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May 2017

Illustration: Courtesy of MIT.

"Wood on a chip"

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The Grand Canyon in the service of creation? Source: Claytondodge9, Wikimedia.

The Grand Canyon in the service of creation?

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The migration of nerve cells in the brain of mouse embryos: under normal conditions, many cells (white dots) migrate to the upper layer of the cerebral cortex (three pictures on the left), but in the absence of the 3C protein, the cells remain scattered along the migration path (three pictures on the right). Photographed using a confocal microscope. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Dual agents: Immune system proteins help brain development

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More than half of those admitted to the senior faculty at universities are returning scientists. Illustration: George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.

More than half of those admitted to the senior faculty at universities are returning scientists

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Mixi Biomed Conference 2017. Source: from the conference website.

Personalized medicine, the aging process and their impact on the global economy

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Archaeological excavation within the layers of garbage from the ancient Roman period. Photography: Assaf Peretz.

Research: What did the Jerusalemites eat in the 1st century AD

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In the photo from left to right: Dr. Bracha Halaf, Chief Scientist in the Office of the Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Energy and Water who participated in the visit; Gendi Finkelstein, Vice President of Technology at Gensel; Yorgo Hachimarkakis, Secretary General of the European Hydrogen Organization; Vermi Reshef, Gensel CEO

The Secretary General of Hydrogen Europe visited Israel

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The whales have evolved to gigantic dimensions only recently

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The debate is over. None of the religions. Photo: shutterstock

Meaning in a rational world

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Researchers have developed a new method to treat atherosclerosis

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The south pole of Jupiter, from a distance of 52,000 km. The image consists of photographs from three different planes, to create a uniform image of the entire pole, while the original photographs could only photograph the illuminated half of the pole. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS /Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles.

A wonderful new world: the Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter as we have never known it

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The Venus satellite in the clean room at the aerospace industry, on the eve of its transfer to the French Space Agency for launch, 26/5/2017. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The head of the French Space Agency at the ceremony of handing over the Venus satellite for launch: "Space missions are of great importance in the fight against global warming"

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The "Venus" environmental research satellite leaves Israel on its way to launch. Minister Aconis: "Looking forward to more opportunities for cooperation with France"

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Simulation of the space plane during the launch. You can see on top of it the upper rocket stage whose function is to bring the launched cargo to the final orbit around the earth, while the plane itself does not enter the orbit but returns to the ground and landed on a landing strip. Source: Boeing rendering.

Meet the "Phantom Express": a space plane that can take off again within 24 hours

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The world is changing, but is the rate of change accelerating or slowing down? Would a person who fell asleep in 1950 and woke up in our time be as surprised as a person who was in 1850 and woke up 50 years later would be surprised? In the photo: a monk in Myanmar takes a picture with a smartphone. Source: Jennifer Stahn.

The world is changing, but is the rate of change accelerating or slowing down?

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algae. FROM PIXABAY.COM

Production of biofuels from algae

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Source: Keahi Seymour, from the YouTube video.

run like an ostrich

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Dr. Ayelet Erez. To turn to side ways. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

The connection between a rare childhood disease and the fight against cancer

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Graphene sheet. Source: AlexanderAlUS / Wikimedia.

Has a cheap and efficient method been found to produce graphene?

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One of the recipients of the scholarship is Vivian Salon, from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, who examines how the extraction of DNA from the remains of ancient hominids contributed significantly to our understanding of human evolution. (pictured), of a new group of ancient hominids that were relatives of Neanderthal man and lived in Asia. So far, only two other fossils have been attributed to this group, which was called "Denisovans". Source: Peres Dan David.

The 20 students who won Dan David scholarships for 2017 were announced

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In 2065, the population of the State of Israel is expected to reach 20 million inhabitants. Photo: pixabay.com.

Israel's population forecast until 2065: 20 million people

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The view seen by Opportunity near the entrance to the "Valley of Persistence" on the rim of Endeavor Crater. The vehicle will now begin to examine whether the channel was formed by flowing water billions of years ago, or by a more "dry" factor such as a drift of wet rock and steam. Source: NASA.

The Opportunity rover has reached a channel that may have been formed by flowing water

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Photomicrograph of senescent cells in a mouse - cells that "retire" and stop dividing, but do not die - are always present and even play some important roles in the body, for example in wound healing. But in aging organs, these cells are not eliminated at the proper rate, and can accumulate and damage Source: Y tambe, Wikimedia.

Get rid of old hair

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The circles in the sand made by the Torquigener fish. Photo: Yoji Okata, from the article Role of Huge Geometric Circular Structures in the Reproduction of a Marine Pufferfish, 2013.

Circles in the sand - how a small fish creates great art

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Illustration. Source: European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad EGMO 2017.

An increase of approximately 18% in the proportion of students taking 5 math units

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