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October 6, 2020

Illustration of the galaxy and the giant black hole at its center. The black hole converts some of the matter it absorbs into energetic radiation (shaded in blue), while the galaxy continues to form new stars (purple areas). [Image credit: Michael Helfenbein/Yale University - M. Helfenbein / Yale University]

Roger Penrose and the two black hole detectors at the center of the galaxy won the Nobel Prize in Physics

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Three archaeological items, three different degrees of heat (right, not to scale): blade, chipped spatter, and spontaneously spattered flint shards

Controlled use of fire to create tools - already about 300 thousand years ago

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Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Tel Aviv University have recently applied their own sophisticated technologies to examine how stone tools were produced at the end of the Paleolithic period found in Kesem Cave near Rosh Ha'Ein
Ice crystals in an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM), courtesy of Dr. Anna-Eden Kosoy-Simkov, Department of Chemical Research Infrastructures

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In a series of experiments, Weizmann Institute of Science scientists solved the puzzle of the relationship between electric current and the freezing temperature of supercooled water. Beyond the scientific interest, their findings may lead to the advancement of applications in diverse fields where control of ice formation is required
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