how wetland science stopped the Normandy landings from getting bogged down

Beneath the roar of gunfire and the chaos of D-day, an unlikely hero played a vital role — wetland science. Often overlooked amid military strategies and troop movements, the study of mud proved critical to the success of the largest amphibious invasion in history. Much has been written about the events of June 6 1944 […]

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Welcome to the age of space scepticism – and a growing revolt against elites

Over the past decade, a new form of scepticism about human activities in space has emerged. It seems to be based exclusively in the western world, and centred around the idea that increasingly ambitious space plans will damage humanity and neglect the Earth. In China, things are different, but this will likely change eventually. Our […]

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Documenting the world’s largest prehistoric rock art in South America – new study

We weren’t the first to lay eyes on the engraving since it was carved into the hillside any number of centuries or millennia ago, not by a long shot. The Venezuelan archaeologist José Maria Cruxent even recorded it in his diaries in the 1940s – and there were certainly visitors before him. The site of […]

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Nimrod Palmach, Micky Aharonson lead the narrative battle post October 7

Nimrod Palmach, CEO of ISRAEL-is, and Micky Aharonson, Director of the Merit Spread Foundation, shared insights and initiatives aimed at countering anti-Israel sentiment in the aftermath of ongoing conflict. Palmach opened with a personal account of his experiences during the October 7 events, emphasizing the need for swift and decisive action. He stressed the […]

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Do we have more empathy for people who are similar to us? New research suggests it’s not that simple

How do people successfully interact with those who are completely different from them? And can these differences create social barriers? Social scientists are struggling with these questions because the mental processes underlying social interactions are not well understood. One recent concept that has become increasingly popular is the “double-empathy problem”. This draws on research looking […]

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Is LinkedIn the Future of soccer management?

The recent incident involving a Maccabi Tel Aviv player joking about posting on LinkedIn after his team’s championship victory has thrust the professional networking platform into the soccer spotlight. Meanwhile, reports suggest that Liverpool FC is now actively looking to replace members of Jurgen Klopp’s backroom staff via LinkedIn. These developments have sparked speculation that […]

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Nanoscience and nanotechnology at Tel Aviv University

“Nanotechnology is the future of basically everything,” says Prof. Tal Dvir, director of Tel Aviv University’s Jan Koum Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. “It’s the future of medicine, energy, and computing. Everything is done with the small est building blocks.”  In recent years, nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter on a near-atomic scale to produce new […]

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how a fear of failure is hampering physicists’ quest for the ultimate answer

It has been over a century since the boom period of physics exploded with Albert Einstein, Max Planck and others, sending us spinning into a new world of chaos from our previously ordered universe. This brilliant generation of physicists ultimately peeled back the layers of the universe, as well as of the atom, to reveal […]

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TAU: Pioneering Parkinson’s Disease research and strategy

Since its inception in 2018 at Tel Aviv University (TAU), the Aufzien Family Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, together with the  Neurological Institute at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (TASMC), has made remarkable progress in promoting research, bringing together scientists, clinicians, patients and industry to work together in the search […]

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An AI tool for predicting protein shapes could be transformative for medicine, but it challenges science’s need for proof

An advanced algorithm that has been developed by Google DeepMind has gone some way to cracking one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in biology. AlphaFold aims to predict the 3D structures of proteins from the “instruction code” in their building blocks. The latest upgrade has recently been released. The latest upgrade has recently been released. […]

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