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Abstract After an historical review of the first laboratory experiments on the behavior of serpentine (1960s) under the high-pressure, high-temperature conditions of subduction zones, and on the appearance of fractures at the time of dehydration, as well …

Abstract In his introduction to the edition of the Proto-Ea series, Civil points out that lists of signs and similar exercises were usually destroyed almost immediately by erasing and reshaping the tablet, in order to save clay. The preservation of this …

Abstract Germline mutation is the source of all hereditary differences and evolutionary processes, and is therefore of fundamental importance. In mammals, analyses of phylogenetic patterns of the X chromosome and autosomes, as well as recent pedigree …

Abstract This lecture showed how processors communicating through a shared memory, with only read and write operations possible, could solve sophisticated coordination problems such as implementing a distributed counter and taking an atomic global state. …

Hagit Attiya is a professor at the Department of Computer Science at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and holds the Harry W. Labov and Charlotte Ullman Labov Academic Chair. She is also the executive vice-president for Academic Affairs at the …

A good knowledge of cuneiform is required for the seminar. …

Abstract The efficient reduction of protons as well as direct conversion of CO2 under mild conditions and catalyzed by non-noble metals is a current challenge and a need of modern society. While nature possesses very sophisticated machineries to perform …

Abstract This lecture discusses the strategy of bioinspired catalysis, which involves developing catalysts that mimic the structural and/or functional properties of enzyme active sites. This multidisciplinary strategy has long been used successfully. …