Chemistry
Gold and Silver for Israel: Nation's chemistry team dominates international olympiad
Four students represented Israel in partnership with the Education Ministry and Maimonides Fund’s Future Scientists Center, primarily from central Israel communities.
Mono Lake's Role in Life's Origin: High Phosphorus Levels Unveiled
New campaign for the aesthetic brand with the technological breakthrough
'Conan the Bacterium' has a superpower, and researchers decoded the secret behind it
Technion researchers discover unique peptides with anti-cancer potential
In recent years, Technion researchers have developed a new approach to influencing the ubiquitin mechanisms.
Israeli researchers alter magnetic properties of minerals - study
The technique was developed by a team from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Could we live on Saturn's moon? Research says maybe - study
Enceladus has an ice-covered water ocean that erupts into space, forming a plume. The researchers analyzed samples as the plumes erupted from cracks in the icy surface.
Corrosion has turned the Alhambra’s decorative gold leaf purple - study
The Alhambra, now a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) world heritage site, is a fortress and palace built in the 13th century under the Islamic rule of Spain.
DNA helps scientists engineer structures at the molecular level
The new research could open the door to revolutionary breakthroughs in faster and more energy efficient technologies.
Weizmann Institute professor becomes first Israeli to win prestigious Kavli award
Prof. Sagiv secured this year’s Nanoscience prize for his team's pioneering work on self-assembling monolayers on solid substrates within the field of nanochemistry.
Can studying DNA like language lead to new breakthroughs? - study
DNA is represented by groups of letters, so Ben Gurion University biochemist Dr. Barak Akabayov and his team aimed to learn new information by studying the letter sequences linguistically.
Technion researchers develop innovative way to create nanowires
The findings pave the way for future research on growing one-dimensional inorganic complexes, and the results have numerous possible applications.
Charpentier and Doudna win 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
In keeping with tradition, chemistry is the third prize announced every year and follows those for medicine and physics earlier this week.
Israel wins 1st gold medal in decade at International Chemistry Olympiads
Israel has participated in the Olympiads since 2006. The Olympiads this year were run by Turkey, but took place over Zoom due to the coronavirus pandemic.
