Research

CAM study reveals extensive bot network amplifying anti-Israel, antisemitic content

The research forms part of CAM’s Bots Accountability Project, an initiative that documents and reports bots, fake profiles, and inauthentic accounts while tracking platform responses.

Cyber security and cybercrime alert
The new method for treating tooth decay is effective for children who are afraid of invasive dental treatment.

Simple treatment that eliminates tooth decay in young children

Brown sea turtle returns to the sea.

Sea levels rising: The new threat that could displace sea turtles from Israel's beaches

Doctors at Shaare Zedek in Jerusalem; illustrative.

Brain drain: Israel’s medical exodus grows as nearly 1,400 doctors leave inside three years


Israeli study finds plants absorb nutrients from airborne dust, challenging root-only theory

The study shows that leaves can take in minerals, including iron and phosphorus, from airborne dust, challenging the long-held understanding that plants depend solely on soil for nutrients.

Newly sprouted plants stand out in the soil, reaching for light, as the sun shines down in a garden setting during the spring season.

Not just luck: The study that explains why married people get cancer less often

A large-scale study found a surprising link between marital status and the risk of developing cancer.

A marriage proposal

Lost for words: Analysis shows humanity lost 28% of its daily conversation over 14 years

People under 25 lost an average of 451 spoken words per day. Those over 25 used 314 fewer words.

An illustrative image of a supportive mother talking to her child.

What happens to the immune system after 30 minutes in a sauna

A new study from Finland found that 30 minutes in a sauna rapidly increase levels of white blood cells.

The health benefits of sauna

Colossal octopus may have dominated Cretaceous oceans, researchers say

“These giant octopuses likely occupied the same ecological tier and may have competed with marine reptiles and sharks within the same ecosystem,” said paleontologist Kazutaka Iba.

Pacific giant octopus.

"Biology books will need to be amended": Scientists identify molecule that slims without diet

Scientists in Australia say they have identified a previously unseen way the body controls stored sugar.

White sugar and brown sugar

This is the number of daily coffee cups researchers recommend for optimal mood benefi

The association between coffee and improved mental health outcomes appears stronger in men than in women.

A cup of coffee

The noise that stresses those around you: What really happens when you crack your joints

The sound feels like something breaking, so it is easy to think something is being damaged. But studies have not found a clear link between knuckle cracking and osteoarthritis of the hand.

Illustration: Knuckle cracking

Researchers say they’ve traced Shakespeare’s London lodgings at last

The precise location of William Shakespeare’s only London home was identified in Blackfriars after researchers uncovered a previously unknown floorplan.

Israeli embassy in London.

Late-stage trial finds a new pill extends survival for people with pancreatic cancer

The success of the Phase 3 study reverberated beyond the clinic, sending the company’s shares up more than a third in a single day.

Breakthrough in the treatment of pancreatic cancer