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2023

All 30 employees of the UBQ company live in the south, many of them in the surrounding settlements. Photo: UBQ Materials

From Otaf to Dubai

It was the high-tech companies from the surrounding area that represented Israel at the UN's global climate conference, which opened this week in the United Arab Emirates. Their managers talk about the professional and personal difficulties of the companies and their employees these days - and also about the importance of traveling to the main international event, despite everything
Hadas Calderon with a picture of her son Erez who was kidnapped to Gaza together with his father Ofer and his sister Sahar. The photo was taken on October 30, 2023. Sahar and Erez were later released. Ofer is still in captivity. Photo: L.A.M

The nervous mechanism that goes wrong as a result of exposure to a severe event at a tender age

Weizmann Institute of Science scientists reveal in unprecedented detail how trauma in newborn mice shapes their brains and impairs their social functions in adulthood * A corresponding behavioral expression in humans may take the form of a high level of introversion, social anxiety and avoidant personality - behaviors known to characterize post-trauma"
A multi-color view of MACS0416, a galaxy cluster about 4.3 billion light-years from Earth. The image was created by combining infrared observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope with visible light data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The resulting prismatic panorama of the blues and reds gives clues to the distances of the galaxies. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose M. Diego (IFCA), Jordan CJ D'Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan ( University of Missouri

The "Christmas Tree" galaxy cluster: NASA's 'Webb' and 'Hubble' join forces for a dizzying masterpiece

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The stunning image represents one of the most comprehensive views of the universe ever taken, revealing a rich landscape of galaxies along with more than a dozen variable objects discovered for the first time
IBM's System Two quantum computer. PR photo

IBM unveils a new generation of processor for quantum computing - with much improved performance

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IBM Quantum Heron introduces IBM's highest quantum computing performance ever, with 133 qubits and an architecture that improves error reduction by five times compared to its predecessor - Eagle
The march of the kidnapped families. Photography: Yael Gadot, Thiel Stock

The Israeli abductees are expected to face a difficult task in order to regain a sense of control over their daily lives - an expert explains

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The hostage situation can have profound psychological effects on people for many years. The psychological impact varies depending on the duration of captivity, the conditions endured, personal resilience and coping mechanisms
This image, taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on Aug. 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled into Martian rock in preparation for the rover's first attempt to collect a sample. It was captured by one of the rover's cameras in what the rover's science team called "cobblestone" in the area. The crater floor is broken and rough" in Jezero Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Did life exist on Mars and other planets? We may soon know through artificial intelligence

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Skyscrapers in Dubai. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Will the COP28 climate conference lead to a breakthrough?

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This week, representatives of many countries are gathering in Dubai to discuss measures to curb global warming and prevent future climate disasters. The conference, known as COP28, poses complex challenges to decision makers
This artist rendering shows what the sub-Neptunian exoplanet TOI-421 b might look like. In a new study, scientists have found new evidence of how planets of this type can lose their atmosphere. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and D. Player (STScI)

Cosmic disappearance: NASA solves the mystery of shrinking planets

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Researchers have found that certain planets outside the solar system are shrinking due to the loss of their atmosphere
Analysis of Martian seismic data recorded by the InSight mission revealed that the liquid iron core of Mars is surrounded by a layer of molten silicate 150 km thick, resulting in a smaller and denser core than previously suggested. (Graphic: Thibaut Roger, NCCR Planet S / ETH Zurich)

News from inside Mars

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The first seismological measurements of the Insight were made near the landing of the spacecraft in September 2021. Among the seismic records were also two tremors on the other side of Mars that originated from a meteorite hitting its ground
Researchers have used a variety of methods in order to reveal the different polymorphs that can be prepared from a common crystalline material and the paths of conversion from one configuration to another depending on the temperature and the method of preparation. [Source: Thomas Rades/University of Copenhagen]

New insights into polymorphisms could influence drug development

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Researchers have used a variety of methods in order to reveal the different polymorphs that can be prepared from a common crystalline material and the paths of conversion of one configuration to another depending on the temperature and the method of preparation
The large galaxy at the front of the image is LEDA 2046648, and it looks just over a billion years back in time, while most of the others are even further away, and therefore look further back in time. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel

Looking into the past: how James Webb is rewriting our understanding of ancient galaxies

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Dr. Ronit Kempf. Photo: Tel Aviv University Spokesperson

Women or men - who will bring peace?

