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Starving yeast cells

Starvation Blues

06.10.2015

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The Bialik of the Taxi Stand

30.09.2015

Science & Culture

"After twenty years in a taxi, the meter is wired to my soul.” Prof. Roee Ozeri of the Physics of Complex Systems Department received a third place award in the Haaretz short...

A three-dimensional reconstruction of the mitochondrial volume: The volume is larger (yellow and red) in blood-forming stem cells lacking MTCH2 (right), and relatively smaller (blue and green) in regular blood-forming stem cells

Awakenings

09.09.2015

The wake-up call for blood stem cells comes with a jolt of energy

A green fluorescent-labeled protein serves as a marker for autophagy. Autophagy occurs when the protein accumulates within the relevant organelle (left); when diffused throughout the cell (right)

Fat Prospects for Cellular Recycling

09.09.2015

Fatty molecules are made-to-order when a piece of essential cellular machinery is needed

A unique method of shaping the ultrashort pulses enables them to act as “many beams in one”

The One-Beam Solution

01.09.2015

Lasers & Optics

Giving shape to an ultrafast laser pulse enables new optical methods

comparing rice only to normal diet

How Does Your Microbiome Grow?

01.09.2015

Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The reproduction rates of the bacteria in one's gut may be a good indicator of health or disease

Thin transparent plates give this sea sapphire its iridescent color

A Marine Creature’s Magic Trick Explained

01.09.2015

Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Biochemistry, Materials Science, Structural Biology

Crystral structures on the sea sapphire's back appear differently depending on the angle of reflection

nanoparticles assemble in the dark

Reversible Writing with Light

01.09.2015

Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Self-assembling nanoparticles take their cues from their surroundings

The sound of a violin arises from a type of friction known as "stick-slip"

Stick and Slip

01.09.2015

What do the sounds of a creaky old hinge and a cello have in common? Both rely on the same kind of friction: two surfaces that alternately stick and slide against one another.

Longhorn crazy ants cooperating to transfer an item much too heavy for one to move alone.

Ants in the Lead

30.07.2015

Space & Physics, Chemistry

A physics-based model can explain how ants cooperate in steering food to their nest

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