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July 2011

Insomnia, 14th century illustration. From Wikipedia

Restless night

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Shaul torches

A student from the Hebrew University developed a method for turning waste paper into a green material with industrial uses

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Scientists have for the first time been able to identify the precise spatial arrangement of the individual atoms in a nanoparticle. The yellow dots represent the atoms that make up a silver nanoparticle that are two nanometers in diameter.

Spotlight - Gentlemen, the children shrunk / Nira Shimoni-Eyal

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baby playing From WIKIMEDIA COMMONS CC license

Money = mental ability?

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Dr. Adi Stern

My vision is to predict an epidemic before it breaks out, by studying the jumps of viruses from animals to humans

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Cumulus clouds. Photo: NOAA

Clouds of sheep

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pills. From Wikipedia

The register is open and the medicine is registered

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NMR scan of the brain of a 15-year-old boy suffering from glioblastoma brain cancer. From Wikipedia

Researchers at the Hebrew University have discovered new markers for diagnosing the severity of brain cancer and a new way to treat the disease

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Back to the Future movie poster, starring Michael J. Fox. flying car

Finally - time travel is not possible

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Asteroid Vesta as imaged by the DAWN spacecraft on July 18, 2011

Today and night in asteroid Vesta

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From the Big Bang to today - Wilkinson Space Observatory. Photo: NASA

Between Science and God, Chapter Two: Does the Big Bang Testify to the Existence of God?

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Prof. Fernando Petulsky, Tel Aviv University. Photo: Michal Rosh-Ben Ami, Tel Aviv University

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a system for self-detection of rape

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The logo of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Bar-Ilan University

The committee found that the state of teaching and research in ecology, evolution, and biodiversity in the departments of biology and life sciences is in severe deterioration to the point of being in danger of disappearing from the academy

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A T-type white blood cell (right) and a red blood cell

Focus on the goal

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The presence of the carbon monoxide gas can be selectively detected during its reaction with a rhodium conjugate that changes its color from purple to yellow-orange

Colored alerts for the presence of gases

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From the right: Dr. Naama Geva-Zatursky, Raizi Groda-Zussman, CEO of L'Oreal Israel Nava Ravid, Prof. Ruth Arnon, and Dr. Adi Stern

Two young Israeli women scientists and a medical student win UNESCO - L'Oreal scholarships "For Women in Science" - Israel 2011

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This artist's rendering shows "hot Jupiter" and its two hypothetical moons with a star similar to our Sun in the background. The planet constantly emits auroras that are prevented by the impact of material from the sun. David A. Aguilar (CfA(

The aurora borealis of extrasolar planets: an out-of-this-world sight

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The enemy among us. Scientific American illustration

Medicine - the enemy within us / Marin McKenna

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Bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Illustration: national review of medicine

Antibiotic resistance in Israel

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teach evolution. Image: Texas Tech University

A victory for evolution in Texas

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Prof. Raphael Malach. Photo: Weizmann Institute

Brain coordination: low synchronization in the brain activity of toddlers may be a marker for autism

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) From MicrobeWiki, the student-edited microbiology resource

An innovative method for determining the level of pollutants

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Ice deposits are buried in the south polar region of Mars, near Ulyxis Rupes at latitude 72 degrees south and longitude 162 degrees east. Photographed by the Mars Express spacecraft on January 15, 2011 with the high-resolution stereoscopic camera. South on the left, North on the right

Mars Express - summary of findings

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The remains of the gymnasium in Epidaurus. From Wikimedia Commons

The Muscle Song XNUMX - The Jerusalem Gymnasium (B) - Its location and "price"

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Dr. Taleb Mukari. Photo: Public Relations.

European Union Research Council (ERC) awards to two researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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