Science

AI doesn't replace good writers, it demands better judgment, researchers find - study

The findings complicate the common AI in education debate. It is not necessarily a threat to academic integrity, but only when students are trained to prompt it and use it effectively. 

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The mummy of an iceman named Oetzi, discovered on 1991 in the Italian Schnal Valley glacier, is displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Bolzano on February 28, 2011 during an official presentation of the reconstrution.

Bread dead redemption: Scientists bake sourdough with yeast grown in 5,300-year-old mummy

(Illustrative) A doctor uses AI for a medical screening.

Can virtual reality teach the 'feel' of medicine? New Israeli study says not yet

 Cats and dogs, illustrative

Who's a good boy? Study suggests interacting with pets may not improve stress, negative emotions


Israeli Space Week highlights Israel’s growing role in space sector

“The space industry is not only an engine of economic growth and vital to our security - it is our bridge to the future,” Gila Gamliel, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, said.

Israeli scientists participate in an experiment simulating a mission to Mars, at the D-MARS Desert Mars Analog Ramon Station project of Israel's Space Agency, Ministry of Science, near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

Triennial report: Israeli science at the precipice

The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities warns of the danger of losing independence and being left out of research collaborations.

A STATUE of Albert Einstein in the garden of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says

Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always show the same face to their star.

 Life beyond Earth may exist in far stranger places than scientists once thought, a new study suggests. January, 22.

Scientists find proof of brain activity measurably boosting vaccine response

The study suggests that activating the brain’s reward system before vaccination can enhance antibody production.

Tel Aviv University, 15 March, 2021.

Israeli scientists create light-activated plastic for safer manufacturing

The Ben-Gurion team essentially embedded an on/off mechanism inside the plastic’s building blocks, eliminating the need for fragile or expensive catalyst systems.

Member of the study into  a new class of latent monomers.

Meet the scholar behind the science of better decisions

'The Scholar' - Insights from the Faculty of the Hebrew University Business School. Maor Zaguri, Acclaimed Israeli Director In conversation with Professor Shoham Choshen-Hillel.

Prof. Shohan Chosen-Hillel in conversation with Maor Zaguri, acclaimed Israeli Director

Israeli researchers develop SafeWax coating that could cut pesticide use by 50%

The team concluded that SafeWax is “an innovative technology with the potential to become a breakthrough in the field of sustainable crop protection.”

WORKERS TAKE care of cannabis plants at a farm in central Israel,  late last year.

Grapevine: Commemorating a Chabad giant

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Schneur Zalman of Liadi

Astronomers spot white dwarf star creating a colorful shockwave

In the shockwave, a red hue represented hydrogen, green represented nitrogen, and blue represented oxygen residing in interstellar space.

The central square image, taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, shows shock waves around the dead star RXJ0528+2838.

Bar-Ilan University’s ecosystem: Science, crisis, and institutional responsibility 

From the Phantom jet to the helm of Israel’s second-largest university, Prof. Arie Zaban reflects on leadership during war and why universities can’t lose sight of the people they serve

Bar-Ilan and Sheba Medical Center’s HealthTech Valley.