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Anat Hetz-Golan, left, manager of Solaris, and Dr. Marina Hetz, CEO of Space Valley, which built and operates the first and only national solar observatory, in the Druze village of Isfiya on Mount Carmel on February 24, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel
March 20, 2025, 7:33 am
In time for the equinox, Israel’s first solar observatory opens in northern Druze town
Solaris launches in Isfiya as part of a government program to increase space research in the Arab Israeli community
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Micro algae samples used in research on June 11, 2020, in Tel Aviv. (Jack Guez/AFP)
April 29, 2024, 2:25 pm
Israeli researchers see major drop in international cooperation since Oct. 7
After nearly seven months without a plan, the Innovation, Science and Technology Ministry says it will form a panel to deal with the boycott led by academics in European countries
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Artist impression of the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite, or ULTRASAT. (The Weizmann Institute of Science)
February 21, 2023, 3:06 pm
Israel to launch first space telescope in 2026, will observe stellar collisions
NASA rocket will carry Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite into space, from where $90 million vehicle will scan for transient events to research black holes and supernovas
By ToI Staff
Power lines next to Moshav Bnei Re'em in central Israel, April 26, 2010. (Nati Shohat/ Flash90/ File)
September 12, 2022, 8:04 pm
Government asks business, academia to find way to cut power line radiation
Environment ministry one of first to use new national challenges portal to reach out for solutions to complex problems
By Sue Surkes
In this composite image from left: a view of a star-filled sky and astrophotography equipment in Israel. (Yael Ne'emen via the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology); Redefine Meat's plant-based steak (Redefine Meat); and wind turbines (RnDmS via iStock by Getty Images)
September 8, 2022, 12:52 pm
Food, energy, space tech in top 5 of Israel’s new national R&D priorities
Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology to distribute NIS 180 million a year in research grants
By Ricky Ben-David
A cultivated beef burger made by Israeli company Future Meat. (Future Meat)
July 4, 2022, 10:09 pm
Israel earmarks over $1 million for academic research into new food technologies
Ministries of agriculture, and innovation, science and technology and GFI Israel put together budget to support over a dozen studies on new alternative protein tech
By Ricky Ben-David
Solar panels floating on a reservoir on the Golan Heights, near to Kibbutz Shamir, in northern Israel. (Courtesy, Golan Solar)
June 27, 2022, 3:11 pm
Government approves three billion shekel plan to boost climate tech
Targets set for 2026 include doubling registered patents, startups, and pilot projects carried out on state infrastructure
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking, April 24, 2021. (NASA via AP, File)
May 18, 2022, 6:29 pm
Israel plans to invest NIS 600 million to develop civilian space tech
New project by Israel Space Agency hopes to position country as ‘one of the world’s leaders in the space industry’
By Ricky Ben-David
An alleged bug found in a travel mug given as a gift by the Chinese embassy to an Israeli ministry. The mug and others like it proved not to contain anything untoward, the Shin Bet security agency said after investigation, on April 12, 2022. (Courtesy)
April 12, 2022, 10:34 am
Suspected spy devices found in gifts given to ministers by Chinese embassy – reports
Shin Bet says nothing untoward in travel mugs, hours after routine security check finds suspicious component in gifts sent to Israeli science and transportation ministries
By ToI Staff
Israeli Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Orit Farkash Hacohen (left) meets with visiting Canadian Minister of International Trade Mary Ng, March 15, 2022. (Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology)
March 16, 2022, 5:38 pm
Canadian trade minister lauds ‘productive’ Israel trip, touts science, tech collab
Mary Ng wraps up three-day visit following meetings with Israel ministers of economy and innovation
By Ricky Ben-David
Screen capture from video of an altercation between leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir (center left) and MK Ayman Odeh, leader of the predominantly Arab-Israeli Joint List party, at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, October 19, 2021. (Twitter)
October 19, 2021, 5:02 pm
Far-right and Arab MKs scuffle during visit to hunger-striking terror suspect
Religious Zionism’s Itamar Ben Gvir and Joint List chief Ayman Odeh clash outside hospital ward where Hamas member Miqdad Qawasmeh is being treated
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative - In this image released by NASA, Comet Neowise (left) is seen in the eastern horizon above Earth, in this image taken from the International Space Station on Sunday, on July 5, 2020. (NASA via AP)
May 5, 2021, 1:23 pm
Israel unveils chosen space experiments, from battery cells to leukemia cells
44 ‘bold and daring’ projects, part of Rakia program of research projects on International Space Station, to be performed by Israeli astronaut with kids following along in class
By Shoshanna Solomon
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