Energy saving

Azrieli Towers in Tel Aviv, glass walls. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Israeli startup turns glass walls smart and saves up to 30% energy

The Israeli startup that makes glass walls smart: Innovative technology dramatically reduces energy consumption in high-rise buildings
Light pollution in Israel as seen from space. Image: depositphotos.com

Is light pollution costing us more than we thought? The heavy price of the bright night

Combining solar and wind energy in a sustainable rural system with an advanced water system. The illustration was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Integrating renewable energy into water supply systems: a revolution in energy savings and efficiency

The desert locust (Schistocerca Gregaria). Illustration: depositphotos.com

The 'good enough' principle in nature: how evolution saved resources in the digging paws of the female locust

The female locust can dig 4-3 holes to lay eggs and then her organs that are intended for this wear out
This simulation shows the spacecraft of the advanced solar sail system traveling in space using the energy of the sun. Credit: NASA/Euro Animation/Ben Schweighart

NASA's Solar Sail is facing challenges right at the start of the operation

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NASA mission operators continue to investigate the performance of the advanced composite sail system and test the performance of the sail masts. After the masts and sail are successfully deployed, the system is still slowly rotating in orbit because the control system
Designing chips with the help of artificial intelligence. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Advanced hardware device reduces AI energy consumption by 1000 times

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Researchers have introduced a hardware innovation called CRAM, which reduces AI energy consumption by up to 2,500 times by processing data within memory, promising significant improvements in AI efficiency.
This is how induction cookers work, including a cross-section showing their interior. The figure shows the following components: the ceramic glass surface, the induction coil below it, the power supply unit, a ferromagnetic pot on the stove. The arrows in the figure indicate the magnetic field created by the induction coil and heating the pot. The image was prepared using DALEE and is not used as a scientific image. The text that appears in it is also in the best DALEE tradition "about".

Induction cookers: the next generation in cooking?

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Induction stoves do not heat up and yet heat the food. The secret lies in the magnetic field
The system diagram. Illustration by Ran Levy RNLV-Design

Desalination, the nanorobot version

Futuristic water purification? An Israeli company is developing a new desalination method in which nano-robots will clean seawater of problematic salts; This, without removing from them substances that are important for our health
We are rapidly approaching the dangerous limit of 1.5 degrees above average at the beginning of the industrial revolution. Illustration: depositphotos.com

IPCC: Despite measures to reduce greenhouse gases, warming continues, acceleration is needed in the fight against the climate crisis

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This is according to a monitoring report of the findings of the sixth report of the International Panel on Climate Change IPCC. In the last decade, the global surface temperature reached 1.1 degrees Celsius above the average in the years 1850-1900
The new glass allows blocking of 70 percent of the sun's infrared radiation, while maintaining 90 percent transparency for the radiation that is in the range that humans are able to see. Photo: Prof. Alfred Tok

Baby, I'm hot, electrify the window

A new Israeli-Singaporean development makes it possible to prevent solar radiation from entering the home through the window - without damaging the view
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