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Flowering wild plants that were tested for drought both as individual species growing alone, and in a group. From top left to bottom right: Palestine catchfly, Israel marigold, purple clover, spring groundsel, common oat, and a mixed-species community containing all five species. (Barel Tsafon)
July 22, 2026, 4:36 pm
Drought makes Israeli wildflowers change bloom schedule, study finds
Hebrew University team finds timing of water shortages matters more than duration, with fall and spring droughts narrowing flowering season
By Sue Surkes
This file photo provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female mosquito in the process of obtaining its blood meal through its sharp, needle-like labrum. (James Gathany/CDC via AP)
April 3, 2026, 8:46 am
Groundbreaking Israeli study finds malarial parasites hack RNA to deceive immune system
Paving way for new therapies, researchers decode how parasites that spread one of the world’s deadliest diseases use trickery to trigger confusion inside cells and evade defenses
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Joshua Goldberg, Dept. of Medical Neurobiology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, left, and Joshua L. Plotkin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Center for Nervous System Disorders, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. (Courtesy)
March 22, 2026, 4:19 pm
Israeli, US researchers find brain’s signals that make OCD behaviors hard to stop
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and SUNY Stony Brook scientists discover linked chemicals in pre-clinical trials in mice, potentially helping treat obsessive compulsive disorder
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Joseph (Yossi) Tam of the Tam Lab at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's School of Pharmacy in the Faculty of Medicine. (Courtesy/Tom Barnea)
March 6, 2026, 8:29 am
Israeli researchers find cannabis compounds could lead to 1st drug for fatty liver disease
As 1 out of every 3 adults worldwide suffers from the condition, Hebrew University scientists use non-psychoactive substances to change how the organ manages energy and cleans itself
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative image of a brain scan (utah778; iStock by Getty Images)
February 5, 2026, 3:25 pm
Israeli researchers identify gene that causes elusive neurodevelopmental disorder
Using CRISPR, Hebrew University of Jerusalem team finds PEDS1 enzyme linked to reduced brain size; study maps 331 genes essential to brain and neuron development
By Diana Bletter
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January 11, 2026, 8:41 pm
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Dr. Herdís G. R. Steinsdóttir, a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Miguel J. Frada from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, deploys an instrument near the reef in Eilat to record water currents, allowing her to keep track of the direction of sea currents. (Courtesy/Jake Stout)
January 1, 2026, 9:26 pm
New Israeli research shows coral reefs shape the ebb and flow of local microbial life
Like in humans, microbe levels can indicate health of ecosystem, say scientists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Haifa University, and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Gad Baneth of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Health Ministry's laboratory of entomology, holds a mosquito in his right hand and a tick in his left. (Courtesy/Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
December 2, 2025, 10:08 am
In breakthrough, Israeli scientists develop ‘all-in-one’ DNA test for leishmaniasis infection
Analyzing nearly 2,000 live specimens, researchers used a novel lab technique to rapidly identify the sand fly, detect parasites and pinpoint the source of the blood meal
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Asher Cohen (Igor Farberov)/ The Albert Einstein privet library, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, March 19, 2012. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
November 19, 2025, 11:56 pm
What Matters Now to Prof. Asher Cohen: Academic boycott of Israel is ‘catastrophic’
Past president of Hebrew University weathered COVID, judicial reform and a massive call-up of student reservists post-Oct. 7. Shunning of Israeli institutions a larger challenge
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A bacterial cell (elongated shape in the center) inside a glioblastoma tumor cell, as seen through an electron microscope. The black dots within the bacterium are engineered antibodies carrying gold particles that bind specifically to a component found only in bacterial cell envelopes and not in human cells. (Courtesy/Weizmann Institute of Science)
November 14, 2025, 6:35 pm
New study finds bacteria in brain tumors play ‘surprising’ role in cancer growth
Scientists at Weizmann Institute, Hebrew University and Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine say patients with more bacteria in their brain tumors have ‘poorer survival outcomes’
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Joel Mokyr speaks after winning the Nobel Prize in Economics at Northwestern University, Oct. 13, 2025, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP/Nam Y. Huh)
October 21, 2025, 4:50 pm
Israeli-American Nobel laureate says his award is secondary to hostages’ safe return
Joel Mokyr, an economic historian who grew up in Israel, says news that he won Nobel Prize in Economics stunned him; credits high school history teacher with shaping his vision
By Sharon Wrobel
Agriculture Ministry staff work in protective gear to clean up dead cranes infected with Avian Influenza (bird flu) from the Hula Lake Reserve in northern Israel, January 2, 2022. (Moraz Brom/Flash90)
September 28, 2025, 4:03 pm
Hebrew U-led research team calls for global wildlife tracking to help curb pandemics
Biologging animals’ movement and temperature to spot diseases that spread from creatures to people said much more cost-effective in reducing human deaths than taking later measures
By Sue Surkes
Prof. Nathalie Q. Balaban, left, with Dr. Raya Faigenbaum-Romm in Balaban's microbiology lab at the Racah Institute of Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Courtesy/Zohar Binyamin)
August 26, 2025, 6:01 pm
Using novel method to compare subgroups, Israeli researchers unlock bacteria’s secrets
Hebrew University scientists say their ‘Microcolony-seq’ tool could lead to more precise targeting of antibiotics and vaccines and become a boon to public health
By Diana Bletter
Hesham Taha (right) and Avi Israel, co-founders of Jerusalem-based startup Teramount. (Courtesy of Perry Mendelboim)
July 29, 2025, 3:40 pm
Two physicists are the brains of an Arab-Jewish startup connecting optics to chips
Jerusalem’s Teramount secures $50 million from investors for device that connects optical fibers to silicon chips, enabling data transfer at the speed of light for AI apps
By Sharon Wrobel
Prof. Michael Fainzilber, left, and Dr. Eitan Erez Zahavi of Weizmann Institute of Science. (Courtesy/Weizmann Institute of Science)
July 15, 2025, 8:16 pm
Weizmann lab spared by Iranian missile publishes work on nerve regeneration
Scientists’ research — which took 12 years to complete — can potentially help repair nerve cells damaged in war or by chronic diseases
By Diana Bletter
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