Tag: Science
Israel and Guatemala sign scientific-technological accord
Israel and Guatemala have reached an agreement to promote scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries, furthering bilateral relations amid global calls for boycotting Israel over the war with Hamas.
The accord was signed...
Israeli scholars: Dead Sea study suggests ‘valid’ earthquake forecast
Studying electromagnetic radiation in the vicinity of the Dead Sea at the time of a 6.3-magnitude aftershock, felt in Turkey and Syria on Feb. 20, suggests a “valid” way to forecast earthquakes, Israeli researchers...
Israeli team prevents memory deterioration in Alzheimer’s animal model
Tel Aviv University researchers have found a method of preventing memory deterioration in the animal model of Alzheimer’s disease, the university announced on Tuesday.
The study, conducted in collaboration with the Hebrew University and published...
Friedman: Biden administration is ‘embracing BDS movement’
U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed on Monday that the United States would be freezing scientific and technological cooperation with Israeli entities in areas over the 1949 armistice line, i.e., in Judea, Samaria, the...
‘Leave New York’s yeshivas alone,’ writes Wall Street Journal
“Are Jewish moms and dads who send their children to religious schools lawbreakers? Or are they exercising their right to live by their beliefs—even if those beliefs are out of fashion with modern American...
Israeli researchers use geomagnetic data to support biblical accounts
An Israeli scientific breakthrough has enabled researchers to verify biblical accounts of wars between ancient Jewish kingdoms and their enemies, according to a statement released by Tel Aviv University (TAU) on Tuesday.
The scientists examined...
US-Israel economic cooperation ‘has not fully utilized its potential,’ strategic meetings reveal
Despite the close relationship between the U.S. and Israel, their economic partnership has lagged behind America’s cooperation with other allies, participants expressed on Wednesday at the first high-level strategic dialogue meetings on American-Israeli technology...
Resurrecting Trump: Reason and anti-reason in American politics
Even today, even after so much accumulated evidence of Donald J. Trump’s incapacity and malfeasance, millions of Americans regard his presidency as exemplary. This cannot be explained in terms of any inherent liabilities of...
Hubble spots farthest star ever seen
The farthest individual star ever seen was recently detected by the Hubble Space Telescope in a collaboration including researchers from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
The newly detected star, dubbed “Earendel” (“morning star” in...
Annual Physics Olympiad in Jerusalem cultivates ‘next generation of scientists’
Some 200 seniors from religious high schools across Israel recently participated in the Jerusalem College of Technology’s (JCT) ninth annual Physics Olympiad, which advances a vision shared by the college and the Israeli government...