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2016

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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From left to right: Nimrod Kruger, Associate Professor Carmel Rothschild and Assaf Menor in the lab. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson

A dramatic improvement in the efficiency of photovoltaic cells has been achieved

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Whistling stream, years of pollution and neglect. Photo: Wikimedia / ori.

The bacteria that restore the stream

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Demonstration of comparing data before and after a forest fire in satellite images, by MUNICH RE. Screenshot

Cooperation between SAP and the European Space Agency in making observations from space accessible

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