Climate change and the prospect of more frequent and intense climate extremes, such as prolonged droughts, threaten many services that plant communities provide to humans. The concern is a community structure change, involving the displacement of key functional species and…
An Israeli nation-wide study of more than 600,000 births, led by a researcher at Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, reveals consistent links between high and low temperatures and low fetal birth weight, particularly exposure to heat during the second…
A new terrestrial survey based on NASA satellite photos has identified the tallest trees in Israel. Which trees are they, where can they be seen, and how will they fare in a harsher climate? Zavit. When you find the recreational…
Zavit. Anyone who has seen the classic 1986 film, Little Shop of Horrors, remembers Audrey II, the talking carnivorous plant with an appetite for human blood. While the film takes creative liberties with the plant’s capabilities, the character of Audrey II is…
“In our age of the ‘sixth mass extinction’, our daily activities are causing hundreds and thousands of species to be lost forever. To turn the tide on the biodiversity crisis, we must identify regions and species most in need of…
Eco Wave Power Global AB announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CIMC Offshore Engineering Institute Co., Ltd., otherwise known as CIMC OEI. The parties would work towards the promotion of a pilot plant in China based on Eco Wave…
A new survey conducted by Bar-Ilan University reveals that a majority of Israeli parents who have children between the ages of 5-11 would agree to have them vaccinated against COVID-19 if the FDA approves the vaccine for this age group.…
A scientific explanation for those battles over the air conditioning remote control: Researchers at Tel Aviv University’s School of Zoology offer a new evolutionary explanation for the familiar scenario in which women bring a sweater into work, while their male…
A meager 3% of trees in Israel are threatened, compared to 30% of trees in threat of extinction worldwide. In bad news, a report assessing the state of trees worldwide has found that 30 percent of tree species are threatened…
A second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine should be offered to individuals infected with the virus shortly after receiving the first dose, according to findings recently published by the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University and Ziv Medical Center. The study tracked…