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Inside Cave 11, Qumran. Credit: Shai Halevi, Courtesy of Israel Antiquities Authority.

Using DNA technology, Israeli researchers discern new clues to piece together Dead Sea Scrolls

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Using DNA technology, Israeli researchers have uncovered new clues about the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls, providing a new glimpse into Jewish life during the final days of the Second Temple period. Researchers from...
A 17th-century rendition of Jacob and Esau (right), the progenitor of the biblical Edomites. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli researchers unveil new discoveries about biblical kingdom of Edom

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Israeli researchers published discoveries about the biblical kingdom of Edom on Wednesday. “Using technological evolution as a proxy for social processes, we were able to identify and characterize the emergence of the biblical kingdom of Edom,” explained Tel...
The campus of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology on Mount Carmel, Haifa. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Four Israeli universities among top 50 producers of worldwide entrepreneurs

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Four Israeli universities are ranked among the top 50 undergraduate programs in the world that produce the most successful entrepreneurs, according to a new study by the market-data company PitchBook. Academic institutions were ranked based on...
Professor Aren Maeir, from Bar-Ilan University’s Land of Israel studies and archaeology, models an ancient vessel and the new, recreated beer. Credit: Eliana Rudee.

A pint from the past: Israeli scientists resurrect yeast from ancient beer jugs to...

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Israeli scientists have recently provided a pint-sized glimpse into what it may have been like to have cocktails with Cleopatra and beer with the Pharaoh. This week, in a joint effort between the Hebrew University,...
Celebrating the State of Israel. Credit: Im Tirtzu.

Pro-Israel activists hold ‘Nakba Day Party’ to counter ‘nakba’ ceremony at TAU

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Dozens of pro-Israel activists held a “Nakba Day Party” at Tel Aviv University today, across from the annual “Nakba Day” ceremony held by the university’s Arab and far-left students. The party, organized by the Zionist...
Tel Aviv University students hold a moment of silence for Palestinian “martyrs” in the Gaza Strip on March 26, 2019. Credit: Im Tirtzu.

Tel Aviv University students hold moment of silence for ‘martyrs’ in the Gaza Strip

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In response to the recent escalation in the Gaza Strip, students at Tel Aviv University held a moment of silence on Tuesday for Palestinian “martyrs” there. “This is a moment of silence in memory of...
A colony of Didemnum molle. Ascidians like this have been ingesting tiny pieces of plastic and related plastic additives in seawater, according to researchers at Tel Aviv University. Credit: Silke Baron/Wikimedia Commons.

Microplastics discovered in marine invertebrates along Israel’s coastline

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A new Tel Aviv University study finds that microplastics—tiny pieces of plastic ingested by aquatic life—are present in solitary ascidians, or marine invertebrates, all along the Israeli coastline. Ascidians are sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. The research also...
The Life Sciences Building at Tel Aviv University. Credit: Michael Jacobson/Wikimedia Commons.

Tel Aviv scientist lights the way in detecting cancer cells

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Any surgeon removing a cancerous tumor stares down immense risk. They face a dilemma—balancing the removal of all present cancer cells while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible. Walking that tightrope necessitates caution,...

Israeli, U.S. astronomers may have uncovered proof of mysterious ‘dark matter’

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A team of American and Israeli astronomers may have uncovered the first-ever proof of the existence of the mysterious “dark matter,” one of the building blocks of the universe, while attempting to detect the...

Dual Virtual Reality/Treadmill Exercises Promote Brain Plasticity in Parkinson’s Patients

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A new Tel Aviv University study suggests that a therapy that combines Virtual Reality and treadmill exercise dramatically lowers the incidence of falling among Parkinson's patients by changing the brain's behavior and promoting beneficial...