The Grotthuss Mechanism is revealed to intimately involve not one, two, or four molecules, as was suggested for more than 100 years of modern research, but a unique arrangement of three water molecules

04-Oct-2022

Prof. Ehud Pines is an iconoclast. What else can you call a scientist who spent 17 years doggedly pursuing the solution to an over 200-year-old chemistry problem which he felt never received a satisfying answer using methods no other scientist thought could lead to the truth? Now, he is ...

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The process reducing the volume of wastewater by 90%

14-Sep-2022

A research team of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev environmental scientists has developed a circular process for eliminating the risk posed by phosphoric acid plant wastewater. The process turns the environmentally toxic wastewater into clean water while recovering valuable acids. Phosphoric ...

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04-Mar-2022

Brenntag has acquired the Israeli specialty chemicals distributor Y.S. Ashkenazi Agencies Ltd, along with its subsidiary, Biochem Trading. This acquisition represents Brenntag’s entry into the Israeli market. Signing and closing of the acquisition occurred simultaneously. Henri Nejade, Member of ...

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New herbicides inhibit the growth of herbicide-resistant weeds and invasive plants

14-Feb-2022

BASF Venture Capital GmbH (BVC) and Orbia Ventures today announce their Series-B investment in the Israeli biotech startup FortePhest. Founded in 2017, FortePhest is developing a new technology to combat herbicide-resistant weeds and invasive plants. Inspired and informed by natural plant ...

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Breakthrough in metamaterials: New material can serve as a platform for innovative cancer treatments

15-Jun-2021

For the first time in the world, researchers at Tel Aviv University developed an innovative nanotechnology that transforms a transparent calcite nanoparticle into a sparkling gold-like particle. In other words, they turned the transparent particle into a particle that is visible despite its very ...

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Startup from Merck Innovation Lab in Israel Markets First Predictive Maintenance Sensors

25-Jun-2020

Merck announced the first commercial product from Feelit, based in Haifa, Israel. Feelit is an Industry 4.0 startup that was part of the Merck PMatX innovation lab for next-generation electronics in Israel. RetroFeel™, the company’s first product, combines a wireless edge device and a printed ...

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Discovery advances the understanding of structural defects and their topological properties

10-Feb-2020

While a piece of paper is usually flat and floppy, the same piece of paper crumpled into a wad is stiff and round. This demonstrates that scrunching changes the texture and behavior of precisely the same material -- paper. A new Tel Aviv University study shows how induced defects in metamaterials ...

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Researchers at Hebrew University combine quantum dot 'atoms' and create new 'molecules'

18-Dec-2019

Are you ready for the future? Back in 1869, Russia's Dmitri Mendeleev began to classify the elements according to their chemical properties, giving rise to the Periodical Table of Elements. "I saw in a dream a table where all elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it ...

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28-Oct-2019

Evonik Venture Capital has invested in an Israeli software start-up that helps industrial companies adopt 3D printing. Castor Technologies has developed a software that assesses a part’s printability, the best printing material, cost and lead time. The technology helps manufacturers decide if and ...

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30-May-2018

BASF and Evogene Ltd. announced a new collaboration focusing on the development of novel insecticides based on new binding areas (Site-of-Action or ‘SoA’) on key insecticidal target proteins. The parties also announced that the collaboration achieved its first project milestone, with the joint ...

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