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Figure 1 - Right: experimental measurements of the two-crack experiment and measured Boehm trajectories (black bars). The realization of the cracks is done in the time domain, by creating two pulses of surface gravity waves, at times (t=-4, +4 sec). You can see the development of the Boehm trajectories along the wave pool (X axis). There are areas that no route crosses, and the wave strength measured in them will be zero. The reason for this is that a destructive conflict is created in these areas. In contrast, there are areas where there is a high density of Boehm orbits, and where the wave power is maximum (as a result of constructive interference). Figure 2 - Left: shows the quantum potential. The wave moves only in the 'valleys' (meaning areas where the potential is low) and does not reach the 'mountains' (meaning areas where the potential is high).

Researchers first measured the Bohm orbits and the quantum potential in a classical system

In doing so, the researchers confirmed scientific phenomena that had so far only been predicted theoretically
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The discovery that will advance personalized medicine for infectious diseases

This is the first time that researchers succeed in developing personalized tools for infectious diseases, which until now have only been developed for specific diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's
Wheat and rice are the most common food plants in the world. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Researchers have succeeded in deciphering the movement mechanism of the plant hormone gibberellin, which is of great importance to humanity

According to the researchers, it is a hormone, a small signal molecule, which controls the growth of plants. The decoding may help a lot in expanding agricultural crops and dealing with the global food crisis
Prof. Yitzhak Weitz. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Prof. Yitzhak Weitz won the Saint-Georges Prize for the promotion of cancer research for 2023

His important contribution included a host of breakthrough insights and discoveries, publications and collaborations in the field of cancer research
Solar panels on the roof of Sourasky Library. Photo: Tel Aviv University

renew energy on the roof

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Innovative gene therapy may help a severe and fatal developmental epilepsy syndrome that affects children

The research team hopes that the tools developed in this study will pave the way for the development of similar treatments for other rare diseases
Prof. Yossi Shilo. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv University

Prof. Yosef Shilo was elected a member of the US National Academy of Sciences

Prof. Shiloh is the 43rd Israeli researcher elected to the US National Academy, alongside Nobel brides and grooms such as Prof. Ada Yonat, Prof. Dan Shechtman and Prof. Aharon Chachanover
Komodo dragon in a national park in Indonesia. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The species that live in nature reserves will be better protected against climate change

The researchers: "Amphibians and reptiles that live in nature reserves around the world will be more protected from climate change, but are still likely to be damaged."
Tristram butterfly box. Photography - Ofir Tomer

Butterflies collected in the 19th century were donated by the Oxford Natural History Museum to the Tel Aviv University Natural History Museum

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The box contains dried butterflies that were collected in the Land of Israel between the years 1863-1865 by delegations of the Anglican Church and have now been donated to the Steinhart Museum of Nature at Tel Aviv University
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A new method of creating quantum light sources will help in encryption and solving security problems

Prof. Adi Aryeh: "We are standing at the threshold of a new technological world, and with it comes a host of new opportunities alongside a host of problems we have not yet encountered."
Prof. Ilon Shani and Prof. Itai Miroz from the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

For the first time in the world: a new genetic method makes it possible to reveal the role and properties of most genes in a plant 

The development is expected to revolutionize the improvement processes of agricultural crops
"Within two days a healthy hedgehog turns into a tissueless skeleton." Black sea urchin dying

The coral reef in Eilat is in real danger

A deadly plague wiped out all the black sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat within a few months and threatens to collapse the coral reef
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Researchers were able to identify how melanoma shapes its environment to spread in the body

Assessment: The new discovery may later lead to the development of a general vaccine against the deadly skin cancer
The research groups in the field of artificial intelligence at Tel Aviv University that won grants in a joint program with Google. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Tel Aviv University and Google launched a new program to promote multidisciplinary research in artificial intelligence for sustainability and education

According to the head of the program, Prof. Meir Feder, artificial intelligence can help in dealing with some of the biggest challenges in the field of sustainability and education
Balfour protested. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Research at Tel Aviv University: The legal revolution creates trauma for its opponents

The first study of its kind in Israel examined the impact of the legal revolution on the mental health of Israeli citizens
Urban bat (photo: Yuval Barkai)

Bats also lose their hearing but the process happens in a moderate way in relation to their noisy living environment

Two surprising discoveries: contrary to the popular hypothesis, bats do suffer from hearing loss with age, but they apparently have surprising mechanisms that help them slow down the rate of hearing loss
The Shoe Monument on the banks of the Danube in Budapest, a place where the Jews of the city were drowned. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The report on the state of anti-Semitism in the world for 2022: most of the victims of violent anti-Semitic attacks in the West - ultra-Orthodox Jews

The annual report of Tel Aviv University in collaboration with the "Anti-Defamation League" in preparation for Holocaust Day, but according to Prof. Uriah Shavit, head of the Center for the Study of European Jewry at Tel Aviv University: "With all the sadness in this, on the eve of this Holocaust Day it should be remembered that Jewish racism is not Better than any other racism. It must be condemned, confiscated and eradicated."
Protein G. Courtesy of Dr. Moshe Ferns, Tel Aviv University

get used to the smell

A story about a protein that doesn't feel electric voltage
The black holes discovered by the Gaia spacecraft. Figure: European Space Agency

The closest black hole to the solar system

An international team, which includes a group of researchers from Tel Aviv University, has identified the first black hole, Gaia BH1, which is 1500 light years from Earth
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Smoking on the balcony also harms children's health

Many parents think they are protecting their children by smoking on the balcony or near the bedroom window. But a new study by Tel Aviv University states that contrary to the popular opinion of those parents, restricting smoking to the balcony does not prevent the exposure of most children to the harm of tobacco smoke
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A worldwide breakthrough states: plants make sounds

Each plant and each type of distress has a characteristic, recognizable sound. The sounds of plants sound like clicks, like popcorn, at a volume similar to human speech but at frequencies above the human hearing range, and they may be picked up by various animals, such as bats, mice and insects
Nano robots treat a cancer cell. Illustration: shutterstock

The tiny robot that is able to navigate a physiological environment and capture damaged cells

Meet the hybrid microrobot: innovative technology tiny at 10 microns (the size of a biological cell)
Prof. Emmanuel Peled. Courtesy of Tel Aviv University

Prof. Emanuel Peled from the School of Chemistry is the recipient of the Israel Prize in the field of chemical research and chemical engineering

According to the award committee "His groundbreaking research in understanding the mechanisms of operation and degradation of batteries are used to develop advanced generations of batteries worldwide"
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Scientific breakthrough: for the first time in the world an mRNA vaccine against deadly bacteria

Researchers succeeded for the first time in the world in developing a vaccine against a deadly bacterium, opening the door to mRNA vaccines also against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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