The Technion’s story has been intertwined with Israel’s for more than a century, from laying the foundations for a new nation to shaping its future.
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Even before the establishment of the State of Israel, faculty, students, and alumni of the Technion helped develop and manage water resources in a desert land. They contributed to the national water carrier that brought water from the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) in the north to the drylands in the south. They improved technologies for water treatment, desalination, and drip irrigation. These efforts have turned Israel from a water-deficient to a water-abundant country. Today, Israel leads the world in water reclamation, recycling more than 90% of its wastewater for use in agriculture and industry. No longer reliant on the Kinneret,…
Following October 7, nearly 90% of Israel’s farms were impacted by the war and experienced a 35% drop in production due to the loss of farmworkers and fields damaged by missiles (MIGAL Galilee Research Institute, Nov. 11, 2023). For a desert country with highly managed water resources and a high birth rate, ensuring food security for current and future generations is especially critical. It’s a daunting task — and one the Technion is tackling head-on. Researchers, students, and alumni are already pioneering sustainable, nutritious food alternatives and preservation methods to combat waste, extend product shelf life, and pave the way…
“If you have energy, you have everything — food, water, heating, defense,” said Professor Dario Dekel, director of the Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP) at the Technion. “Energy is critical for the future.” The GTEP has already made impressive breakthroughs in alternative and sustainable technologies, including fuel cells and batteries, green hydrogen and electrolyzers, water energy, renewable energies, and more. But the war with Hamas has made Israel’s need for energy security more crucial, even with the discovery of natural gas in the Mediterranean. “Given the political situation in Israel, you cannot depend on getting energy from…
It’s not just humans – plants get stressed too. And like the rest of us, when they get stressed they tend to “shut down” and simply not produce. The most common kind, abiotic stress, is from intense heat or cold, prolonged dry spells or unhealthy levels of salinity due to rising sea levels and the intrusion of seawater into agricultural fields. How bad is it? More than 830 million hectares of agricultural land is now overly salty. Heat stress is expected to threaten nearly three-quarters of the world’s food production over the next 20 years, according to the research group Verisk…
An Israeli foodtech startup that makes milk and other dairy products from mushrooms has partnered with one of America’s biggest biotech companies, Ginkgo Bioworks, to scale-up and produce affordable animal-free non-whey dairy products. Haifa-based ImaginDairy has bioengineered milk protein to create a wide range of dairy products using mushrooms but no cows. Through a process called precision fermentation, ImaginDairy recreates these milk proteins in the lab and can use them to generate any kind of dairy product. The partnership aims to improve cost-effective production of non-whey dairy proteins. Ginkgo will utilize its AI capabilities to create biological systems that reduce the cost of production,…
Buying produce, and then having it quickly go bad, is a common disappointment for many. One Israeli startup has developed a solution that keeps fruits and vegetables fresh for longer without changing or adding anything to the produce themselves. Ness Ziona-based Liva has developed a sticker that when applied to the package, can extend the freshness of fruits and vegetables for up to another seven days. The sticker was created by Ifat Hammer, co-founder and CTO, drawing on her expertise in food engineering and biotechnology. She figured that instead of modifying the produce itself, “good” bacteria that was already present in the…
An award of $1.3 million has been split between seven Israeli climate tech startups as part of the startup category of the Climate Solution Prize, an initiative created to encourage innovation in this field. The selection for the track was carried out by Startup Nation Central, a Tel Aviv-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting Israeli innovation, and the Climate Solutions Prize Organization. The winners include: Filo System, whose data compression engine provides storage and networking saving, which lowers energy consumption and cooling cost for data centers; TIGI Solar CEO Zvika Klier is a Technion alumnus.
A Technion Earth Day Webinar With the health of our planet failing, we need big ideas and innovative solutions to reverse the current environmental crisis. In this enlightening webinar, a distinguished panel of Technion scientists share their insights and research on topics that include sustainable development, renewable energy solutions, sustainable material innovations, and eco-friendly alternatives for chemical processes. Be inspired when you learn how Technion science can help forge a healthier planet and a better future for all. Executive vice president for research at the Technion Prof. Noam Adir moderates this can’t-miss webinar.
Going from development on Israel’s world famous Iron Dome missile defense system to maximizing energy usage might sound a little odd, but to Ron Halpern, chief commercial officer at mPrest, the software company behind the platform, the transition was a natural one. “Iron Dome essentially is a real-time distributed asset optimization system; the assets happened to be interceptors,” Halpern tells NoCamels. mPrest CEO and Founder Natan Barak and CTO Noam Arbel are Technion alumni. Iron Dome was developed in large part by Technion alumni working at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
A sensor that measures the “heartbeat” of a plant is being used by farmers around the world to optimize the growing process, most notably how much water it needs, at a time when weather patterns are shifting and becoming unpredictable due to climate change. Almost all plants, big and small, rely on the process of photosynthesis (using light, carbon dioxide and water to produce oxygen and energy), and the correct conditions are crucial for its survival. But for farmers, knowing how much water to give each plant can be an inexact science, with agriculturalists generally relying on experience and intuition…
Scientists throughout the world are seeking ways to develop greener power sources. Both solar and wind energy solutions are great alternatives to fossil fuels when conditions are sunny or windy, but figuring out how to store energy for use when the weather doesn’t comply is the big challenge. Hydrogen fuel cells have great potential for energy storage and conversion, but they remain highly expensive to operate. Now thanks to a collaboration between scientists at the Technion and Stanford University, a major obstacle has been overcome. “This solution has great benefits for the research of fuel cells in academia as well…
Three Israeli research projects have won a $1 million prize for initiatives tackling the climate crisis. The prize is designed to advance groundbreaking innovation and research that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Solutions Breakthrough Research Prize is awarded by the Jewish National Fund of Canada with the support of Keren Kayemet LeYisrael (KKL-JNF), with each making a matching contribution to the prize money. The prize was also awarded in conjunction with Startup Nation Central, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting Israeli innovation. The winners are: Prof. Shany Barath and Prof. Yechezkel Kashi from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, who developed…