December 14st, 2024

Old rusty fuel pump. The fuel for many years contained lead and the damage caused still affects today. Illustration: depositphotos.com

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The black hole of our Milky Way as seen in polarized light. Astronomers have for the first time been able to measure polarity, a hallmark of magnetic fields, so close to the rim of Sagittarius A*. The lines added to the image indicate the direction of polarization, which is related to the magnetic field around the shadow of the black hole. Credit: EHT Collaboration

Strong magnetic fields surround the Milky Way's central black hole

Illustrative epigenetics: depositphotos.com

The Technion will award the Harvey Prize to three groundbreaking researchers in the field of cancer epigenetics

Prof. Peter Jones, Prof. Steven Bailin and Prof. Andrew Feinberg will receive the Harvey Award in the field of science and technology for their contribution to the diagnosis of diseases and the development of treatments based on the understanding of epigenetic mechanisms
The University of Haifa signed an agreement with Dr. Gideon Bikel, agronomist, entrepreneur and businessman, in which Dr. Bikel donated an area of ​​61 dunams in Moshav Neve Yarak for the purpose of establishing an innovative research farm for innovative agriculture. Photo: Haifa University Spokesperson

A research farm for innovative agriculture will be established at the University of Haifa

It will be a center for advanced research led by the university's Evolution Research Institute and will focus on the development of agricultural methods that integrate environmental sustainability, the improvement of innovative varieties and dealing with the challenges of the climate crisis