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July 22, 2021

Strengthening the relationship with Israel. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Sustainability and the fight against the climate crisis as a bridge between Israel and the Diaspora

Joint activity for the sake of the environment can connect the Jews of Israel and the Jews of the Diaspora, and bridge the gaps between them
A visual illustration of one of the collisions observed in the Atlas detector, and is an example of the type of processes we are looking for, and the signature they leave in our detectors. In this case a Higgs boson is created, together with another massive boson called Z (the carrier of the weak force). The blue cones and the yellow rectangles adjacent to them represent the pair of quarks into which the Higgs decayed, in this case they are of the magic type. The Z decays into two particles called muons, which can be identified by the red lines in the image. From the CERN website

For the first time, the Higgs boson was characterized by its decay into a pair of "magic" quarks

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Researchers from Tel Aviv University were able to describe for the first time a rare physical process that begins with the Higgs boson - the "divine particle" that was first observed about a decade ago - and eventually decays into a pair of rare elementary particles * New observations from the Sarn particle accelerator in Switzerland helped researchers understand the process more clearly
Measuring the Kinneret level. Illustration: depositphotos.com

You didn't imagine: the summer in Israel is getting longer and there are more dangerous storms in the winter

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A new study, led by Dr. Efrat Shafer from the Hebrew University and with the participation of researchers from several universities, examined the changes in the rainy season in Israel over the past 45 years. "Climate change has not passed over Israel. The findings show a trend that will put the urban infrastructure in trouble, but may also change the entire ecosystem in our region in the coming years"
A bat against the background of the lights of Tel Aviv at night. Photo: S. Greif

Bats in the city of Tel Aviv enjoy the abundance and variety of rich food that the city offers them

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The researchers found that when fruit bats feed in the city (Tel Aviv) they are much more inquisitive, they enjoy the urban abundance, visit a variety of fruit trees every night and taste as many diverse foods as possible. In contrast, the village bats that live in Beit Govrin focus each night on only one or two fruit trees
Photomicrograph: the density of green-red-purple colors indicates the existence of hybrid cells at the tendon-muscle interface. In green - the muscle fibers; In red - LOXL3 RNA is expressed in tendon and tendon-muscle junction. LoxL3 is an enzyme found at the ends of the developing muscle fibers and is responsible for building the muscle tendon junction. In purple - MyoD RNA is expressed within the muscle itself. MyoD is a gene responsible for muscle cell differentiation. Photo courtesy of the Technion Spokesperson

How are inter-tissue interfaces formed?

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Researchers at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion discovered that the connection between tendons and muscles is formed by hybrid cells that merge with the muscle fibers and "know" how to cause the ends of the muscle to express tendon characteristics
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