptional natural discovery has recently been documented near the settlement of Ofra....
Tel Aviv University and Google Israel launch a $1M AI research partnership
2+ week, 4+ day ago (220+ words) Three-year program to fund core AI research, scholarships, and education initiatives Tel Aviv University (TAU) and Google Israel have launched a new three-year program aimed at advancing foundational research in artificial intelligence, supported by $1 million in funding from Google.org....
Storm Byron to slam Israel with heavy rain, flood risks and fierce winds
4+ week, 2+ day ago (21+ words) While officials expect some urban flooding, they emphasize that major metropolitan areas, including Tel Aviv, are not predicted to be overwhelmed ......
Australia implements first age-restricted social media ban
4+ week, 2+ day ago (283+ words) Australia is set to become the first country to implement a minimum age for social media use on Tuesday, Israel time, with platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube being forced by the government to block more than a million accounts,…...
Israel's new Iron Beam laser defense technology system is complete
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (292+ words) The Head of the Defense Intelligence Organization, Brigadier General (Res.) Dr. Danny Gold announces the completion of Israel's new laser system at a DeepSenTech Conference on Monday The'Head of the Defense Intelligence Organization, Brigadier General (Res.) Dr. Danny Gold has…...
Cyber threats spike 150% since Oct. 2023, Israeli healthcare most vulnerable
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (357+ words) Israel currently ranks as the third most-targeted country in the world for cyberattacks Four years after the cyberattack that crippled Hillel Yaffe Hospital, the vulnerabilities of Israel's healthcare system remain glaring. Since the outbreak of the war in October 2023, Israel's…...
Iran launches cloud-seeding efforts amid record drought
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (244+ words) President Masoud Pezeshkian last week warned that if sufficient rain does not fall soon, water rationing may be implemented in Tehra Iranian authorities have begun cloud-seeding operations in an effort to combat one of the worst droughts the country has…...