Science, Medicine, & Education

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― As every middle-school child knows, in the process of photosynthesis, plants take the sun’s energy and convert it to electrical energy. Now a Tel Aviv University team has demonstrated how a member of the animal kingdom, the Oriental hornet, takes the sun’s energy and converts it into electric power ― in […]

TEL AVIV (Press Release)― It has long been believed that modern man emerged from the continent of Africa 200,000 years ago. Now Tel Aviv University archaeologists have uncovered evidence that Homo sapiens roamed the land now called Israel as early as 400,000 years ago ― the earliest evidence for the existence of modern man anywhere

By Hannah Miller BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Press Release)–Sometimes the phone rings and it is a neighbor asking for a favor. Sometimes the phone rings and it is a request for charity. Sometimes the phone rings and it is a notification that you are the only one in the world that can save the life of another

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Tel Qudadi, an ancient fortress located in the heart of Tel Aviv at the mouth of the Yarkon River, was first excavated more than 70 years ago ― but the final results of neither the excavations nor the finds were ever published. Now, research on Tel Qudadi by archaeologists at Tel

TEL AVIV (Press Release)― Most galaxies in the universe, including our own Milky Way, harbor super-massive black holes varying in mass from about one million to about 10 billion times the size of our sun. To find them, astronomers look for the enormous amount of radiation emitted by gas which falls into such objects during

 TEL AVIV (Press Release)–  Tel Aviv University is heading an international study that for the first time will dig deep beneath the Dead Sea, 500 meters (about a third of a mile) down under 300 meters (about a fifth of a mile) of water. Drilling with a special rig, the researchers will look back in

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Masa Israel Journey and the Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA) on Monday announced the launch of the Lainer-Masa Israel Fellowship, a two-year program for Jewish young adults interested in careers in Jewish education.  This joint venture will engage North American Masa Israel undergraduate university participants while in Israel and place them in

JERUSALEM (Press Release) – A group of students from the Hebrew University’s Faculty of Law have won first place in a Red Cross competition on international humanitarian law. The Hebrew University representatives defeated eleven other groups from educational institutions from across Israel. The annual competition includes simulation of legal debates on a range of conflict situations,

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– As middle ear infections increase during the winter months, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) suggest that in many cases the most appropriate  treatment is “watchful waiting” instead of using antibiotics immediately. The review, published in the scientific journal Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, does not suggest use of

TEL AVIV (Press Release) ― Environmentalists around the world agree ― plastic bags are choking our landfills  and polluting our seas. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher is developing new laboratory methods using corn starch and sugar to help sustainable plastics –– those that biodegrade and are even tougher than those made from petrochemicals –– compete in