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Large asteroids collide with Earth. The illustration was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

A 900-meter-diameter crater, only about ten thousand years old, was discovered in China

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A dinosaur egg sampled for geochronology. Photo: Dr. Bi Zhao

Atomic clock for fossils: Direct dating of dinosaur eggs from China reveals an age of about 85 million years

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Researchers have applied U-Pb carbonate dating directly to eggshells from the Qinglongshan site in Yunyang for the first time, determining an Upper Cretaceous age and offering a new window into ancient climate and dinosaur diversity dynamics
Robotics company Unitry recently released a video that reveals the capabilities of its robot. Humans attack it time and time again, and it dodges, falls – and immediately gets back on its feet thanks to an “anti-gravity” system

"Anti-gravity" system embedded in Chinese robots

New technology allows robots to get up immediately after falling – with potential for industrial and military uses

The new threat – blackmailers in the service of Russia to sway the election

From tearful posts with babies and wounded soldiers to attempts to undermine elections – this is how Russian and Chinese influence operators use fake AI-generated images to identify the innocent and target them with dangerous messages
A real danger to American academia and the economy as a result of the government's interference with the entry of foreign students. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The economic argument for foreign students is no longer convincing – and the damage to America is enormous

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The American public has ceased to be impressed by the economic contribution of international students, while Trump's policies harm higher education institutions and endanger tens of billions in the American economy.
New findings from a Pleistocene site in southwestern China reveal the oldest known use of carefully crafted wooden tools in East Asia, dating back more than 350,000 years. Credit: Liu et al., 10.1126/science.adr8540.

Extraordinary discovery in China: 300,000-year-old wooden tools change what we thought about early humans

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Dozens of carefully crafted wooden tools for digging and processing plants have been discovered at a Pleistocene site in southwestern China – indicating a technology far more complex than that attributed to early populations in East Asia.
The ability to extract rare metals from waste is developing rapidly. Photo: unsplash

Recycling natural resources: The West pays the price of dependence on China

Dr. Daniel Mader explains how the attempt to save on pollution and harm the Soviet Union made China dominate the rare metals market – and now the West is trying to turn the wheel back
This artist's impression shows the Tianwen-2 probe approaching the near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa. Credit: CCTV

China launches Tianwen-2 – asteroid sample return mission

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If successful, it would be the third time in history that samples from an asteroid have reached Earth, and the third country after Japan and the United States.
The danger of using DEEPSEEK according to the US Congress. Illustration by Avi Blizovsky via DALEE

Deepsik: The whole truth according to the US Congress

A revealing analysis of the information collection and censorship mechanisms of the Chinese engine DeepSeek
Science under attack. Illustration prepared using IDEOGRAM.AI

Within two decades, the US lost its leadership position to China. From leading of 45 critical technologies to just five

Data analyzed by the Australian ASPI Institute shows that leadership in these technologies has shifted to China. One area in which the US still dominates is vaccine development, but this too is at risk due to the cutbacks.
An intense battle between humanoid robots. Credit: Dr.Roey Tsezana

The robot that convinced other robots to escape from the exhibition

A small robot led an industrial revolt: In a video that took the social network by storm in China, a small robot convinced a dozen large robots to flee an exhibition at night, raising questions about communication and influence between artificial intelligences.
The competition for the preeminence in science between China and the USA, in preparation for the 2024 US presidential elections. The image was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Is the US about to lose its scientific preeminence?

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A study published in Nature reveals that the US continues to lead in areas such as biomedical research, but China's continued investment in materials science, engineering and physical sciences poses a significant challenge to US dominance.
China's reusable spacecraft. Imaging - Chinese Space Agency

China's multipurpose spacecraft lands successfully after 267 days in orbit

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Photon Multiplier Tubes - A multiplier will detect flashes of energy produced when neutrinos interact with matter. Credit: Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

A huge facility in China will study the neutrino particles - mainly those generated from nuclear power plants

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The facility, named JUNO, consists of a huge tank that surrounds an array of detectors. The container contains a substance that causes a scintillation which is recorded in the detectors and thus allows to identify a neutrino event, its type and mass, since the neutrino particles change
Will China dominate the field of artificial intelligence? Illustration: depositphotos.com

China may win in the field of artificial intelligence - the battlefield of the future

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This is what Zvi Or-Bach, CEO of MonolithIC 3D fears, following an article by Alibaba engineers that shows that they were able to speed up AI applications a thousand times using chips with old technologies * In an interview we conducted with him, he explains
symptoms of coronavirus. Infographic: shutterstock

What is the corona virus and why is it dangerous?

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China's economic influence in Africa. Illustration: shutterstock

China's impact on the environment in developing countries

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British forest. Will the afforestation trend help curb climate change? Photo: Trần Anh Tuấn, Unsplash

The British plan to plant 50 million trees and create a huge forest in the north of England

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JD.com delivery drone. Source: JD.com.

A large Chinese company will set up two hundred drone stations in villages

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China has released very few details about the space plane it is developing, not even a single simulation or diagram explaining its shape. The above illustration shows a simulation of the Rockwell X-30 space plane, which was canceled in 1993. Source: James Schultz, NASA.

China is developing a multipurpose space plane that will be launched for the first time in 2020

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"The largest floating solar farm in the world" - with a production capacity of 40 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Source: PRNewsfoto/SUNGROW Power Supply Co., Ltd.

