Alcohol use at Nova Festival massacre intensified survivors’ PTSD risks, researchers say

Survivors of the massacre at the Nova music festival who consumed alcohol during the all-night rave experienced higher levels of anxiety, depression, and stress, suggesting it impairs the brain’s ability to cope with trauma, Israeli researchers said on Sunday. Read more

Israeli research: Smartwatches may prevent future pandemics

Physiological sensors in smartwatches can detect infectious diseases days before symptoms appear, potentially averting future pandemics, Israeli researchers said. Read more

Israeli findings on a hidden brain hub open path for new ADHD treatment

Israeli researchers identified a specific brain region’s crucial function in controlling alertness levels in a study shedding light on the role of an enigmatic irregular sheet of neurons. Read more

Global coral reefs at risk as pathogen decimates red sea urchins

Israeli researchers have identified the pathogen responsible for a deadly epidemic that has been decimating sea urchin populations in the Red Sea. Read more

Israeli researchers correlate biblical events with archaeological evidence in Jerusalem

Israeli researchers have successfully dated findings from the First Temple period, marking the first time exact science has been employed to correlate events mentioned in the Bible with archaeological evidence. Read more

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

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

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

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

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