Research
Physicists pinpoint mechanism behind familiar basketball shoes squeak
Analysis showed that tiny regions of the rubber momentarily detach and reattach to the surface thousands of times per second
Just five minutes in the microwave can unleash up to 534,000 micro- and nanoplastics into food
16 Millions descended from Genghis Khan? not so fast
A new drug just entered Israel's health basket. Here's why it matters-opinion
Persistent maternal thyroid imbalance may increase autism risk, researchers report
A mother’s persistent thyroid dysfunction while carrying her fetus may increase autism risk in children, according to research from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Complications arise from stopping weight-loss injections before pregnancy, study finds
Women who stop GLP-1 weight loss injections near pregnancy experience more complications, including rapid weight gain and gestational diabetes.
“We know what works”: BGU’s amazing research that you’ve yet to hear about
Inside the work of BGU’s Prof. Moriah Ellen, who refuses to let good evidence go to waste
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) and Matricelf sign cleanroom manufacturing agreement
Within about a year, a paraplegic patient will be selected to receive the world’s first engineered nerve implant.
One fifth of PA newspaper op-eds push antisemitic content, JPPI study finds
"Antisemitism and a discourse of delegitimizing Zionism are not accidental [...] This is an expression [...] that teaches how far the path is to prepare the Palestinians for public reconciliation."
Israeli team uncovers 12,000-year-old myths in clay figurine of woman and goose
Excavated by Hebrew University researchers at Natufian settlement Nahal Ein Gev II, the 3.7 centimeter clay sculpture retains ochre traces and the fingerprint of its presumed young female maker.
Oldest RNA recovered from 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth rewrites decay timeline
The RNA extracted from Yuka's muscle tissue is the oldest ever found, twice as old as the previous record from a 14,300-year-old wolf skin, challenging long-held assumptions about RNA's decay rate.
Study of 50,000-year canine skulls shows dogs diversified millennia before modern breeding
Researches links early Holocene dog lineages to human migrations across Eurasia as far back as 11,000 years ago.
New genetic study reveals indigenous lineage isolated for 8,500 years in central Argentina
Published in Nature, the research traces the lineage's dominance in the Pampas until about AD 1800 with scant genetic mixing from surrounding peoples.
15,000 years ago, hunters gatherers on the Carmel lived off coastal lakes teeming with birds
The study by Dr. Amos, Prof. Weinstein-Evron, and Yeshurun analyzed bird bones from Nahal Me’arot and el-Wad caves to reveal Natufian hunting and environment.
