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Dr. Catherine Vandorna. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion spokesperson

This is how the bone marrow reacts to injuries and infections

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Dr. Kathryn Vandorna from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion developed a new method that allows the monitoring of the formation of immune blood cells in the bone marrow. For this purpose, she used tiny magnetic particles of iron oxide, which she followed with various imaging methods, including MRI of the living creature
Damage to migratory species. The illustration was inspired by the article by the artificial intelligence software DALEE.

Endangered migratory species

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According to a UN survey, almost half of the migratory species suffer damage, and about a quarter are in danger of extinction. The most serious situation is that of the migratory fish species, with almost 97% of them in danger due to overfishing and harmful and unnecessary bycatch
A display illustrating the danger to animals in the sea as a result of the plastic waste that fills the sea, at the Natural History Museum of Berlin. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

It is also possible without a disposable

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insect. Photo: from PIXABAY.COM

The silent collapse of the insect kingdom

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Exposure to polluted air is known to be associated with a wide range of health problems. Photo: Nik Shuliahin on Unsplash.

air business

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New research will monitor infections from space

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Air pollution originating from power plants, industry, transportation and more causes up to 2,253 deaths per year. Illustration: pixabay.

Air pollution: the silent killer

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Honey bees. FROM PIXABAY.COM

A large-scale study confirmed: neonotinoid pesticides are the causes of the disappearance of the bees

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A phosphate mine in the state of Utah, United States. Source: Jason Parker-Burlingham.

The mission: improving the estimation of particle emissions from phosphate mines

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In five years will it be possible to shrink a laboratory to the size of a sensor? In the photo: a silicon wafer developed by IBM to sort particles found in body fluids in order to enable early detection of diseases. Source: IBM.

IBM reveals five technological innovations that will change our lives in the next five years

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Students from the Technion in the Ein Evrona reserve. Photo: Technion spokespeople

Evrona reserve: a year and a half after the oil spill

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Fitting contact lenses. From shutterstock

IBM study published in Nature: Recycled plastic bottles become nanometer fiber that cures fungal infection

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The Storflaket area in Sweden, a place where the frost is melting. Photo: from Wikipedia

The dozen polluters return

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Rigoberto Advincula

Sensors for detecting explosives and monitoring food products

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Rain forests in Tana - Ecuador

Environmental updates

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Palladium in the periodic table

Bacteria that act as "green" chemists

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An artesian well (SHIPOT) that extracts groundwater by gravity is a main source of water in many villages in Ukraine. Photo with CC license from Wikipedia

An innovative monitoring method for water pollutants

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The developers of the method at Argon Lab

A green method for the preparation of propylene oxide from silver nano-aggregates

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The patent that will lower the emissions from the exhaust of cars with a diesel engine

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Caution - drinking from plastic bottles can cause sexual disturbances

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A new method for producing biodegradable plastics

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Surprising new health and environmental concerns about tungsten

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An effective purification method of toxic nanomaterials

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Modern detection methods of pollutants for the environmental chemist's toolbox

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Summary of the year 2008 on environmental issues

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