The Education Ministry said the ban aims to help pupils develop social and emotional skills, improve school climate, and enable better focus on learning.
In urban areas, where extreme weather events like floods and heat waves can have devastating impacts, the dense network of smartphones has the potential to provide better spatial coverage than traditional weather stations.
Israeli researchers have developed a synthetic polymer that will allow smartphones to “heal” any scratches or damage, and Texas A&M University, together with the University of Haifa, is launching a marine research center to lower risks associated with offshore oil exploration.
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