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Climate models struggle to predict extreme heat waves, Israeli study finds

Hebrew University-led research found that advanced climate models can reproduce heat waves once they occur but often fail to detect the atmospheric processes that begin days earlier, a critical gap for the Mediterranean and Middle East

Ilana Curiel | 07.15.26

רשתות חברתיות פרהיסטוריות של ציידים-לקטים בדרום הקווקז

Ancient social networks may have helped hunter-gatherers survive climate change

Hebrew University-led study of prehistoric communities in southern Caucasus suggests long-distance travel, knowledge sharing and technological ties helped small, scattered populations endure environmental change between 57,000 and 27,000 years ago

Yogev Israeli | 07.08.26

Top demographers challenge Gaza mortality study, warn of possible double counting

Prof. Sergio DellaPergola and Dr. Mark Zlochin say a widely cited Lancet Global Health study estimating about 75,200 violent deaths during the war in Gaza contains methodological flaws that could undermine its findings

Nadav Eyal | 06.28.26

‘Israel brought me back to life’: Turkish student defies threats to stand with Israel

Turkish student Tuğçe Avcı says supporting Israel cost her friends and brought daily threats, but insists the country has become her second home and hopes Israelis and Turks can rebuild their friendship

Sharon Kidon | 06.09.26

עורב קצר-זנב עם אמצעי מעקב על גופו, במצפה שלם שבמדבר יהודה

The braver the bird, the shorter the life: Risk-taking ravens near humans pay deadly price

Israeli researchers found that risk-taking ravens in the Judean Desert are more likely to approach human activity, gaining food but suffering higher mortality, while cautious birds avoid people and survive at higher rates

Yogev Israeli | 04.20.26

Farewell to Prof. Michael Rabin, godfather of Israeli computer science

A pioneer of modern computing, Rabin shaped algorithms, cryptography and AI foundations, mentored generations and became the first Israeli to win the Turing Award, the field’s highest honor, as computer science reshaped everyday life

Jonathan Berkheim/Davidson Intitute of Science | 04.18.26

COVID-19 could increase risk of lung cancer, Israeli-led research finds

International study led by Prof. Alex Gilles-Hillel of Hebrew University and Hadassah suggests possible link between COVID-19 and an increased risk of lung cancer, forming a biological mechanism by which the spike protein damages the lungs and promotes cancerous processes

Tzur Gueta | 04.14.26

How the brain really 'sees': Israeli researchers solve decades-old mystery

A study in Science by Hebrew University and Munich researchers provides first direct proof of how the brain turns basic visual signals into perception, with implications for future neuroscience research

Eitan Gefen | 03.31.26

Israeli, US brain study shows one system can ‘take the wheel,’ offering new clues to OCD and depression

Researchers say chemical signaling in the brain can override itself, disrupting behavior control and opening new paths for treating OCD and related disorders

Tzur Gueta | 03.23.26

Researchers deploy an instrument near the reef in Eilat to record water currents, allowing them to keep track of the direction of sea currents

Scientists reveal the microbial pulse of a coral reef in the Gulf of Aqaba

New Israeli study reveals coral reefs in the Gulf of Aqaba drive dramatic daily and seasonal shifts in surrounding microbial life, vital for reef health, offering the most detailed picture yet of how reefs shape invisible ecosystems around them

ynet Global | 01.05.26

אבישי דקל, זוכה פרס לנדאו בתחום אסטרופיזיקה וחלל

Prof. Avishai Dekel, pioneering Israeli astrophysicist and cosmologist, dies at 74

Dekel spent decades as a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and published hundreds of groundbreaking studies on the structure and evolution of the universe

Yaron Drukman | 11.18.25

War reshapes faith: Study finds Israeli young adults turn to religion and spirituality amid conflict

A Hebrew University survey of 1,200 students found that a quarter grew more religious and a third more spiritual since the war began, while 14% moved away from faith — revealing how trauma drives a search for meaning

Shilo Freid | 10.08.25

Israeli study reveals what makes it so hard to kick a coke habit

Hebrew University study identifies a specific brain network in the ventral pallidum that drives cocaine relapse by amplifying emotional distress during withdrawal, offering new hope for treatments

Eitan Gefen | 07.24.25

Israeli-led excavation uncovers history of Mongolia’s medieval frontier

Experts unearth and analyze daily life on the edge of the Liao Empire in Mongolia, revealing resilience and adaptation along a forgotten medieval border

Yogev Israeli | 07.02.25

Israel opens world's first research institute studying hope

Hebrew University pioneers global first institute for hope science, teaching resilience amid war; national 'hope index' to launch and inspect Israeli society's level

Anat Lev Adler | 06.08.25

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