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Illustrative photo of jellyfish. (Richard Kim/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
July 11, 2019, 10:28 pm
Want to avoid jellyfish? There’s a website for that
Meduzot B’Am is part of a new citizen science project to help researchers map, track and study the marine creatures and improve their public image
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of jellyfish. (Richard Kim/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
August 25, 2016, 8:10 pm
Israeli study: Lunar calendar holds key to jellyfish arrival
Researchers surprised to find large increase in number of invertebrates on the days before and after full moon
By AFP
(jellyfish image via Shutterstock)
December 8, 2015, 9:15 am
Israelis spy jellyfish drifting backward through evolutionary stew
Tel Aviv U. team makes rare find of ‘extreme’ regressive evolution, as multicelled organism sheds head and muscles to become a microscopic parasite that infects fish
By Simona Weinglass
A dead jellyfish on the beach in Haifa. (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)
From the WebAugust 20, 2014, 2:09 pm
Researchers turn jellyfish into medical products
NoCamels: Tel Aviv U team converts scourge of ocean swimmers into new source for treatments, bandages and more
A still from Shira Geffen's 'Self-Made' (© Assaf Snir)
July 19, 2014, 7:46 pm
Shira Geffen doesn’t care if you call her anti-Israeli
In new film ‘Self-Made,’ which debuted this week at the International Jerusalem Film Festival, the director takes us down a rabbit hole of perception and identity
By Jordan Hoffman
A dead jellyfish on the beach in Haifa. (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)
April 8, 2014, 7:22 pm
Israeli tech turns jellyfish into paper towels
Diapers choke landfills, and the icky sea creatures choke beaches and waterways. Cine’al has one solution for both problems
By David Shamah
A dead jellyfish on the beach in Haifa. (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)
July 15, 2013, 2:08 pm
Researchers hope to jam up jellyfish
University of Haifa scientists explore using frequencies to drive away Israel’s annual surge of aquatic stingers
By Gavriel Fiske
A dead jellyfish on the beach. (Uri Lenz/ Flash90)
July 2, 2012, 12:25 pm
Taking the sting out of bathing
A new jellyfish warning system aims to save beachgoers from one of the discomforts of summer swimming
By Stuart Winer
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