Israeli study on tanning may open path to preventing skin cancer
Israeli researchers have proposed a new theory for why the body’s tanning process does not occur immediately after exposure to the sun’s rays but only after a few hours or even days. The discovery will serve as a foundation for further research, potentially making skin cancer preventable. Read more
Israeli researchers develop revolutionary cell-sized robot
March 27, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a hybrid micro-robot, the size of a single biological cell that is 10 microns in size. Read more
Brain activity can predict political orientation, Israeli researchers find
February 1, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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Political orientation between right and left can be predicted by differences in brain activity, Israeli researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered. Read more
Israeli robot learning to smell
January 18, 2023 by Pesach Benson
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An Israeli technological breakthrough is enabling researchers to teach robots to detect and identify odours. Read more
Tel Aviv University study reveals 100,000 new viruses
December 27, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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A groundbreaking Tel Aviv University study has discovered about 100,000 new types of previously unknown viruses – a ninefold increase in the number of RNA viruses known to science until now. Read more
3D-printing method may curb reef devastation plaguing coral ecosystems
In a paper published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, researchers from four of Israel’s leading universities highlight a three-dimensional printing method they developed to preserve coral reefs. Their innovation is based on the natural structure of coral reefs off the southern coastal Israeli city of Eilat, but their model is adaptable to other marine environments and may help curb reef devastation plaguing coral ecosystems around the world. Read more
Israeli doctors implant world’s thinnest artificial cornea
Israeli doctors achieved a medical breakthrough in the ophthalmology department at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem with the first implant of the thinnest artificial cornea ever printed in the world. Read more
Israeli scientists 3D-Bioprint tumour, enable rapid treatment
Researchers at Tel Aviv University declared a scientific breakthrough when they printed an entire active and viable glioblastoma tumour using a 3D printer. Read more