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Forefront of Science

 

The new method uses the spin in the electrons of polarized chiral molecules to sort one from the other

Putting a Spin on Safer Drugs, Fertilizers and Pesticides

Chemistry
 
Sorting out right- and left-handed molecules magnetically could improve industrial processes
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Inside the XENON1T water shield

XENON1T Team Sets Limits

Space & Physics
    
Weizmann researchers participate in the most sensitive search for dark matter to date
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Cells grown in microwells with different number of cells in each. The density affects their differentiation into memory and effector types

Game of Clones: Team Huddles for T Cells

Life Sciences
 
When helper T cells get together, they plan an immune strategy for the long and the short term
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How do ants move a large object through a narrow opening?

Recalculating the Route: The Ant Version

Space & Physics 
 
A simple mathematical model explains how ants overcome obstacles in their path
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Cross-section of the inner lining of a human gut adjacent to a cancerous tumor. The enzyme ASL (red-brown), which helps manufacture nitric oxide, has accumulated in unusually high amounts in cells of the lining, probably in an attempt to alleviate the inflammation that commonly occurs in the gut of colon cancer patients

Body Knows Best: A Natural Healing Mechanism for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Life Sciences
 
The findings suggest that boosting signals in certain cells and not in others might even help treat colon cancer
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(l-r) Hisham Mazal, Dr. Inbal Riven, Prof. Gilad Haran, Menahem Pirchi and Yoav Barak

Random Acts of Enzyme-ness

Chemistry
 
An ultrahigh time-resolution study of biological machinery reveals never-before-seen details of molecular dynamics
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The same forces that allow ants to walk on walls cause sticky problems for electronic components

Addressing the Problem of Stickiness

Space & Physics    
 
The physics of the attraction between two mirrors in a vacuum may lead to “lubrication” for electronic circuits
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(l-r) Staff Scientist Dr. Vladimir Umansky, Dr. Mitali Banerjee, and Profs. Yuval Oreg, Ady Stern and Moty Heiblum in the submicron lab

Particles' Behaving Unconventionally

Space & Physics
    
Could exotic electron states be used in quantum computing?

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From Around the Web

 

Upstart carbon dating study could force rewrite of Holy Land’s biblical timeline

The Times of Israel
 
Cornell University prof shows how archaeologists' data could be skewed by decades -- potentially disproving the narrative of David and Solomon's United Monarchy
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The Times of Israel

 

Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals – study

The Guardian
 
Groundbreaking assessment of all life on Earth reveals humanity’s surprisingly tiny part in it as well as our disproportionate impact 
 
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The Guardian

 

Science Teaching

 

Passing it On, Thanks to Perach

People & Events   
 
A mentor helped a lonely child choose a career in science

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(l-r) Ra'anan Parpari and Emanuel (Emil) Eidin

 

 

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