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Prof. Nathan Rosen. Courtesy of the historical archive of the Technion by Yehoshua Nasiyo

Research Prof. Natan Rosen, 1995-1909

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Founder of the Faculty of Physics at the Technion, co-author of the historical article EPR with Albert Einstein and Boris Podolsky
He brought ingenuity to the army as well. Winograd (sitting on the right) during a break from operational activity Photo courtesy of the Winograd family

The promising researcher who was killed in a tank

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Isaiah Winograd was one of the young professors at the Technion, a promising scientist who worked in a variety of fields, from rocket propulsion to water desalination, an artist and a family man, and also a reserve officer who rushed to the Syrian front in the Yom Kippur War, and was killed there
Insisted on returning to service. Wahlberg (left) with a tank crew in reserve training Photo courtesy of the Wahlberg family

The scientist who did not return from the war

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Alexander Wahlberg, doctor of physical chemistry, returned to Israel after years of studying and working in the United States and worked at Kirya for nuclear research. He also insisted on continuing to serve in the reserves, as a patrol officer, and his fall in the Yom Kippur War ended a promising scientific career
Prof. Natan Rosen, founder of the Physics Department at the Technion. The photos are courtesy of the Technion's historical archive by Yehoshua Nasiyo

One Handshake to Albert Einstein: The Story of Professor Nathan Rosen and the Jewish Scientists in the Soviet Union

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The author is Professor Alex Gordon, Oranim College tells about the anti-Semitism that accompanied the famous Jewish researchers, about Einstein's recommendation for Rosen to work in Kiev, about Podolsky's double loyalty, about Prof. Lev Strom who was executed near Kiev Begin - "collaboration with the Gestapo" and more about The difficult history of the Jewish scientists in the USSR
pigeon trap Illustration: The Hebrew University and the Weizmann Institute

A new means of measuring cold collisions

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Gabi Zodik, global leader of the blockchain research strategy at IBM

IBM announced the appointment of Gabi Zodik as global leader of the blockchain research strategy

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Michael and Tom Amit, the CEO of the Botanical Garden in Jerusalem. PR photo

Dr. Michael Avishi, the founder and scientific director of the Botanical Garden in Jerusalem, has passed away

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Science abroad - the organization of Israeli scientists staying abroad. From the organization's Facebook page

About half of the Israeli scientists living abroad have a high potential to return to Israel

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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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Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorski

Award for the most active lecturers for Israel on US campuses

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Jewish-Canadian philanthropist Seymour Shulich, establishes the Shulich Leaders Scholarship Fund

The Shulich Foundation increases the number of scholarships from 35 to 50 per year

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Prof. Hagit Messer-Yron, President of the Open University at the awarding ceremony of the UNESCO-L'Oreal Prize for Women in Science, 2012. : Lem Welitz Studio for the organizers of the event

Women are a minority in the senior academic staff in Israel - 29% in universities, 39% in budgeted colleges

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Prof. Dan Shechtman receives an honorary statuette from Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin. Next to them is MK Ronit Tirosh. PR photo, Israel Sun

Knesset Speaker Robbie Rivlin, "If we want more Shechtmans, we need to invest in creating an appropriate educational and scientific atmosphere"

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Prof. Ruth Sperling

A grant to Prof. Sperling from the Hebrew University and Prof. Stamm from the University of Kentucky for obesity research

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The late Prof. Israel Dostrovsky

Prof. Israel Dostrovsky, one of the founders of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the institute's fifth president, died at the age of 92

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Prof. Aharon Chachanover

The University of Haifa will award an honorary doctorate to Prof. Aharon Chakhanover

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In the photo: Dr. Hussam Hayek in his laboratory. Photo: Technion Spokesperson.

A Technion scientist leads a European corporation to develop nanotechnology for lung cancer diagnosis

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Prof. Avraham Lampel, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Jubilee for the Rothschild Prizes: Five researchers received the Rothschild Prize this year

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To Prof. Yoram Gruner. Photo: Weizmann Institute

Prof. Yoram Gruner from the Weizmann Institute of Science will receive the Rothschild Prize in Life Sciences on Thursday

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Dr. Aya Sofer

A researcher from IBM Haifa will manage the field of data analysis at IBM in the world * First application: adapting drugs for AIDS

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From the right: Prof. Mati Friedkin and Prof. Yoram Schechter.

Inventors 2009 of the Weizmann Institute

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Application informs about a new method for treating bacterial and fungal populations

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The European Union finances a project to improve the quality of life of people suffering from back pain, with the participation of Technion researchers

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The Buckley Prize, the most prestigious in the field of condensed matter physics - to Professor Dov Levin from the Technion

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The ribosome: the key to life at the atomic level part XNUMX

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