Bar-Ilan University
Moovit unveils new function to maximize walking, 'biohacks' based on Bar-Ilan University research
A route option inspired by research at Bar-Ilan University aims to help public transportation users increase their daily activity without adding time to their commute.
Living near green spaces can reduce long-term stress during pregnancy, Israeli-led study finds
What Tisha B’Av can teach about the silencing, and creative defiance, of Jewish writers - opinion
This week in Jewish history: The SS Exodus, Tisha B’Av, and Nobel pioneers
What causes electricity breakdowns? BIU physicists find the cause in new study
The dependency between the power network and its communication system led to cascading failures and abrupt collapse.
Zehu Ze! comedy group set to receive honorary doctorate from Bar-Ilan U
The members of Zehu Ze! began performing together on the government broadcasting channel in 1978 and continued until 1998, then returning during the pandemic.
Academic faculty announce warning strike in universities across Israel
The strike on Monday will be followed by similar strikes in two or three universities per day throughout the rest of the week.
The famed Dershowitz family and a story of aliyah to Israel
Rabbi Prof. Zecharia Dor-Shav (Dershowitz) is a retired professor from Bar-Ilan University, an author and speaker, uncle to renowned US lawyer Alan Dershowitz.
The diversity-stability paradox: Israeli researchers solve 50-year-old puzzle
When the BIU team did the math, they found that this heterogeneity can fundamentally change the behavior of the system. Quite surprisingly, it actually enhances stability.
Israel judicial reform: Bar-Ilan University shamefully takes sides - opinion
The universities choosing sides in a political debate has the potential to be harmful to the faculty. We are in the throes of a labor dispute, our contract expired several years ago.
Archaeological study sheds light on the size of talmudic Passover eggs
In Talmudic times, eggs were much smaller than those of today’s hens, whose size increased due to the cultivation of breeds of chickens for eggs.
Israeli scientists find how pancreatic cancer spreads and kills - study
The new study, led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, opens the door to possible treatments for pancreatic cancer.
BIU Medicine Faculty to open new six-year MD degree program
Prof. Chaim Putterman, acting dean of the Azrieli Faculty, said that “the goal is to train as many doctors as possible here in Israel" amid a medical staff shortage.
120 Israeli academics launch petition in support of government's judicial reform
The initiative was supported by Professor Yisrael Aumann, who spoke at the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee sessions on the reforms.
