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Prof. Ingrid Dubshey, Duke University. Photo courtesy of the Wolf Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Mathematics for the year 2023 to Prof. Ingrid Dubshey, the discoverer of the connection between quantum physics and shrinking data files

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The award is given for her work in wavelet theory and applied harmonic analysis.
Einstein's big mistake. cover

From the human race, through our bodies to Einstein - a list of recommended non-fiction books on behalf of the "News of Science" website

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And this time "How We Die" by Sherwin Noland, "The Human Race - A History of Hope" by Ruthar Barchman, "The Body - A User's Guide" by Bill Bryson, and "Einstein's Big Mistake" by David Boudanis
NASA Deputy Administrator Bob Cabana at the 18th Ilan Ramon Conference, January 31, 2023. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

NASA senior Bob Cavanagh assesses in an interview with the science website: the Columbia disaster could have been avoided if the lessons of the Challenger had been learned and the warnings had been heeded

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The deputy director of NASA added, "It is important that we create an environment where people feel free to speak." The interview took place during the 18th Ilan Ramon Space Conference in Tel Aviv.
From left to right: Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Ofir Akunis, President Yitzhak Herzog, NASA Vice President Bob Kabana, and Director of the Israel Space Agency Uri Oron, at the Ramon International Space Conference. Photo: Amos Ben Gershom/L.A.M.

When Ilan Ramon flew in Colombia, he talked about the beauty of the earth but also about its fragility

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This is what President Yitzhak Herzog said today during the Ilan Ramon International Space Conference. The President met with senior NASA officials and the astronaut team of the AX1 mission
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Ofir Akunis, and Kafir Demari, one of the founders of Spice IL. Photo: Spokesperson of the Ministry of Science

Minister Akunis decided: the ministry's funding for the Genesis 2 project will be returned

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Minister Akunis met with Kfir Demari, one of the initiators of the Genesis project, and at the meeting Demari presented the Genesis 2 program to the minister
The medical clowns contribute to the achievement of medical therapeutic goals (photo: Dream Doctors Association, clowns in the medical service)

Taking the joke seriously

The medical clowns have a significant contribution to achieve medical therapeutic goals
the heart. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Changing direction in the treatment of arrhythmias

Research in rabbit pacemaker cells led to the discovery of mechanisms that disrupt the electrical activity of the heart
refractive index. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Light, matter - and everything in between

on materials with a large refractive index, from which optical components such as camera lenses, microscopes, imaging systems, mirrors and filters can be developed
The black soldier fly. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Three new legends: integrative photonics, metamaterials and the black soldier fly

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Aviv Zaevi, Vice President of Technological Infrastructure at the Innovation Authority: "The funding granted to the three associations is part of the authority's strategy of encouraging high risk-taking by Israeli industry, while developing new core capabilities that will enable market penetration of disruptive breakthrough technologies
Garbage at the mouth of the Kidron River in the Dead Sea. Photo: Dr. Gur Mizrahi, University of Haifa

Huge amounts of plastic waste were found in the estuary of the Kidron River, which abuts the waterline of the Dead Sea

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Dr. Gur Mizrahi: "It is likely that a large part of the pollution originates from the Kidron stream and probably other streams that bring and wash away the garbage that we leave in the field. The issue requires immediate attention from the appropriate bodies"

First simulation of a wormhole on a quantum computer

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A team of researchers from Harvard University, MIT and Calcutta in collaboration with Google successfully simulated a traversable wormhole with the help of a quantum computer. The experiment performed on Google's quantum processor demonstrated the passage of information in the interlaced system. According to the principle of holography, the physics demonstrated in the experiment is the same as that of particles passing through wormholes. Although it was conducted on only nine qubits, the experiment is of great importance because it illustrates for the first time the possibility of testing quantum gravity with the help of entangled systems.
The results of growing the printed tissue in CarGrow medium (above) and without it. You can see that the innovative process maintains approximately the original size of the tissue and prevents its drastic contraction. Courtesy of the Technion spokesperson

New technology for growing printed tissues for transplantation

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The technological innovation suppresses the typical shrinkage of printed tissues in the period before transplantation
structure of a molecule. Illustration: depositphotos.com

A light-activated reaction produces stereoisomeric molecules in one simple step

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Researchers have developed a new reaction that converts chiral molecules into stereoisomers that are opposite in direction. The reaction focuses on inactive stereocenters that until now have been challenging to react
Conceptual illustration: complex computational activities in bacterial cells Credit Photo: Technion Spokesperson

How to turn bacterial cells into neural networks?

