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June 2016

Above a certain particle density value (subunit concentration) the rotational motion and collisions between the coiled polymers lead to the formation of ring-like aggregate structures. [Source: C. Hohmann (Nanosystems Initiative Munich)]

Biophysics of bacterial cell division

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Awarding of the Kay Award to Dr. Pinchas Zuckerman from the Hebrew University. Public relations photo

The Kay Prize was awarded to Pinchas Zuckerman for the development of antibodies that destroy cancerous tumors

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Neurons in XNUMXD. Illustration: shutterstock

A mechanism for creating long-term memory has been discovered

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Copley Square in Boston. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The sales of companies founded by Israelis in the Boston area in 2015 - 9 billion dollars

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The Dead Sea - a view from space

The deputy minister read in the science committee: "The sea canal project will be examined at every stage in order to prevent damage to the Dead Sea"

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The cache of silver coins found in the mansion house from the Hasmonean period. Photo: Assaf Peretz, Antiquities Authority

A cache of rare silver coins from the Hasmonean period was discovered in Modi'in

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chemistry. Illustration: shutterstock

Machine learning for the benefit of the discovery of new materials

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NASA head Charles Bolden, science minister Ofir Akunis, and Givatayim mayor Ran Konik with children and teachers at the city's observatory. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The head of NASA calls on researchers and companies from Israel to participate in experiments on the space station, and in the development of capabilities for a flight to Mars

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Burning elephant tusks and rhinoceros horns. Photo: WWF

Burn or sell?

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With Dr. Steven Levin, chief strategy officer at Dassault Systèmes at a conference held by the company in Boston, May 2016. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

We have made a lot of progress towards personalizing the simulation for the patient's heart

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super chip Photo: shutterstock

Researchers have made a breakthrough in developing a tiny and affordable spectrometer made from a piece of glass

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- From right to left: Froma Yamim, Prof. John Feinberg, Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav, Technion President Prof. Peretz Lavi and Prof. Mousa Yamim

"Only in 2020 will the Technion recover from the lost decade of the Israeli academy"

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An electrical production vehicle of Oak Ridge National Lab at the exhibition accompanying the Science in the age of experience conference in Boston, May 2016. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Rennie Richardson - Dassault Systèmes: In the future, all the products we use every day will contain printed parts

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Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv Mittal Lehavi, who is one of the winners of the Green Globe Award. From her Facebook page

9 winners of the Green Globe award and the Ministry of Energy who won the Black Globe

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Above: An electric current, behaving like a liquid, creates eddies (the white arrows) whose particles produce heat (in red and orange). Below: when the current operates according to Ohm's law, the heat is generated only around the two electrodes between which the current flows (in red and orange)

Electricity flows in your hands

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Caution: prenatal gene scan

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Prof. Steve Farber at the ChipEx2016 conference. Photo: Kobi Kantor

ChipEx2016: "We will not be able to build a computer that imitates the human brain until we know how the brain works"

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Ofer Rimon, Head of Science and Technology Administration at the Ministry of Education. Photo: Mor Shikipi

Is the generation of engineers decreasing?

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Rosetta's comet in August 2015, when it was closest to the Sun, when most of the glycine was detected. Photo: European Space Agency

Rosetta's comet contains ingredients necessary for life

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Students from the Technion in the Ein Evrona reserve. Photo: Technion spokespeople

Evrona reserve: a year and a half after the oil spill

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Screenshot of the Davidson Institute website

The Davidson Institute launches an eye-level science news site

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Black on gold - Israeli technology at its best

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Commercial printing of metallic materials: how to do it, what the future of printing will look like and how one Israeli company brings us innovation and pride at Drupa 2016

Unlimited food

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Prof. Eilat Baram-Zabari. Photo: Technion

Two researchers from the Technion are among those joining the young academy

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The scarab amulet found by the students. Photo: Dina Gurni, Antiquities Authority

An Egyptian amulet about 3,300 years old was discovered in Tsipri by female students

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