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August 2013

A photograph from the live broadcast of the launch of the Amos 4 satellite

Amos 4 is launched from Kazakhstan - update The satellite successfully separated from the missile and is communicating with the ground station

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XNUMXD printing. Illustration: shutterstock

Print the impossible / Larry Greenmeyer

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A model of a bNAb antibody. The binding sites are seen in light blue, the areas prone to mutations in pink

Map the crystal structure of antibodies to the AIDS virus

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Reading letters directly from the subject's mind. Photo: Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands

The computer that reads letters directly from the brain

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A forest in Croatia by the sea. Photo: shutterstock

Carbon dioxide absorption by European forests? No more

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Clinical trials. Illustration: shutterstock

Biotechnology cluster: life-saving treatment for bone marrow transplant recipients on the way to approval, clinical trials and a joint biotechnology conference with Germany

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Cellulose fibers in a plant cell wall magnified 50,000 times using an atomic force microscope

Breaking down barriers

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The institute's scientists have developed a preliminary treatment that allows the lignin in the plant to be removed without damaging the sugars
the periodic table. Illustration: shutterstock

The existence of a new element - with atomic number 115 - has been proven

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A girl in Peshawar, Pakistan, receives an attenuated polio vaccine in drops in 2002. Photo: shutterstock

Polio: Does the outbreak in Israel endanger the international efforts to eradicate the virus?

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It is not clear how the plug ended up in a blocked drainage channel from 2000 years ago

An archaeological mystery at the University of Haifa excavations in the ancient city of Susita: what is a modern cork of beer doing in a closed drainage channel from 2000 years ago?

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The polio virus. Illustration: shutterstock

Why vaccinate?

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nanobots Illustration: shutterstock

The rise of the nanomachines / Mikhail K. Rocco

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A close-up of the surface of a metallic material. Photo: shutterstock

A new material that holds a world record for water absorption and surface area

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A diagram published by Iranian researchers showing the components of the manned spacecraft they designed. Photo courtesy of Tal Inbar

First publication in Hebrew: Iran revealed its manned spacecraft plans

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A blind Israeli rat from research at the Department of Evolution at the University of Haifa. Photo courtesy of Prof. Aharon Avivi

Special to the scientist site: the blind Israeli rat - the animal that defeated cancer but is having a hard time with the scientific establishment

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Technological education. Illustration: shutterstock

The Ministry of Education ahead of the start of the school year: we will renew technological education

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The new memory chip. Contains thousands of components, the size of which is a few thousandths of a millimeter. Photo courtesy of Prof. Yossi Peltiel, Hebrew University

Israeli development: extremely efficient computer memory components

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Operating room staff members in action. Photo: shutterstock

Sister, the burner please / Charles K. Choi

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Minister Yaakov Perry met with senior officials of Kea Al Gharbia during the establishment of the scientific center. Photo: Ministry of Science, Technology and Space

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Space today inaugurated a new science center in Baqa al-Gharbia

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Chemical laboratory. Photo: shutterstock

Calculation method for the level of toxicity of chemicals

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the universe. Illustration: shutterstock

A study that examined images from the Hubble Space Telescope: the galaxies took their "mature" form 11.5 billion years ago

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"To help patients for whom there is no other solution." Illustration courtesy of Dr. Tal Dvir, Tel Aviv University

A healthy heart of gold

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Digestive System. Illustration: shutterstock

Weizmann Institute scientists are recruiting participants for research in the field of nutrition and gut bacteria

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The Amos 4 satellite arrives at the Baikonur Space Center for its launch on August 31, 2013. Photo: Russian space agency Roscosmos

The Amos 4 satellite arrived in Baikonur (photo gallery) in preparation for the launch on August 31 (4 photos were added 29/8)

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yeast cell. Illustration: Michal Barker

Side roads

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