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(Bottom row, l-r) Prof. Ido Amit, Prof. Michal Schwartz and Dr. Hadas Keren-Shaul. (Top row, l-r) Dr. Assaf Weiner, Orit Matcovitch-Natan and Amit Spinrad

Over the DAM: Cells that Rejuvenate the Brain

08.06.2017
Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A newly discovered immune cell type may lead to a future treatment for Alzheimer's disease
Bread and Health: A Personal Matter

Bread and Health: A Personal Matter

07.06.2017
Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A new study reveals that there is no difference between the health effects of “wholesome” and white bread
cold atomic beam experiment

How to Reduce Shockwaves in Molecular Beam Experiments

07.06.2017
Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Planetary Science, Quantum Physics
Aerospace engineering provided the answer
Agrin repairs heart tissue

Young at Heart: Restoring Cardiac Function with a Matrix Molecule

05.06.2017
Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
Administering “young matrix” molecules to damaged mouse hearts led to muscle repair
Humans are exposed to stress at different intensities throughout life

Stressed Out from Birth: Mice Exposed to Prenatal Stress Are Predisposed to Eating Disorders Later in Life

01.06.2017
Brain & Behavior, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute prevented the onset of eating disorders through dietary intervention
synchronized signals in the cortex

How Are Sensory Brain Cells Synchronized?

25.05.2017
Brain & Behavior
A decades-old debate on the way signals create perception is resolved
Why are Stars Spherical?

Why are Stars Spherical?

21.05.2017
Davidson Institute
It is true that most stars are spherical, but there are also some that are ‎‎“squashed”, and some that even look like a peanut or a funnel. How does this ‎happen?‎
Forgotten Breakthroughs - Women Scientists

Forgotten Breakthroughs - Women Scientists

21.05.2017
Davidson Institute
The geneticist who saved the citrus industry from collapse, the researcher who ‎was involved in the development of a drug worth billions of dollars, but gave it all ‎up for her husband's military...
The Deadly Mechanism of Amyloids

The Deadly Mechanism of Amyloids

21.05.2017
Davidson Institute
Technion researchers have found an important discovery about the process ‎through which a violent strain of bacteria kills our cells, together with surprising ‎details about the structure of the...
The Real Lungs of the Earth

The Real Lungs of the Earth

21.05.2017
Davidson Institute
Phytoplankton are microscopic sea creatures that stand at the bottom of the marine food chain, produce oxygen, are a food source and may also be involved in rainfall.

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The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap
18.09.2017
Colder and Colder
Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)
18.09.2017
Genomic Recycling: Ancestral Genes Take On New Roles
Cancerous tumor tissue under a microscope:
18.09.2017
Altitude Training for Cancer-Fighting Cells

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