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THEY ARE BEST known as the people who lived “in a land flowing with milk and honey” until they were vanquished by...

Prof. David Kazhdan of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has received the distinguished Shaw Prize on his contributions...

As Israel stampedes for normalcy, with schools stutteringly opening, shops and salons working overtime and restaurants...

A massive, crowdsourced-survey of COVID-19 patients from over 40 countries provides the greatest evidence to date of the...

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem developed an injectable antibiotic with a new mode of action, which...

As the number of recoveries from coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to exceed the number of new diagnoses in Israel, three...

Media outlets around the world have reported a shortage of COVID-19 testing materials. This shortage slows down the rate...

Three professors at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) have been awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants,...

Israel will have 500 seriously ill coronavirus patients by the first day of Passover, April 9, and five days later the...

A new joint project will develop precision medicines for blood cancers and solid tumors by utilizing immunotherapies...

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as well as several Yissum start-up companies are exploring a variety...

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Today, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announced it will award the Abel Prize to Hillel Furstenberg at the...

Seven of Israel’s university departments have been ranked among the world’s top 100 in their respective...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Nowhere is this principle truer than in the world of social media. There,...

The Biblical Book of Joshua tells the story of the ancient Israelites’ entry into the Promised Land after a 40-year...

From the time that dinosaur fossils were first discovered, these creatures have fascinated scientists and laypeople...

The Israel Prize for agricultural research and environmental science is being awarded to Prof. Dani Zamir, the Education...

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Honesty is the best policy, or so the saying goes. But what if the truth seems less believable than a lie? ...

Every year in the United States, more than 35,000 people die and 2.8 million get sick from antibiotic-resistant...

For decades, doctors have warned us about the health risks of smoking. However, their warnings focused on the physical...

Holidays are a time for family. Festive gatherings with parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles create memories that...

It’s been nearly 350 years since Sir Isaac Newton outlined the laws of motion, claiming “For every action, there is...

Are you ready for the future? Back in 1869, Russia’s Dmitri Mendeleev began to classify the elements according to...

Israeli and US researchers say that smoking during pregnancy may increase the risk of gestational diabetes, which...

Israel’s EMET prize, sponsored by the A.M.N. Foundation for the Advancement of Science, Art and Culture in Israel...

It is a feeling that many who receive a cancer diagnosis can identify with: heartbreak and fear, followed by hopes that...

Why do men with schizophrenia tend to get addicted to smoking, and women schizophrenics don’t? The answer lies in...

Ever since in vitro fertilization became a reality and scientists began pre-screening embryos for genetic disorders, the...

It's a phenomenon that most new parents can identify with: chronic exhaustion due to lack of sleep. As it turns out,...

Hundreds of drugs have been developed to address Alzheimer’s disease, says Dr. Shahar Arzy, director of the...

If you could travel back in time to 100,000 years ago, you’d find yourself living among several different groups of...

What if women could press pause on their biological clocks? Human eggs begin to mature from the onset of a woman’s...

A unique exhibit with original materials belonging to Albert Einstein will open today at the World Expo Museum in...

Gamma-ray bursts, short and intense flushes of energetic radiation coming out from outer space, are the brightest...

MRIs give us a picture of our body’s insides—organs, bones, nerves, and soft tissue.  But what if MRIs could show...

An inscribed ancient Egyptian scarab and five clay tablets with carvings of naked women have been found in Rehob, a...

Seven stunning large basalt stairs recently excavated at Tel Hazor give new indication of the ancient grandeur of the...

How was Biblical Ziklag found? Researchers from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority,...

Building upon its global engagement, Penn Dental Medicine has renewed ties with Hebrew University-Hadassah School of...

A Neanderthal settlement that was occupied by our ancient relatives on multiple occasions over the course of 10,000...

As part of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s 82nd Board of Governors (BOG) meeting, 335 students will be...

The top student scholarship recipient will be given the opportunity to intern at the Compass Offices in New York and to...

Cybersecurity and Health Research: Two Fraunhofer Project Centers opened in Israel ...

What kind of beer did Pharaoh drink? In ancient times, beer was an important ingredient in people’s daily diet. Great...

WHEN CLEVELAND CLINIC first entered discussions with Hebrew University about a collaboration in nanoscience in 2016, I...

A new, groundbreaking study by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) found a way to transform skin cells into the...

Yissum, the technology transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, hosted a Wednesday conference aiming to...

