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Avi Blizovsky

A family of chimpanzees. lost the tail Illustration: depositphotos.com

Why did we lose the tail?

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The loss of the tail occurred about 25 million years ago, when the lineage of humans and great apes split from that of the ancient apes. The researchers identified the insertion of a specific AluY element into the intron of the TBXT gene as a key event that could explain the loss of the tail
The Orot Rabin power plant in Hadera. The coal-fired units were supposed to be used only in an emergency but they still run continuously. Illustration: depositphotos.com

According to the rate of electricity production from renewable energies so far, in 2030 its rate is expected to reach only 19% compared to the promise of 30%

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This is evident from the chapter Mitigation - actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the special report of the State Comptroller about Israel's assessments of the climate crisis published this week. Instead of reducing carbon emissions, they increased
Investments in applied research in Israel. Credit: The Science website via DALEE

The Ministry of Science and Technology launched a NIS 100 million program to accelerate applied research

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The purpose of the program is to support research in the Proof of Concept (POC) phase, a phase in which the level of technological/commercial maturity is low, and therefore commercial entities have no interest in investing in it
Smoking and ultraviolet radiation end the effects of aging. Credit: The Science website via DALEE

The cause of aging: cumulative damage from factors such as radiation and smoking causes low expression of long genes

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Dutch researchers found that this process happens all the time and damages all genes, but the longer the genes, the more likely they are to be damaged because they have more sites. Especially the great damage is to nerve cells due to their inability to regenerate
Photograph of the inner region of the Orion Nebula as viewed by the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam instrument. Rights: NASA, ESA, CSA, Data analysis and processing capability: PDRs4All ERS team; Graphic rendering by S. Fuenmayor

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals the unseen forces that shape planetary systems

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Researchers studying the Orion Nebula with the James Webb Space Telescope found that ultraviolet radiation from massive stars prevents the formation of giant planets in young systems by scattering their building materials.
Damage to the academy. Credit: The Science website via DALEE

The past and present presidents of the academy appeal to the government to stop harming science in Israel.

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Recently, the National Library, the Council for Higher Education, the Israel Prizes, the Life Institute, and the Volcanic Institute, which is an institution of national importance and important for food security, suffered attempts at government intervention and damage to the budgets, in addition to all this, also contempt on the part of the Minister of Finance
Artificial intelligence reveals a long-standing mistake in the study of black holes. Credit: The Science website via DALEE

Artificial intelligence reveals a long-standing mistake in the study of black holes

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A new study, led by the UK's University of Bath, has found that supermassive black holes need both merging galaxies and cold gas to grow. This discovery, obtained through machine learning, may change our understanding of galaxy evolution
Cover of the State Comptroller's report - Israel's preparation for the climate crisis, 2024

The State Comptroller: The government is faltering, the actions of the treasury have delayed and even stopped the state's preparation to deal with the climate crisis in certain issues

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The government made statements, made decisions - but did not take actions that would allow for real progress. A subcommittee of the State Audit Committee imposed confidentiality on another report concerning Haifa at this stage
Figure 1 Illustration of the greenhouse effect. From the State Comptroller's report on dealing with the climate crisis, March 2023

In the decade 2010-2019, the number of reports of natural disasters increased 4.5 times compared to the decade of the seventies because of the climate crisis

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The wind, the sand and the water: a new explanation for the phenomenon of sand dunes on Earth and Mars

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Gallons = small waves. A new international study led by Ben-Gurion University has challenged the prevailing theory that different physical conditions allow the development of galleons that do not exist on Earth
Brain diseases. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Neurological morbidity is the world's number 1 cause of morbidity and disability, with over 3 billion people with brain diseases

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Neurological morbidity is the world's number 1 cause of morbidity and disability, with over 3 billion people with brain diseases * according to an article published this weekend in the Lancet. The scope of morbidity and disability has grown since 1990 by 18%
The AI ​​Act was approved by the European Parliament with a large majority. Credit: The Science website, via DALEE

The new EU AI law could affect the whole world 

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The far-reaching AI legislation is the latest example of the EU's role as a global digital policy-setter.
Infographic: the history of the universe. Credit: NASA

Artificial intelligence seeks to solve the dark energy problem

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This is according to the Dark Energy Survey Partnership, of which University College London is a founding member, hosts the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the United States and includes more than 400 scientists from 25 institutions in 7 countries
The late Capt. Denis Krokhmalov-Wexler. From the private archive

