Research organization: a coat of many colours
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The Israel research system decentralized in 1968 owing to the recommendations of a commission headed by Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir, a professor at the Weizmann Institute and now Israel has eleven ministries with offices of chief scientists each with their own policies. Most of the funding for scientific research in Israel is through foundations set up by foreign countries or by agreements with foreign organizations. According to Haim Harari, president of the Weizmann Institute, this decentralizations is beneficial but Israel should not depend on foreign investments to such a large extent.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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In the shadow of Ben Gurion
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The architecture of Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research in Sede Boker, Israel, keeps the building cool without any air-conditioning despite the high temperature of the Negev Desert. The building incorporates ancient architectural concepts which are not present in modern buildings and it represents the change in the research policy from trying to conquer the environment to trying to live in the natural conditions. The institute was founded by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister in 1974, and its research includes fish farms in brackish desert water and solar energy.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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