“Logic will take you from point A to point B.
Imagination will take you everywhere.”
Albert Einstein
SCIENCE
Holograms in the Operating Theater
High-tech medical research is a key industry in Israel. In the near future, 3D imagery could help doctors with operations. Researchers developed holograms that show the surgeon the patient’s organs in real time.
The 3D printed human heart
It is every cardiologist’s dream: a new heart for those with heart disease – a heart that not only replaces the diseased organ, but also comes from the patient’s cells. Science fiction? Not necessarily. Researchers in Israel have now succeeded in printing a human heart.
Into the eye of the storm –
The Hurricane Scientists
For 150 years, storm researchers have tried to predict when and where a hurricane will try. Thanks to a simulator they got closer to the secret of the cyclones. And with a flight into the eye of the storm they now want to get to the bottom of it.
Scientists against Trump
Since Donald Trump came into office, he declared war on science. He drew out of the Paris Agreement against global warming. He put a climate change denier in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency. But U.S. scientists are fighting back – and are running for office.
Signals from Outer Space
Mysterious signals from distant galaxies. The Canadian space telescope “CHIME” regularly receives “Fast Radio Bursts”. What is behind these mysterious sounds from the depths of space?
California: Fighting fire with fire
Fire researchers want to prevent devastating mega-fires with Native Americans´ ancient fire techniques. The solution: be faster than fire.