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Social polarization - Black Lives Matters. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The anxiety as a result of the corona has exacerbated the socio-political polarization in Israel and the United States

Dr. Mittal Balmes, the leader of the study: "The plague has implications beyond health and economics. The levels of anxiety in the population and mental morbidity also affect social morbidity"
The triple strategy of the corona: 1. A general decrease in the translation products in the cell; 2. Breakdown of messenger RNA molecules of the cell; 3. Preventing the exit of messenger RNA molecules from the nucleus

The triple of the corona

The scientists of the Weizmann Institute of Science, in partnership with the scientists of the Biological Institute in Nes Ziona, revealed how a unique combination of three mechanisms allows the corona virus to escape the immune system
The ChipEx conference in the pre-corona era is returning now as well. Photo: Niv Kantor

The corona is over, CHIPEX is returning to a physical conference on 21/6 and a virtual one the next day

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This year we put emphasis on the hot areas in the industry including quantum computing, artificial intelligence, data security in hardware, EDGE Computing, TinyML as well as advanced methods for designing and manufacturing chips
The Corona epidemic. Image: depositphotos.com

A huge international study strengthens the connection between corona and stroke in young people who have fallen ill

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In the study, in which researchers from Israel, the USA, Canada, Australia, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates participated, blockages of large blood vessels were mainly found in the brains of the young subjects
Taking blood from a horse. Photo courtesy of Dr. Gili Schwartz, Faculty of Agriculture of the Hebrew University

A virus from the corona family that affects horses was diagnosed for the first time in Israel

The equine corona virus is a close relative of the corona virus which has caused widespread morbidity in the world in the last year (COVID-19). In this family, called beta-coronavirus, there are also other animal and human corona viruses, among them the bovine corona, which is also found in cattle in Israel
The order of priorities - reduction at the source, reuse and only if there is no other option - recycling. Image: depositphotos.com

Following the corona crisis, many want to recycle more and consume less

Researchers conducted a survey among 400 respondents who are residents of Israel, which examined patterns of sustainable behavior - such as frequency of recycling, reducing consumption and a consumer strategy that leads to reducing environmental effects - before the outbreak of the Corona crisis, during the first lockdown, and the respondents' intentions for the future. In addition, the extent to which the respondents link the outbreak of the epidemic with the state of the environment and climate change was examined
Illustration: shutterstock

Not only Corona: Israel's medical problems - in numbers

An alternative report on the state of health of Israelis: Who gets more cancer - men or women? Where are more affected by diabetes - in the north or in the center? What are the most common surgeries?
Corona virus in the bloodstream. Image: depositphotos.com

What happens when the level of antibodies to the corona virus in the blood decreases?

The new claim that has recently been circulating on social media is that among the vaccinated, the level of antibodies in the blood drops in a short time - and thus people find themselves exposed to the virus a second time. We checked whether this is true (in ten percent of cases) and whether it means that the person is no longer vaccinated (no)
Graphic summary of Corona mutation research. Illustration, Ben Gurion University

Israeli research: Pfizer's corona vaccine is less effective against the South African strain

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Scientists from Ben-Gurion University found that the effectiveness of the Pfizer company's vaccine against the corona virus decreases in the case of the South African strain. However, the vaccine highly effectively neutralizes infection by the original virus, or its British version. The study was published in the prestigious journal Cell Host Microbe.
Dr. Karin Yaniv in the laboratory of Prof. Ariel Kushmaro. Photo: Danny Machlis, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Rapid detection of the British and South African corona mutations

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Researchers from Ben Gurion University of the Negev have developed a method to identify British and South African corona mutations within hours instead of several days
Breastfeeding in the Corona era. Image: depositphotos.com

Giving a corona vaccine to breastfeeding women may contribute to the protection of the nursing baby

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Insulin and human cell. Image: depositphotos.com

New data on corona patients with diabetes: 20% die within 28 days of entering the hospital

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In May 2020 preliminary results from CORONADO with a smaller sample showed that 10% of patients with diabetes and corona died within 7 days of hospital admission.
"This is a study that is an opportunity to arouse the public's attention to animals - and especially to urban nature." Photo: 0kper

Has nature really recovered during the corona?

Fight on Facebook about the corona vaccine. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Conspiracy theories don't make sense but they fulfill a basic human need that needs to be addressed

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And while experts can't always provide the uncompromising certainty people crave, friendly, accessible scientific communication can help educate conspiracy theorists and satisfy the human desire for knowledge and understanding.
US President Donald Trump downplays the importance of scientific findings regarding global warming in the event of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. Screenshot from YOUTUBE

Nature: Some of the damage Trump has done to science is irreversible

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The journal Nature conducted a comprehensive investigation on the damage that Trump has caused to science in the four years of his presidency, and on the eve of the 2020 election
Searching for a cure for Corona. Illustration: shutterstock

In the time of the corona, science must be counted 

A boy raises his hands during the removal of Jews from the bunkers during the suppression of the uprising in Warsaw, 1943. The boy has been identified as Artur Domb Semyontek, Israel Rundel, Zvi Nussbaum or Levi Zelinorger. German Federal Archives / Public domain

How the Jews stopped the typhoid epidemic in the Warsaw Ghetto, under the worst conditions imaginable

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Solutions to the climate crisis. Illustration: shutterstock

The time of the Corona, the age of the climate crisis

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Dr. Dan Ben-David, director of the Root Institute. Public relations photo

Proposal: A strategy to ensure almost full activity in the economy during future epidemic waves in the coming year

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Protection against the corona virus. Illustration from jumpstory

Israel joined the European Commission's initiative to lead the hackathon to develop solutions for Corona

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The Corona epidemic. Illustration: shutterstock

The future of humanity in the light of the corona virus: three scenarios

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Locating corona patients using cellular tracking. Illustration: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

When a virus changes governance arrangements - and Israel becomes a surveillance state (and why that's good)

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The corona virus is spreading and with it also conspiracy theories. Image: Shutterstock

The spread of the corona virus - a breeding ground for conspiracy theories. Why is it dangerous?

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