Ancient sheep virus traced through DNA preserved in medieval manuscripts
“People around the world are still fighting against this pathogen, there is currently an outbreak of sheeppox in Greece, causing much economic damage,” said L’Hôte.
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Two out of three 2026 Nobel Medicine laureates were recognized with Technion's Harvey Prize in 2016
SpaceX's Starship engine failure could cause problem for NASA's 2028 moon mission objectives
Using babies, Israeli study reveals why AI fails to truly understand animal calls
Modern human men evolved unique hip 'spring' for efficient walking, Israeli-led study finds
A new Tel Aviv University study challenges assumptions about the Neanderthal pelvis, finding that modern human males evolved a distinct walking mechanism.
Tel Aviv University, German Institute Expand Brain Research Collaboration
The partnership will focus on electrophysiology, neuroimaging and training for early-career researchers, with joint summer schools planned in Germany and Israel.
New technology emerging from TAU's Sagol Center for Regenerative Medicine
A step toward the world’s first transplantation of an engineered spinal cord
NASA launches powerful Roman Space Telescope, a spy satellite turned to the stars
The telescope, which will park itself in orbit beyond the moon, is designed to investigate cosmic enigmas such as dark energy and dark matter.
Is AI clairvoyant? ChatGPT can make personality tests and predict responses, Israeli study finds
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) scientists have developed a method for generating personality assessment questionnaires with ChatGPT from any source text in English.
NASA finds some microbes could survive on moon, raising concerns over unintended life transfer
New research led by NASA scientists looking at five forms of fungi and bacteria indicates that some of them indeed could survive for a time under certain conditions on the lunar surface
AI agent caught creating fake online identities during OpenAI, Anthropic model security evaluations
The institute said agents powered by Anthropic's Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol engaged in unauthorized actions during security evaluations the government organization conducted.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage to crash into Moon at seven times the speed of sound
The impact will occur on the side of the Moon facing Earth and could raise a cloud of dust and rock fragments that may remain visible through sensitive telescopes for several minutes.
Prehistoric people in Eurasia, North America specifically hunted female mammoths, new study shows
The study used genetic data from bones accumulated by people at 11 sites in Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Russia.
Selling light after dark: Satellite designed to reflect sunlight to Earth approved by FCC
The Earendil-1 satellite, created by startup Reflect Orbital, contains a thin-film reflector that can direct “abundant sunlight” to specific locations at specific times, including night time
