JERUSALEM, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Israel and the United States have allocated a total of 9.6 million U.S. dollars for ten joint innovative research and development (R&D) projects, the Binational Industrial R&D Foundation said in a press release on Sunday.
The foundation, run together by the U.S. and Israeli governments, added that all the selected projects involve collaborations between Israeli and American hi-tech companies on agrotech, biotechnology, electronics, energy, food tech, healthcare IT, and life science.
Among the ten projects, one focuses on creating non-fat cocoa solids and cocoa-based powder using cell-based technology, while another aims to improve electric vehicle battery capacity and performance through dry electrode manufacturing with carbon nanotube technology, thereby reducing production costs.
In the field of optics, a project aims to develop liquid crystal-based polarized coating for virtual reality.
Other R&D collaborations work on creating non-animal origin milk proteins for innovative dairy products, creating large civil aviation components using additive manufacturing technology, and developing heavy payload spraying drones.
Four healthcare projects are also included, with one utilizing artificial intelligence to monitor and control Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, the main malaria vector in Asia.
The statement noted that these projects will also access private-sector funding, boosting the total investment to 24.5 million dollars. ■