In recent years, it's become clear that RNA-binding proteins play a major role in cancer growth. These proteins, active...

Following the biblical recounting of Lot’s Wife who was turned into a pillar of salt, Israel’s Dead Sea region is...

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Under the direction of Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua, a research group at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s School...

Even 140 years after Albert Einstein’s birth, his scientific discoveries still impact our lives–lasers, nuclear...

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Managers who listen attentively could boost their team members' creativity, suggests a new study from the Hebrew...

Professor Uri Banin, founder of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and...

The whole love and marriage thing isn’t for everyone, but sometimes it feels like it should be — especially for...

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Professor Amiram Goldblum and his team at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute for Drug Research discovered...

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a globally recognized leader in education and innovation, signed an agreement...

Yissum, the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University, announced the opening of three centers of...

Every day seems to bring with it a new headline about the issue of climate change, but this one seems to be primed for...

A narrow path leads up to Qumran, a series of caves dotting the stone cliffs where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. The...

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Yissum, the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and KYORIN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd....

Once upon a time, Israel’s most famous export was Jaffa oranges. Fast-forward a good few years, and Israel’s turned...

It’s not every day that TIME magazine calls you a genius. ...

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A manager has to give a bonus to one of two equally deserving employees, one of whom is his friend. A judge in a high...

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Glioblastoma is a serious and incurable brain cancer. Patients who receive this diagnosis typically have 11-20 months...

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU), along with the Bezalel Academy of Design and Azrieli College of Engineering,...

Researchers at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a new way to create drug capsules using 3D printers, a...

CollPlant, an Israeli regenerative medicine company focused on 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs, signed a license,...

Next time you chop some luscious red tomatoes into your salad or sauce, you can thank Israeli scientists. ...

The human race spends a great deal of time fighting the inevitable. Just about every stage of life is inevitable, but we...

When they’re not sucking the blood of animals, sand flies have a fondness for munching on the marijuana plant...

Yissum, the technology transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, launched its pioneering Express...

The third annual Shorty Social Good Awards, which put a spotlight on recent cause marketing campaigns, announced the...

A new process under development in Israel could provide the economical, earth-friendly solution many industries seek for...

JERUSALEM, Oct. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Yissum, The Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of...

American college students torn between a semester in Israel and one in a more exotic location will no longer need to...

A vanished village, buried for centuries under the sands of time, is beginning to emerge in the cave-dotted lowlands...

From a distance, garden eels look a bit like some strange grass waving on the sea floor. That’s until they abruptly...

The town of Abel Beth Maacah was known in biblical times as a place for conflict resolution, we may divine from...

In Israel, which boasts the greatest number of startups per capita in the world, and sports the nickname Startup...

Acute myeloid leukemia is one of the most aggressive cancers. While other cancers have benefited from new treatments,...

In 2009, a group of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers led by Ron Ofri, a Professor of Veterinary...

Two Israeli universities topped the list of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)’s ranking of higher...

OurCrowd Labs/02, a Jerusalem-based seed-stage incubator, has announced on Monday a collaboration agreement with two...

Animals often rely on their sense of smell to locate food.  It’s a law of nature: the first one to reach a food...

NewStem Ltd., a Jerusalem-based biotech startup with a precision-medicine technology that it says can increase the...

HUJI-Innovate, the Hebrew University Entrepreneurship Center, which fosters innovation among students and researchers,...

We’d all like to think that cannabis is a potential solution for specific, difficult-to-treat medical conditions –...

Yuval Shany, the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in Public International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Co-Head...

Drugs under development for cancer could halt autism symptoms by blocking a protein linked to both conditions, new...

The future of healthy eating drew crowds Thursday at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture at Hebrew University in...

The Israeli company has developed SWIR sensors to provide autonomous cars heightened visual capabilities in restricted...

As much of the world debates how to address marijuana use, the vast majority of American states have legalized it or...

From emojis to cookie cutters, the heart is emblematic of love and passion. ...

Researchers in Israel, Canada, and Germany have found that animals with larger pancreatic cells tend to age faster,...

Someday soon, people will be able to “hack” other human beings and not only their computers, cars or bank accounts,...

A woman’s body learns from difficulties in a first pregnancy and adapts to try to avert such difficulties in subsequent pregnancies

Of the numerous ceremonies and receptions that President Reuven Rivlin hosts for an incredible number and variety of...

June 12, 2018-Yissum, the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced a strategic...

