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Iftach Yacoby, head of the Tel Aviv University's renewable energy laboratory, examines micro algae samples during research to demonstrate the evolutionary capacities of plants with the sun to produce energy on June 11, 2020. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
June 11, 2020, 9:04 pm
Israeli scientists produce energy from plants
In step forward for renewables, researchers at Tel Aviv University say they have succeeded in making hydrogen from microscopic algae
By AFP
Henneguya salminicola seen under a microscope (YouTube screenshot)
February 25, 2020, 10:17 pm
Israeli researchers say they’ve found first animal to survive without oxygen
Aerobic respiration was thought to exist in all multi-cellular lifeforms, but Tel Aviv University scientists find one parasite lacks the systems to process the element entirely
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A Hadrosaurus at Drexel University in Philadelphia. (YouTube screenshot)
February 10, 2020, 8:55 pm
Israeli researchers find modern tumor in dinosaur tail
Scientists say LCH, which affects human children today, discovered in fossil of 66-million-year-old Hadrosaurus
By TOI staff
Liran Carmel of the Hebrew University reveals a 3D printed model of the face of prehistoric human species Denisovan during a press conference at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on September 19, 2019. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
December 8, 2019, 3:18 pm
Israeli reconstruction of ancient human face finalist for ‘Breakthrough of Year’
Hebrew University researchers’ genetic analysis of Denisovans, cousins to Neanderthals, one of four ‘people’s choice’ finalists for recognition by prestigious Science magazine
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and TOI staff
Prof. Avi Loeb in his Harvard office. His computer wallpaper features a photo of Proxima Centauri, the closest known star to our Sun. (Rich Tenorio/Times of Israel)
July 19, 2019, 8:57 pm
Israeli Harvard astronomer has an inalienable gravitation to interstellar study
On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Prof. Avi Loeb defiantly holds out hope that humanity will encounter other forms of life in the universe
By Rich Tenorio
Illustrative image of teenagers. (iStock)
February 18, 2019, 2:01 pm
Israeli study: Bodies adjust puberty timing to help reach expected adult height
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University say their findings could change the way developmental problems in adolescents are diagnosed
By TOI staff
A sandbar shark is caught by researchers near the Orot Rabin power plant in Hadera where the gushing hot water used to cool the turbines draws draws schools of sharks that are increasingly endangered by overfishing. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
January 31, 2019, 11:00 am
Sharks drawn to warm waters of Hadera power plant
Expert say warming Mediterranean Sea stimulates predatory fish’s metabolisms, improves breathing cycles and facilitates pregnancies
By Alon Bernstein and Isabel Debre
Golden State Warriors players celebrate after beating the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of basketball's NBA Finals in Oakland, California, June 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
December 30, 2018, 12:36 pm
NBA teams that come from behind don’t win more in overtime, Israeli study finds
Ben-Gurion University researchers conclude that home advantage, season-long win-loss record are more likely to affect winning chances than 4th-quarter comeback
By Michael Bachner
Prof. Tal Dvir of Tel Aviv University (Courtesy TAU)
December 4, 2018, 8:50 pm
Israeli scientists say they’ve created first fully personalized tissue implant
Tel Aviv University researchers convert fat cells into stem cells, then grow them into any required tissue — including for the heart and brain
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) at an international science ministers convention in Jerusalem on May 28, 2018. (Jorge Novominsky/GPO)
May 29, 2018, 1:58 am
Netanyahu announces program to enhance IDF’s intel with ‘quantum technology’
At first-of-its-kind international science ministers convention in Jerusalem, PM says he hopes Israel will become a global leader in the field
By Michael Bachner
Burgers produced from animal cells in a laboratory. (YouTube screenshot)
April 9, 2018, 7:32 pm
Israeli scientist growing meat in a lab gets rare honor in Washington
Yaakov Nahmias of Hebrew University just fourth Israeli to be inducted as fellow in top US biomedical institute
By JTA
Illustrative: A chunk of cmehin, or desert truffle (Courtesy Flora of Israel Online/Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
March 1, 2018, 8:08 pm
Israeli researchers cultivate desert truffles worth more than uranium
Scientists manage to combine the rare fungus with a common dessert shrub; market price reaches $120 per pound
By JTA
An Israeli woman works at the Tikkun Olam medical cannabis farm. (photo credit: AP)
May 18, 2017, 5:17 pm
Cannabis could treat traumatic brain injury, Israeli researchers say
Hebrew University team finds that cannabinoid compounds help recovery in rats, possibly opening door for clinical trials
By Luke Tress
An employee from SESAME stands next to the particle accelerator in Allan, Jordan. (Sharing Knowledge Foundation)
May 16, 2017, 2:27 pm
Open SESAME: At Middle East’s CERN, regional cooperation at light speed
Israel and its neighbors, including Iran and Pakistan, join forces to build the region’s first particle accelerator
By Dov Lieber
A depiction of the SAW (single actuator wave-like robot) designed by Israeli scientists at Ben Gurion University. (Screen capture/YouTube)
April 2, 2017, 2:55 pm
Israeli scientists design robot to squeeze through small intestine
Ben-Gurion University researchers predict the snake-like, ingestible device will revolutionize colonoscopy tests
By TOI staff
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