Israeli Researchers Design 3D Coral Reefs to Replace Damaged Ones
While other reef replacement projects are underway worldwide, including the Tamar Reef in the Gulf of Eilat by BGU researchers, this initiative is the first to focus on accurately reproducing corals that simulate the structure and functionality of natural living corals.
Like the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, Amoebae Can Learn Without a Brain Israeli Researchers Discover
Knafo and her colleagues believe instead of a brain, the memories are encoded temporarily onto a complex network of proteins.
Israeli Researchers Reconstruct Prehistoric Humans called ‘Denisovans’
The discovery and later the HUJI analysis of her pinky bone has opened a new chapter in the understanding of human evolution.
500,000 Years Ago: People In Israel Butchered Elephants with “Surgical” Tools Archaeologists Discover
The early humans, called Homo ergaster or early Homo erectus, also crafted tiny flint tools out of recycled larger discarded instruments as part of a comprehensive animal-butchery tool kit.
Biblical Kingdom of Edom Discovered in Israel
Remnants of copper slag – the waste product left over from the metal’s extraction – provide evidence that the biblical kingdom of Edom existed in the Arava Desert today occupied by Israel and Jordan, according to archeological finds by Tel Aviv University scientists.
Israeli Researchers Close to Inventing Product Protecting Against Salmonella
Now, researchers from the biology faculty of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology report that they have been able to inhibit biofilm formation in Salmonella bacteria.
Haifa Researchers Develop Technology to Purify Wastewater Tainted with Formaldehyde
A new and better way to get rid of a dangerous carcinogen In our environment has been discovered by Technion scientists
Roundworms Help Hebrew University Scientists Suggest Way to Keep Human Ova Fertile Longer
Dr. Yonatan Tzur and associate Dr. Hanna Achache, along with scientists at Harvard Medical School, studied egg maturation in roundworms and published their findings in the scientific journal Genetics.
Test Tube Holds Artificial DNA, Encoding thousands of copies of the Bible in Two Languages
Using artificial DNA, Israeli researchers find a better way to store the world’s computer data
Sharp Drop in Abortions for Jewish Women in Israel
The number of Jewish women who get abortions every year decreases slightly, and in the past 25 years has gone down from 14,700 per year to 13,700 in 2015. Given the dramatic Jewish population boom, this means that the rate per thousand has gone down from 13.7 to 9.7.