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18:04, 08.06.2009 |
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Israel and Russia will be collaborating on the cutting-edge science of nanotechnology, which is the science of controlling matter at molecular or even atomic levels.
Together with Russian nanotechnology investment company Rusnano, Jerusalem is setting up a $200 million joint investment fund, Israel's minister of Industry and Trade, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, agreed this weekend in a meeting with Rusnano chairman Anatoly Chubais. The two met at an economic conference in St. Petersburg. Advertisement
The fund is actually the brainchild of none other than Israel's president, Shimon Peres, in coordination with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ben-Eliezer also met with Russia's education and science minister, Andrei Fursenko, who will be visiting Israel in the fall to discuss joint research and development projects.
- Haaretz.com
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