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Robotics and Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Encryption/Decryption
Mathematics
Quantum Computing
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
In large datasets, using the right algorithm is crucial

Asking the Easier Question

01.01.2018
Math & Computer Science, Mathematics
Mathematical proofs help explain why some computer algorithms are better than others for large data streams 
probability maps infotaxis and sociotaxis

Go Your Own Way: The Group Depends on It

19.10.2017
Brain & Behavior, Math & Computer Science, Mathematics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A new model of collective behavior reveals how individuals contribute most efficiently
Harel, Oram, Sherman and Ahissar

Paying Attention to Reflexes

10.07.2017
Brain & Behavior, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
How does attention direct the subconscious actions of our sensory organs? 
Scientists discover a connection between the development of age-related macular degeneration and the intestinal microbiome

The Retina and the Microbiome

19.06.2017
Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Scientists discover a connection between the development of age-related macular degeneration and the intestinal microbiome
Bread and Health: A Personal Matter

Bread and Health: A Personal Matter

07.06.2017
Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A new study reveals that there is no difference between the health effects of “wholesome” and white bread
David Harel

A Test for Artificial Odors

06.03.2017
Math & Computer Science
If you could smell roses online, should you trust your nose? 
Malaria vaccine

Programmed Proteins Might Help Prevent Malaria

26.01.2017
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A new approach to stabilizing protein structures could be key to an efficient vaccine
Moon formation

A Multiple-Impact Origin for the Moon

09.01.2017
Space & Physics, Math & Computer Science
New simulations challenge the idea that the Moon was born of a single giant collision  
Bacteria (red) in mouse intestines; intestinal cells (blue); and antibodies (green) in the mucus layer coating the intestines and preventing direct contact between the bacteria and the sterile mouse cells, photographed under a fluorescent microscope

Gut Bacteria Have Outsized Influence

12.12.2016
Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A new study reveals how our microbiomes affect the timing of liver activity
A section of a ripe tomato sample showing the distribution of sucrose (orange) in the flesh and of an antioxidant (green) in the fruit skin tissue; mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) technology was used to map the molecules

Wise Plant Analysis

30.11.2016
Plants and Agriculture, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Weizmann Institute’s WeizMass and MatchWeiz help identify plant metabolites

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