Israel is subjected to sand and dust storms from several directions: northeast from the Sahara, northwest from Saudi Arabia and southwest from the desert regions of Syria. The airborne dust carried in these storms affects the health of people and…
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that brief memory reactivations can replace repeated extensive practice and training — commonly known as “practice makes perfect” — as a basis of procedural learning. “Instead of bombarding our brain with repeated practice…
The research group led by Asst. Prof. Maytal Caspary Toroker from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering deciphered the reason for the success of doping iron for the best catalyst known today for splitting water. The article published in…
Rapid progress in the development of high-intensity laser systems has extended our ability to study light–matter interactions far into the relativistic domain, in which electrons are driven to velocities close to the speed of light. As well as being of…
In Israel, in July 2017, the number of persons in the labour force aged 15 and over was 4.000million. Among them, 3.836 million were employed and approximately 164,000 were unemployed. Among the employed persons, 2.031million were males (compared with 2.024…
The different ways men and women behave, passed down from generation to generation, can be inherited from our social environment — not just from genes, according to a new study. Rather than the sexes acting differently because of genetic inheritance,…
The French-Israeli Earth observation satellite’s launch date has been confirmed. It will depart on 1st August 2017 from the Guyana Space Centre (CSG). The Vega launcher’s 10th flight (VV10) will carry 2 satellites: Italian Defense Ministry’s OPSAT3000 and the French-Israeli Venµs,…
Just like an orange peel, so nature won’t even notice we’re here. The segments of an orange are packed by nature in a protective multi-layer peel.When discarded, the orange peel decomposes and leaves no toxic residue; the compost left behind…
A global team of researchers has published the first-ever Wild Emmer wheat genome sequence in Science magazine. Wild Emmer wheat is the original form of nearly all the domesticated wheat in the world, including durum (pasta) and bread wheat. Wild emmer is…