Tuesday 26 January, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall was invited to take part in the panel session on public-private partnerships at the 16th Ilan Ramon International Conference, organized this year in virtual format by the Israel Space Agency (ISA) as…
Despite an evolutionary gap of 700 million years, a new study undertaken at the University of Haifa found that the GABA neurotransmitter, which plays a central role in brain development and function in mammals, fulfills similar roles in sea anemones.…
The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE), the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) and the Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology and Space (MOST) are pleased to announce the launch of the PHC Maimonides 2022 call…
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Prof. Sigal Abramovich has a mission. She wants to convince Israeli and global regulators to include regular monitoring of the geochemistry of a certain type of shell of marine…
New treatment shows significant decrease in the amount of ‘spike protein’ that causes coronavirus illness. An Israeli start-up says it made a breakthrough in the development of a treatment for those sick with coronavirus that has so far proven effective.…
Eco Wave Power announced the signing of a collaboration agreement with Meridian Energy Australia Pty Ltd. Meridian Energy Australia (MEA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Australasia’s largest renewable energy generator Meridian Energy Limited. The purpose of the collaboration is…
As the plastic in our oceans breaks up into smaller and smaller bits without breaking down chemically, the resulting microplastics are becoming a serious ecological problem. A new study at the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals a troubling aspect of microplastics –…
The mass of all human-produced materials – concrete, steel, asphalt, etc. – has grown to equal the mass of all life on the planet, its biomass. According to a new study at the Weizmann Institute of Science, we are right…
Last night, Bar-Ilan University held its annual doctoral degree conferment ceremony online for the first time. For the graduates, the doctoral ceremony marks the culmination of a long and challenging period of study, original thinking and research. The special ceremony also reflects…
In October 2020, at the peak of the second lockdown, one in three people in Israel report being afflicted with high or very high anxiety symptoms and one in five people in Israel report suffering from high or very high symptoms…
