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Good News Friday
Time for another Good News Friday installment. We start this week with a successful tour by the band Depeche Mode: “Oh, Tel Aviv!” Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan groaned Tuesday night as HaYarkon Park was transformed into a bubble … Continue reading
Good News Friday
Time for another Good News Friday installment. This week we begin with a story of Israeli identity with a slightly unusual twist in Finding an unexpected Israeli identity: (emphases are mine): At first, the young man’s story sounds familiar: Tall, … Continue reading
Posted in Boycotts and BDS, Israel news, Mideast news, Technology
Tagged Alanis Morrissette, Arab Israelis, BDS, biomed, good news Friday, Jordan, Marie Curie Prize, Sarit Sivan, spinal discs, Technion
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Apple buys out Israel company, will set up R&D Centre in Israel
Great news for Israel’s economy and hi-tech industry, bad news for the boycotters and divesters: the digital giant Apple has bought out Anobit, an Israeli flash storage maker, for half a billion dollars. Apple has bought Israel’s Anobit, a maker … Continue reading
Posted in Boycotts and BDS, Technology
Tagged Anobit, apple, Cornell University, hi-tech, Technion
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Robots and snakes and worms, oh my!
Just a little something to lighten your day and bring a smile to your face like it did to mine. Some great inventions from Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa. (h/t OP.) In related news, the Israeli-founded electric car … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Israel news, Technology
Tagged Better Place, electric cars, Haifa, Israel, robots, Shai Agassi, Technion, technology
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A proud day for Israel: Israeli scientist wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Mazal tov and kol hakavod Prof. Dan Schechtman on winning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Fresh off Wednesday’s announcement that he will receive the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Technion’s Dan Shechtman was forthcoming in sharing the honor. “I … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Israel news
Tagged Chemistry, Dan Shecthtman, Israel, Nobel Prize, Technion
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