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November 2016

Yishai Frankel Vice President of the New Technologies Group and General Manager of the Software Division

Yishai Frankel, Vice President of Intel: The industry should adopt the Google model to connect with academia and conduct basic research

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The active substances from the Glutriptolides family are capable of being used as targeted "cruise missiles" against cancer cells. The glucose part is directed to the glucose carrier (red) anchored to the cell membrane, while directing the toxic triptolide into the cell. [Courtesy: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine]

An anti-cancer agent synthesized from a traditional Chinese medicine

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Studying mathematics. From the Mount Mary College website

Israeli students dropped nine levels in mathematics and six levels in science

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artificial intelligence. Source: wikimedia / Gengiskanhg.

The learning machines

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A dreaming robot. Illustration: shutterstock

Four types of artificial intelligence - from responsive robots to self-aware ones

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Hiyo syndrome - weight loss and obesity. Illustration: Alit Avni-Sharon

Gut bacteria contribute to the "recurring obesity" syndrome

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A giant solar flare recorded by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Source: NASA/SDO/AIA/GoddarSpace Flight Center.

Detectives following the sun

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The view of the fires in Haifa and the Jerusalem mountains from space, the smoke trail extending over 100 km to the Mediterranean Sea. Source: NASA's Aqua/MODIS satellite from the World View website. Thanks to Amir Burnett for the link to the photo

The fires in Haifa and the Jerusalem area were observed from space; The fires are consistent with global warming models

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The dwarf planet collapsed. Source: NASA.

Keres - summary of findings

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MassChallenge. Photo: Sean Zinsmeister, flickr.

Messchallenge distributed prizes totaling about one million shekels to the winning companies in the first round of the acceleration program in Israel

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became the rare object in its entirety, at the end of the healing process in the Antiquities Authority's laboratories Photo: Clara Amit, courtesy of the Antiquities Authority

A 3800-year-old pottery vessel, bearing a human figure, was uncovered in an excavation in Yehud with the participation of students

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From right to left: Director of the Rambam Medical College Prof. Raphael Biar, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Prof.-Research Prof. Aharon Chachanover, Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav, Technion President Prof. Peretz Lavi and Prof. Ze'ev Ronai

The Integrated Center for Cancer Research was inaugurated at the Technion

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The active site of the GSK3 enzyme. From Wikipedia

Researchers at Tel Aviv University succeeded in inhibiting an enzyme that is a major factor in neurodegenerative diseases of the brain

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DNA replication using RNA. Illustration: shutterstock

An innovative method for DNA replication

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Robots demonstrate gadgets, Svit Exhibition, Hanover. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Cooperation between robots and humans

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Dr. Rajes Menon. Photo: University of Utah

An invisibility cloak will hide optical chips

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The internet of things connected to the cloud. Figure courtesy of IBM

"Machine learning and natural language processing - essential for the development of the Internet of Things"

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2016 Ben-Gurion Prize winners Dr. Elaine Solvay (right) and Prof. David Feiman at a ceremony held at the Dan Hotel Photo: Uzi Keren

The David Ben-Gurion Prize was awarded to Dr. Eileen Solvay and Professor David Feiman

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A "magnifying glass" for atoms. Image: University of Cambridge

Magnifying glass for viewing atoms  

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Chimpanzees at Chester Zoo in the UK. Source: heatherlynneburrows / flickr.

Toddler's tool kit

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Desert landscape in the windings of road 25 from Dimona to the Arava junction, August 12, 2012. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Desert agriculture in the world and in Israel

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A high-resolution digital model created from the stereoscopic images obtained by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has revealed the Great Valley of Mercury shown here in XNUMXD. Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins University, Smithsonian Institution, DLR

A large valley was discovered in the planet Hema - indicating the process of the planet's contraction

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The badger has good reason to fear man: he kills it at a rate 4.3 times higher than its natural predators. Photo: Chris Frewin, Flickr

Fear factor

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Watson directs films. Illustration: IBM

Development at the IBM laboratories in Haifa: a system that analyzes video films and divides them into scenes

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flock of birds Source: Wikimedia / Baykedevries.

Where do the ducks fly when the lake warms up?

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