Biology

Searching for hope in an age of extinction

Conservation scientists understand that very rarely extinction is not always the final chapter

Prof. Uri Roll: "The love of nature was already there."
Israel's science teams conclude olympiad season with record 26 medals.

Israeli students earn 13 medals, including five gold, at global Science Olympiads

Making Parkinson's cure personal: TechBio co-founder Micha Breakstoneand developmental biologist Olivier Pourquie.

AI meets biology: How cellular intelligence is redefining stem cell therapy

An illustrative image of a mouth swab for DNA testing

Oral inflammation may impair female fertility, new Israeli research shows


Your finger length could reveal your drinking habits, scientists find

Prenatal testosterone exposure, reflected in the 2D:4D digit ratio, may influence alcohol consumption patterns.

 Finger length ratio and alcohol consumption. Illustration.

Leading scientist claims octopuses could evolve into the next civilization-builders

Octopuses are among the most intelligent, adaptable, and ingenious creatures on Earth, says researcher.

 Can they be civilization-builders? Octopuses.

Which dog breeds are smartest? Study uncovers unexpected insights

The study suggests that excessive breeding of dog breeds by humans has led to changes in the natural structure of dogs' brains.

 Which is smartest? Dog breeds.

Scientists discover new biological entities called 'Obelisks' in humans, potentially linked to the

Obelisks are simpler than viruses, consisting of a stretched circular molecule with about a thousand letters of RNA.

 Origins of life. Illustration.

Daylight Saving Time makes us jet-lagged every day, says York Professor

Professor Patricia Lakin-Thomas from York University says the time is long overdue to make the pause from Daylight Saving Time permanent.

 Daylight Saving Time. Image by Tobyotter is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Waste not want not: Biofuels can be developed from organic household waste - study

This new biofuel would have several advantages, namely that the emissions produced from these biofuels contain significantly fewer harmful chemicals.

 AN ISRAELI company is turning the contents of your trash can into clean energy.

Knowing the Land of Israel part 3: Discovering little wonders in Ashkelon National Park

Lycaenid caterpillars have called this place home since before the first Canaanites set up camp on the Ashkelon beach so many millennia ago.

 THE ADULT of the Tarucus butterfly, seen in Ashkelon National Park.

Hebrew U. discovery offers new, predictive tool for cancer that uses nano informatics and AI

Hebrew University discovery to ‘revolutionize’ cancer treatment with a new, predictive-tool ‘breakthrough’ in predicting cancer using nano informatics and AI.

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Eucalyptus leaves for koalas are causing harm to the ecological balance in the Negev

Hebrew University researchers recommend that reforestation efforts give priority to species with minimal damage to the environment

 Anemones in the Negev.

Israel research identifies harmful biomass posing risk of infections to animals, humans

Those tiny organisms, found everywhere on the Earth’s surface, are also important in influencing various processes, including soil health and pollutant decomposition.

 Dr. Naama Lang-Yona.