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Prof. Ramez Daniel from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion and Prof. Ron Weiss from MIT present: Complex computational activities in living cells
Solar panels for electricity generation in agricultural land. Image: depositphotos.com

The Triangle Regional Research and Development Center will lead a 5.5 million Euro research project in the Horizon-Europe program

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Growing plants on the moon. (Of course in reality it will look different). Illustration: Lunaria One

SpaceIL announces together with Lunaria One the selection of another experiment for the Genesis 2 spacecraft: growing plants on the moon 

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Lunaria One is an international consortium made up of universities and public bodies that aims to increase sustainable activities in space, including Ben Gurion University
The overlapping galaxies -VV-191. Credit: Science: NASA, ESA, CSA, Rogier Windhorst (ASU), William Keel (University of Alabama), Stuart Wyithe (University of Melbourne), JWST PEARLS Team, Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

The Webb and Hubble space telescopes join forces in detecting interstellar dust - "We got more than we expected"

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A combination of photographs taken by the two large space telescopes in partially overlapping wavebands made it possible to identify new details about the role of interstellar dust in connections between neighboring galaxies

The Young Academy celebrates a decade and succeeds in giving a voice to the young researchers in Israel

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A decade after its establishment, the Israeli Young Academy plays a central role in the academic system. Its members saved the careers of scientists during the Corona period, and how its membership changes the perception of those who will play key roles in the academy in the future

Fundamental concepts in quantum physics: Bell's inequality - which was the basis of the Nobel Prize

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Inspired by the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, we will discuss Bell's theorem without introducing formulas and inequalities. In this article we will illustrate how experiments with entangled particles contradict the assumption that there are hidden variables and that quantum mechanics is indeed reliable.
The new material 595R developed by the Technion researchers (on the left) alongside the stabilizing materials accepted in the industry. It can be seen that only in 595R the homogeneity of the liquid is maintained over time and the drug particles do not sink. Photo: Sharon Tzur, Technion Spokesperson

Robotic chemistry: a significant step on the way to nanoscale medicine

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In the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion, an automatic system was developed to create a "nanometric package" for sending drugs to cancer centers in the body
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2022. Illustration: Nobel Prize Committee

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the three chemical waves Click bioorthogonal chemistry to improve the precision of medicines

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2022 was awarded to three scientists working in the field of synthetic chemistry: Caroline Bertuzzi (Carolyn R. Bertozzi), Morten P. Meldal (Morten P. Meldal) as well as Karl Barry Sharpless (KarlBarrySharpless), thanks to "the development of 'click' chemistry and bio-orthogonal chemistry". This is Sharples' second win in chemistry - the previous one was in 2001
The asteroid dimorphos, during the approach of the DART spacecraft towards a collision with it. Photo: Massa

The DART spacecraft crashed into an asteroid to test the possibility of deflecting asteroids that threaten the Earth

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NASA's DART mission hits an asteroid in the first planetary defense test mission
Bushmen in Africa light a fire together. Image: depositphotos.com

Good by Nature 2: Four Billion Years of Cooperation

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In a symbiotic reorganization, the organism functions much better than its individual cells or parts.
American cockroach climbing on a sandwich. Image: depositphotos.com

Things that donors know: is the cockroach dangerous to humans? Is the person dangerous to fix?

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Gidi shares with us a dispute in his family: are cockroaches dangerous to health or just a nuisance? Another question: can cockroaches really survive a nuclear attack
The refineries and the polluting combination, in a photo from the University of Haifa, July 2022. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The Association of Cities for the Protection of the Haifa Bay Environment demands that the full implications of the investment be made public to buyers of Bezan real estate

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The chairman of the union, Adv. Sharit Golan, and the CEO of the union, Dr. Lehi Shahar Berman: the commitment concerns only the current controlling owners of the company and that there is no commitment on behalf of the new investors in relation to the government's decision to evacuate the complex
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