Israeli science

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

A person wearing an EEG cap (screen capture: YouTube)

August 27, 2016, 10:17 am

Israeli scientists use nanobots and thoughts to control when drugs are administered

Researchers say new method monitors brain activity, could be used to preempt flare-up of mental disorders such as schizophrenia

By TOI staff

Setting up 'Life Object,' the living, breathing birds' nest created by a team of Israeli scientists and architects for the May 2016 International Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy (Courtesy LifeObject team)

May 24, 2016, 12:10 am

Architects and scientists create a living bird’s nest

Israeli team, including Nobel Prize winning chemist Dan Shechtman, builds ‘Life Object,’ a cooperative installation for Italian exhibition

By Jessica Steinberg

Evangelical Christians from around the world sing and recite prayers at the Jerusalem Chairman's Conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, September 22, 2013. (Flash90)

May 16, 2016, 9:16 pm

Israeli doctors watch epileptic’s brain while he ‘sees God’

During treatment at Hadassah Hospital, patient has a spontaneous religious experience, claims to converse with the Lord

By Raoul Wootliff

File: Mortimer Zuckerman on January 29, 2013 at an event hosted by The New York Daily News, which he owns. (Wikipedia/MTA New York City Transit/Marc A. Hermann/CC BY 2.0)

January 26, 2016, 4:37 am

Zuckerman puts $100m toward US-Israel scientific collaboration

Media tycoon’s new fund will bring US researchers to Israeli universities to help foster ‘cutting edge research’

By JTA