Students at the Technion will design the NOVA-SAT satellite in memory of the late Captain Denis Krokhmalov-Wexler in cooperation with the TAA

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The late Krukhamlov-Wexler, was supposed to start his studies this year at the Faculty of Aeronautics and Space Engineering and who was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip
Credit FloFleet and Dassault Systems

An airship can replace drones in disaster areas

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The startup FloFleet is helped by Dassault Systèmes for a breakthrough in the field of rescue operations and protecting the environment
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 into different types upon their formation
A Stratasys printed materials experiment that will fly to the moon to examine the radiation environment there. PR photo

NASA will test Stratsys' printed components on the moon

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The purpose of the mission is to test the materials' resistance to radiation and the potential for the compatibility of printed parts in future space missions
The Minister of Education at the time, Yifat Shasha-Biton awards the 2022 Israel Physics and Chemistry Research Prize to Prof. Yehoshua Zak

The Technion mourns the death of Prof. Emeritus Yehoshua Zak, one of the founders of the Faculty of Physics and laureate of the Israel Prize for Physics and Chemistry Research

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Prof. Zak, a survivor of the Vilna ghetto led scientific breakthroughs and two phenomena in physics are named after him. He was a student of Prof. Natan Rosen, Albert Einstein's research partner. Prof. Zak spent his entire career at the Technion
AI PHYSIST Artificial intelligence that studies the laws of physics and develops new theories. Credit - The Knowledge Site, via DALEE

New artificial intelligence will open up new theories in physics

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Researchers in Germany have developed an artificial intelligence capable of postulating physical theories by identifying patterns in complex data sets and after being fed all known physics
Artificial color JWST image of a small portion of the GOODS South field, with emphasis on JADES-GS-z7-01-QU. This type of galaxy is extremely rare. Credit: JADES Collaboration

Cosmic Time Runs Back: Webb Space Telescope Discovers 'Dead' Galaxy 13 Billion Years Old

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This galaxy experienced a tumultuous and fast life: the star formation process worked quickly and suddenly ended, a situation that is not expected at such an early stage in the evolution of the universe. It is still unclear whether the "frozen" state of the galaxy is temporary or permanent, and what is the reason for the cessation of the star formation process
A close-up of the astrolabe of Verona shows an inscription in Hebrew (top left) above Arabic inscriptions. Credit: Federica Gigante

"Incredibly rare" ancient astrolabe discovered in Italy reveals Islamic-Jewish scientific exchanges

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A scientist has discovered a unique Islamic astrolabe from the eleventh century in Verona, Italy, which includes inscriptions in Arabic and Hebrew. This find illustrates the rich scientific collaboration between Muslim, Jewish and Christian cultures in the Middle Ages, and presents the astrolabe as a symbol of intercultural exchange of knowledge
NGC 5468 — the host galaxy of Cepheid. Joint photograph of the Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes, NASA/ESA

The Webb and Hubble telescopes confirm the rate of expansion of the universe, the puzzle remains

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Webb's measurements provide new light on a decade-long mystery known as the Hubble voltage - the differences in the age of the universe between the Hubble observations and past observations that remain unexplained * Prof. Adam Ries, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of dark energy heads the project
The relevant image created describes the revolution in the field of quantum computers by maintaining quantum coherence at room temperature, presenting a chromophore within an organometallic framework, and emphasizing the innovation and potential of quantum computing and sensing technologies. The image was created by DALEE artificial intelligence software

Breakthrough in quantum computers: qubits are stable at room temperature

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achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of quantum computers, by maintaining quantum coherence at room temperature. Quantum coherence describes the ability of a quantum system to maintain a well-defined state over time, without being affected by environmental disturbances
Prof. Haim Sompolinsky Kris Snibbe Harvard file photo

Prof. Haim Sompolinsky won the most important international award in the field of brain research for 2024 awarded by the Danish Lundbeck Foundation

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Prof. Haim Sompolinski is the first Israeli researcher to win the prestigious award, he himself was born in Denmark whose father, Prof. David Sompolinski, was among the members of the underground who smuggled the Jews to Sweden by boat
Illustration: NVIDIA Corporation.

The OurCrowd AI Foundation is partnering with the NVIDIA Inception program

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OurCrowd, Israel's most active investor in the field of artificial intelligence, has invested $386 million in 81 AI companies around the world. The fund has so far achieved 8 exits in the field and is ranked among the 15 most active venture capital funds in the world in AI transactions since 2012, according to data analysis by PitchBook
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