We all know the cliché: "Men are from Mars and women are from Manga", but are men and women also distinctly different in the way they conduct war and conflict? What does digital games have to do with this? And what does this mean regarding who is desired to head the ruling parties in Israel?
Symbol of the COP28 event in Dubai. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The COP28 climate conference in Dubai opens today against the background of leaks according to which large oil deals will also be held as part of it

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There is also criticism that countries are failing to meet their emission reduction targets, and that global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, jeopardizing the goal of not warming the planet beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius
Map of Georgia as a county division puzzle. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The mathematics of politics

On multi-stage decision making - a process in which many agents (humans or robots, for example) have to make a joint decision
Computer simulations showed that changing the coverage of the monolayer changed the smoothness of the surface. Both low coverage and high coverage produced very slippery surfaces, but for different reasons. [Source: Sakari Lepikko et al 2023]

The smoothest surface ever created

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The smoothness of a surface can be adjusted by changing its roughness at the molecular level - this is how researchers from Finland demonstrate
time travel. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Exploring the reality of time travel: science fact versus science fiction

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While Einstein's theory of relativity shows the relationship between time and speed. Theoretical ideas such as wormholes offer possible methods, but practical challenges and paradoxes, such as the "grandfather paradox", complicate the feasibility of time travel in practice
The reputation of chains like SHEIN has been joined by a new accusation: anti-Israelism. Illustration: Hotpot

Buy clothes in November and keep a clear conscience

The claims that fast fashion chains like SHEIN are pro-Palestinian join the findings of investigations into the terrible working conditions in their factories and the enormous environmental damage they cause. So where should you buy clothes in this year's "shopping month"? And how will this help the Israeli economy?
Artist illustration of ultra-high energy cosmic ray astronomy to clarify very energetic phenomena in contrast to weaker cosmic rays affected by electromagnetic fields. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan University/Kyoto University/Ryuunosuke Takeshige

Not science fiction: an unknown particle with very high energy hit the Earth

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The cosmic ray detector that includes 507 ground scintillator stations, covering an extensive detection area of ​​700 square kilometers in Utah, USA. On May 27, 2023, scientists discovered a particle with an enormous energy level of 244 EeV.
An IDF tank convoy enters the Gaza Strip on October 29, 2023. Photo from the IDF spokesperson's website

New study: "Gaza and Ukraine are separate conflicts, but conspiracy theorists try to connect them on social networks"

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An Australian researcher who monitors expressions of hate on social networks analyzed about 12 thousand comments, and who is to blame for every trouble in the world? That's right, the globalist Jews
Prof. Gonen Ashkenazi. From a private album

The prestigious ERC Synergy grant was given to the chemistry researcher, Prof. Gonen Ashkenazi Mauni' Ben-Gurion

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Prof. Ashkenazi from the chemistry department at Ben-Gurion University is engaged in a new field - chemistry of complex systems. The grant was given to him and an international research group of which he is a member
Wooden figures depicting a klezmer band in Krakow, Poland. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Ancient Jewish music 26: Discoveries of Jewish secular music

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In the Jewish music after the Holocaust, signs of Greek-Hellenistic and Roman influence were embedded, and from it various aspects emerge as a result of the involvement of sages
Pain. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Pain on the spectrum

A multidisciplinary study conducted by researchers from the Technion, Tel Aviv University and Haifa University refuted the notion that people with autism spectrum disorder do not experience pain
Prof. Ado Kaminer in his laboratory. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson

Towards the discovery of quantum phenomena that have not yet been observed: Prof. Ado Kaminer of the Technion won an ERC Consolidator grant

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"The observations will be made possible through the control we have developed over the wave nature of free electrons," explains Prof. Kaminer
Right: The solar field in Arava where the measurements were made. Left: Yatir Forest in the Northern Negev - the largest of KKL-Junk's planted forests. Photographs: Yonatan Muller

The solar forest

Trees or solar panels - which strategy wins in dealing with the climate crisis?
The illustration is courtesy of Medidata

Medidata opens access to its Patient Insights Program to research organizations

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This is a system that allows research organizations to leverage the Patient Centricity by Design process to plan clinical trials, among other things to be able to follow the patients who participated in the clinical trials after the trial
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