Researchers from the Technion have developed a method that uses the photosynthesis of seaweed to harvest electric currents.

Have you ever tried using adhesive tape on a wet surface? Now imagine trying to find an adhesive to patch up a place that is always wet – inside the human body. Israeli company Sealantis has achieved this by mimicking a known sticky organism from under the sea.

What comes to mind when you hear the word seaweed? Some might think of a trip to the beach, others, of a good roll of sushi, but Israeli designer Nir Meiri has used it for something else entirely - and the result is unexpected.

Seaweed is prolific in Israel’s Mediterranean Sea. It makes sense, then, that Middle Eastern ancients used it to help alleviate a host of ailments from peptic ulcers to fungal infections and wounds. The Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem is looking into how seaweed can be utilized for its nutritional and medicinal properties.

Israeli researchers are developing methods for growing and harvesting seaweed as a source of renewable energy. Not only can it be grown along coastlines, it can also clear the water of excessive nutrients caused by human waste or aquaculture.