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אפריל 2019

beehive. Photo: shutterstock

Why do the bees stop dancing?

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About 130 thousand elephants live in Botswana - more than in any other country in the world. Photo: Sofia Zubiria, Unsplash

On elephants and peppers

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Roi Parr, an 2019th grade student in the Green Village in Ramat Hasharon, with the medal he won in the Mendeleev Chemistry Competition, XNUMX. Photo: Ministry of Education Spokesperson

An achievement for the Israeli team in chemistry at the Mendeleev Olympiad in St. Petersburg

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The molecular structure of the state-of-the-art manganese catalyst in water [Courtesy: University of Göttingen]

A green alternative for drug production

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Dr. Maria Louisa Romero-Romero and Prof. Dan Toufik. Time travel. Photo: Weizmann Institute spokesperson

Following the first proteins

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Mouse embryonic stem cells were observed using a spinning disk confocal microscope. The levels of the protein that prevents stem cells from differentiating (green) decrease in the presence of high levels of another protein (purple) that causes mitochondria to elongate

The elongation of mitochondria in embryonic stem cells affects the process of differentiation into the various body tissues

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Two-dimensional nanoparticles that interact with stem cells and direct their differentiation into cartilage cells [Courtesy: Texas A&M University College of Engineering]

An innovative medical approach to the treatment of osteoarthritis

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A simulation of the Genesis landing on the moon, which ended up looking completely different. Illustration: SpaceIL and the Aerospace Industry

The space industry in Israel imitates the growth model of the automobile industry

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Measles symptoms. Illustration: shutterstock

Measles: There is a way to convince the opponents of vaccines

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The finals of the FIRST Israel competition, the winners of which are now competing in the world competition in Detroit. Photographed by: Technion spokespeople

14 teams from Israel in the FIRST robotics competition taking place these days in Detroit

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A girl with Williams syndrome representing typical facial features: a broad forehead, a crease in the eyelids, a low bridge of the nose, small nostrils, full cheeks and a relatively large mouth, which in many cases faces downwards. From the University of Utah website

Existing drugs for multiple sclerosis may help patients with Williams syndrome

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The researchers examine one of the three pillars of the mail that were deciphered at Moshav Ramot (Photo: A. Kovalvska. Susita Excavations Expedition, University of Haifa)

For the first time, an inscription on a millstone on the Roman road east of the Kinneret was deciphered

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Immunofluorescent staining for neurons (NeuN, green), astrocytes (GFAP, red) and cell nuclei (DAPI, blue) in the brain region of the H3 of the hippocampus or unperfused for 10 hours after death (left) and after using BrainEx technology (right). 10 hours after death, neurons and astrocytes usually undergo cellular disintegration unless rescued with the BrainEx system. Credit: Stefano G. Daniela, Zvonimir Vrselja; Sestan Laboratory; School of Medicine, Yale

Scientists have managed to restore several functions to the brain of a dead pig

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Miners in the Kimberley diamond mine in South Africa at the beginning of the 20th century. Photo: from Wikipedia - public domain

Earth Day: The role of colonialism in the overexploitation of natural resources

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Image of the innovative detector integrated inside a textile-silicone bandage [courtesy: Matthew Brown]

Wearable detectors as a skin that aids in wound healing

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An artist's illustration of a kilonova caused by a neutron star merger. Image: CREDIT: NAOJ

The origin of the heavy elements - in the fusion of neutron stars

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A gas rig near the coast of Israel. Photo: IDF spokesman

How is Israel preparing for climate change?

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Afikomen Photo: shutterstock

What is the afikomen?

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The control room of the Aerospace Industry during the landing event of the Bereshit spacecraft, which ended up crashing on the moon, 11/4/19. Photo: SpaceIL and the Aerospace Industry.

Documenting the six critical minutes of the Genesis spacecraft

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An illustration incorporating the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy - the first imaged by astronomers. Illustration: shutterstock

Why is photographing the black hole such a special event?

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Brant Ice Shelf. A huge piece measuring at least 1,700 square kilometers is expected to break off from the ice shelf. Photo: NASA

Breaking the Ice

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From the right: CEO of SpaceIL Dr. Ido Antavi, Chairman of the association Morris Kahn and Director of the Aerospace Industry Ofer Doron, in the background of the control room minutes after the crash. Screenshot from the broadcast of the event on SpaceIL's YouTube channel

First findings: an activation command for the sensor entered into the computer caused the Genesis to crash.

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In the figure: computer simulation (molecular dynamics) showing the position of the molecular probe on the surface of different membranes with different lipid composition

A breakthrough in the study of the energy production processes in photosynthesis and cellular respiration

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Ethics of artificial intelligence. Illustration: shutterstock

The European Commission has issued guidelines to increase the ethics of artificial intelligence

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XNUMXD heart printing process. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Israeli researchers succeeded in printing a heart from induced human stem cells; Will hearts be printed from the patients' own cells in the future?

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