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Crystal pump to generate quantum light for medical imaging devices. Photo courtesy of Shalom Schwartz

CAT scan for Schrödinger's cat

Quantum effects in X-rays make it possible to improve the resolution of the scan and protect the health of subjects and doctors
In the picture: an illustration of the arrangement of water molecules at temperatures around the freezing point, arranged around a single reference molecule. The white area shows the orderly and directional organization of the water density in the form of an "oyster", which results from the properties of the bonds between the hydrogen molecules. The orange color shows a "volume increase area", which a water molecule cannot penetrate, due to its structural characteristics. Source: IBM.

A simulation at the molecular level showing a detailed explanation of the water anomaly

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Construction Site. Photo: Ricardo Gomez Angel, unsplash.

What happens when concrete and plastic meet?

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The sea urchin Ophiocoma wendtii. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson.

Learning from the heat of the sea: production of forged materials underwater

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Gold nano-allotropes in a transmission electron microscope (top) and electron tomography (bottom). Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Dwarven architecture

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Illustration: pixabay.

The next generation of plastic

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Illustration. Photo: US Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez.

Organic materials that glow in the dark

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The branched structures of the glass needle of the sea sponge. Courtesy of the Technion spokesperson.

The glass craftsman

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NASA fire shelter prototype. Source: Courtesy of Ian Grob, US Forest Service (Ian Grob)

Fire shelters based on NASA technology will provide improved protection against fires

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The Parker Hannifin Company has designed an abrasion-resistant hose inspired by snakeskin. Illustration: pixabay.

Strong, flexible and will not wear out

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Illustration: pixabay.

The breaking moment

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garment. Image: PIXABAY.COM

The clothing that cools the wearer

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Halide perovskites before (top) and after (bottom) annealing. Etching with acetone revealed the existence of structural units called "polar domains", which are characteristic of a ferroelectric material. Scale: 20 microns. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

There is something new under the sun

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Computer simulation of the atomistic model of the particle. It can be seen that the material moved by the diamond needle accumulates at the edge of the particle and creates unique steps, which are later used as "guide rails" that return to the footprint, by diffusion, the material moved to the side. After a time the particle returns to its original shape. Source: Courtesy of the Technion.

The gold remembers

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Self-healing of super-hydrophobic surfaces

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Electron microscope photograph of the mother of pearl layer. Source: Fabian Heinemann / Wikimedia.

Bricks inspired by seashells

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Source: from the article - Bioinspired transparent underwater superoleophobic and anti-oil surfaces.

Oil-repellent surfaces inspired by fish scales and flowers

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Graphene sheet. Source: AlexanderAlUS / Wikimedia.

Has a cheap and efficient method been found to produce graphene?

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In the study, the scientists examined collisions that occur between the molecules. Collisions of atoms have been studied in the past, but atoms - according to classical physics - are spherical, while molecules have an elongated structure. The structure of a colliding body affects the way it will move after the collision. Will elongated molecules behave differently from spherical atoms? And is knowing their shape enough to predict the outcome of the collision? Illustration: pixabay.com.

Ideas that will change the world: supermolecules composed of atoms not found in the periodic table

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An example of biomimicry: researchers imitated the array of cracks they uncovered in the pearl shell to create glass 200 times stronger than normal glass. Photo: Didier Descouens / Wikimedia.

Smart materials inspired by nature

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Even light clothes made of cotton fabric absorb the infrared radiation emitted by our bodies and in this way trap heat. New research suggests developing a unique fabric with nanometer holes, which allow radiation to escape through it. Illustration: pixabay.

Ideas that will change the world: clothes that will cool those who wear them

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The laboratory staff, from the right: laboratory engineer Yevgeni Linder, Mia Barzilai (doctoral student), Assaf Hershkovitz (master's degree), Itamar Holzman (toward a master's degree), Alon Avidor (bachelor's degree), Dr. Cecil Shagia (senior scientist) and Dr. Yachin Hebrew. Source: Technion spokesmen.

Collective Memory

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Myxine fish. Photo: f Andra Zommers and Douglas Fudge, in: Will hagfish yield the fibers of the future?, PNAS, 2016.

Will a deep-sea fish affect the future of the textile industry?

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chemistry. Illustration: shutterstock

Machine learning for the benefit of the discovery of new materials

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The molecules that make up a liquid crystal face the same direction when in the right position [Courtesy: UW-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center]

Cell membranes help synthesize substances

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