Chemistry
Pakistani teenager suspected to have used AI system for guidance in attempted poisoning of father
The NCCIA said in a statement that the suspect was influenced by the popular US television series Breaking Bad and had asked various AI chatbots for information on how to produce methanol.
Nobel Prize, Israel Prize laureate, Ada Yonath, dies aged 87
Israeli students earn 13 medals, including five gold, at global Science Olympiads
Former Technion president Professor Yitzhak Apeloig passes away aged 81
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.
New surface coating eliminates coronavirus on everyday objects - research
Virginia Tech Prof. William Ducker managed to produce a special coating designed to deactivate coronavirus existing in droplets covering everyday objects.
Fun chemistry for the kitchen
There are amazing, fun and visually stimulating experiments you can do with simple baking ingredients, in your own home.