Oded Shoseyov’s lackluster grades failed to get him into the undergraduate chemistry program at the Hebrew University...

An enigmatic sculpture of a king's head dating back nearly 3,000 years has set off a modern-day mystery caper as...

The UK magazine Times Higher Education, which publishes an annual ranking of global universities, has placed Hebrew...

A previously unknown stalactite cave was discovered this week deep underground in the Jerusalem Hills, thanks to...

As territorial and cannibalistic creatures, spiders have defied our attempts to domesticate them for the purpose of...

May 9, 2018 – Today, the Japanese giant, Canon Inc., announced its acquisition of BriefCam, the industry’s leading...

Yissum Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in collaboration with its seed investment fund...

Previously hidden text on fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls is now readable, revealing a possible undiscovered scroll...

The Israeli company is developing a distributive manufacturing platform for the cost-efficient, non-GMO production of...

Israeli food tech company Chef-it is about 18-24 months away from disrupting the fast food burger industry, according to...

April 24, 2018 – A study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on the possible relationship between...

April 22, 2018 – Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem generated an atlas of the human genome using a...

Our memories leave a clear and unique genetic mark on our brains, according to researchers from the Hebrew University in...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli biomedical engineer Prof. Yaacov Nahmias of Hebrew University, who created cultured meat...

March 26, 2018—Bronze coins, the last remnants of a four-year Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire, were found near...

March 25, 2018 —Following three years of extensive research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) physicist Dr. Uriel...

When it comes to wooing the ladies, male brown widow spiders don’t always make the best decisions. ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Dr. Stephen Hawking was a rare and inspirational man whose deep insights into the mysteries of the...

A list of the collaborative work between the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and the Koret School of Veterinary...

Hebrew University researcher discovers Darwinism at work, as sea anemones adapt their venom to accommodate changing prey...

Some 2,700 years ago, someone pressed a seal bearing the name Isaiah into a soft piece of clay, which hardened over...

RAMON CRATER, Israel (Reuters) - A team of six Israeli researchers on Sunday ended a four-day Mars habitat experiment in...

The Education Ministry's announcement that Professor Alex Lubotzky is to be awarded the prestigious Israel prize on...

Foods can determine whether someone will suffer from dementia in later years, according to researchers at the Hebrew...

Prof. Sergiu Hart of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem will be awarded the Israel Prize for economic research and...

Guide In Medical, a medical device startup, which operates as part of the NGT3 Technological Incubator based in...

Prof. Edwin Seroussi of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will be awarded the Israel Prize for his research in culture,...

Author David Grossman will be awarded the Israel Prize for Hebrew literature and poetry, the Education Ministry...

Could one drug effectively treat incurable inflammatory diseases such as Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis,...

Sixteen years ago, on a cold February day at Yale University, a poster caught Gil Kalai’s eye. It advertised a series...

Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology all ranked in the top 50 in...

The laboratory is part of Merck’s commitment to Israel, collaboration with the Hebrew University, and development...

Bill Nye's new Netflix show explores Israel's advances in medical marijuana, which are much more advanced than the...

The Galápagos Islands are known for their unique animal species – giant tortoises, iguanas and sea lions – but none...

Even the tiniest of particles from human emissions can fuel powerful storms and influence weather and crops much more...

Pomegranates are known to contain powerful antioxidants that fight the oxygen free radicals that cause inflammation,...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions unwittingly has become a key supporter of Israel’s thriving medical marijuana industry....

It’s no coincidence that Harvard and UCLA chose experienced Israelis to direct their technology-transfer offices....

Intel’s blockbuster acquisition of Israel’s Mobileye last year is finally bearing public fruit: The combined...

Just before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the National Library of Israel has unveiled a timely letter from its Martin...

January 11, 2018-For the first time in history, the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (HU)...

While everyone knows New York City's Times Square will be the scene of one big party this New Year's Eve, police know...

Compound kills energy generating system of cancer ...

December 18, 2017 — Imagine you’re walking down a busy area like Times Square in New York.  There are tons of...

Want more birthdays ahead? Go outside. ...

The search for the proverbial fountain of youth is moving underwater. Experimental biologist Itamar Harel, returning to...

Why would Crusaders decorate a staircase with the carving of a menorah? This archaeological mystery — almost two...

On December 6, 2017, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople received an Honorary...

Already co-writing a political thriller with former President Bill Clinton, James Patterson is now set for a...