Solar on the water

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The Long March 5 launcher takes off after the launch at the Wenchang Spaceport on Hainan Island in China, yesterday at 14:23 (Israel time). Source: Xinhua.

The launch of the Chinese Long March 5 missile failed

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Astronomical events in ancient writings. Illustration: Kyoto University

Evidence of strong solar storms in documents and poems from Japan and China

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Prof. Qian Tsai, Peking University at the NNOVEX2017 conference. Photo: Niv Kantor

A new revolution in the Chinese education system - critical thinking studies to encourage entrepreneurship

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A giant solar flare recorded by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Source: NASA/SDO/AIA/GoddarSpace Flight Center.

Detectives following the sun

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Science Minister Ofir Akunis met with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong. Photo: Spokesperson of the Ministry of Science

Israel and China present: a unique support initiative - CIP and a joint innovation center

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The Golden Triangle in Laos. Photo: shutterstock

The blood trade in sin city

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The Chinese will invest 20 million dollars in a robotics development center in Israel. Photo: Spokesperson of the Federation of Manufacturers.

An agreement to establish a development center for robotics and investment in industrial R&D to the extent of 20 million EDF between the Israeli Robotics Association and Chinese investors from the Guangzhou district

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Minister Ofir Akunis with the Chinese Minister of Science Wang Gang at the signing of the agreement for joint investments in research. Photo: PR

Science Minister Akunis signed an agreement for joint investments by China and Israel in research

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Demonstration in Washington, during the climate conference in Paris, calling on their government to keep the oil and gas in the ground. Photo: Rena Schild / Shutterstock.com

"You don't need another app to order sushi, you need to make sure there are fish in the sea"

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Modern transportation brings with it progress, but also a faster spread of epidemics. Photo: Judhi Prasetyo, Flickr

The train of surprises

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The president of Tel Aviv University, Prof. Yosef Clifter and the president of Tsinghua University, Prof. Chen Jining. Photo: Kobi Kantor

Tel Aviv University and Tsinghua University from China present the "Shin" project: a joint research center that will be established to the extent of 300 million dollars

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US Patent and Trademark Office logo. Image: US Govt

The multinational patent wave / Li Barnstetter, Guangwei Li and Francisco Veloso

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Chinese children in traditional costume, near a house decorated with Chinese ornaments. Photo: shutterstock

The second Chinese revolution - facilitating the abolition of the one-child policy

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Prof. Paul Feigin, Vice President of the Technion for Strategic Enterprises. Photo: Technion

St. Technion overwhelmingly approved the establishment of the Institute of Technology in China * The Weizmann Institute will establish a national research center for personalized medicine

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Businesswoman Siegel Weissasser, representative of the Chinese government at a conference dealing with business with China, October 2013

There is a very narrow window of opportunity for business between Israel and China in the biotechnological, pharmaceutical and medical equipment aspects

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Professor Alon Wolf presents Mr. Li Ka-shing and the president of the Technion with the snake robot. Photo: Israel Sun, Technion spokespeople

The Technion will establish a technology institute in China thanks to an unprecedented $130 million donation from the Li Ka-shing Foundation

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Minister of Science, Technology and Space Jacob Perry met in his office with Chinese Ambassador Gao Yanping, 7/8/2013. Photo: Ministry of Science

China Cluster: The Chinese Embassy met with Minister Perry; Israel's ambassador to China will visit a delegation that is building a solar house there

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China - an emerging economy. Illustration: shutterstock

Forum - Online Tai Chi Battle / Guobin Yang

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The president of Tel Aviv University, Prof. Yosef Klefter

Tel Aviv University reports on strengthening ties with the leading universities in the country

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This is a flesh reconstruction of an embryonic dinosaur inside an egg. (Credit: ArtworReconstruction of a dinosaur embryo inside the egg. (Credit: Artwork by D. Mazierski)k by D. Mazierski)

Scientists have managed to extract organic remains from 160 million year old fossilized dinosaur embryos

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An agreement to establish a development center in China for the Israeli company Lexiphone, with the deputy mayor of Changzhou. Photo: Shlomi Mizrahi

A collection of business news: Lexiphone - develops a system for simultaneous translation in a phone call, opened a development center in China; And also: Geltan Biodiesel, Pluristem

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Simulation of the orbits of the Russian satellite and the Chinese space fragment as done by AGI, January 2013

A piece of space debris from the satellite that the Chinese blew up in 2007 damaged a Russian satellite

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(right) of the Chang Shan medicinal plant; The structural formula (in the center) of the active substance halofuginone; and the high-resolution molecular image (left) of the active site. [Courtesy of principal investigator Schimmel's laboratory].

The medicinal essences of a Chinese medicinal plant

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On the right Zvi Shelgo, CEO of PTL Group and Chairman of the Israel Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and Prof. Zvi Shiler, Chairman of the Israel Robotics Association

The Israeli robotics industry is oriented towards the Chinese vision of robots

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The Tianhe-1A computer stationed in Tianjin links many thousands of chips. Photo: NVIDIA

China has taken the title of most powerful supercomputer from the US

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China's rapid growth in recent years. Source: Afco trading company, from a lecture given by its representative Kent Chart in Tel Aviv, May 2011

The Chinese Ministry of Science has increased its support for basic scientific research

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Prof. Marcus Feldman. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Prof. Marcus Feldman: We are all Obama

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Jurassic spider fossil discovered in China

Largest fossil spider

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The sun sets above the smog line in Shanghai, China. From Wikipedia

The environment does not wait

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