Where were Herod the Great's royal alabaster bathtubs quarried?
From the Middle Bronze Age, Egypt played a crucial role in the appearance of calcite-alabaster artifacts in Israel, and the development of the local gypsum-alabaster industry.
17-May-2022 10:50 AM EDT
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New Brain Learning Mechanism Calls for Revision of Long-Held Neuroscience Hypothesis
In an article published today in Scientific Reports (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10466-8), researchers from Bar-Ilan University in Israel reveal that the brain learns completely differently than has been assumed since the 20th...
25-Apr-2022 3:40 PM EDT
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Corals may look healthy, but coastal urbanization is destroying their delicate biorhythm
Coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat (also known as the Gulf of Aqaba) have been proven particularly resistant to global warming, rising water temperatures and bleaching events that are crippling their counterparts elsewhere around the world.
18-Mar-2022 10:40 AM EDT
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Choosing to be with others is more consequential to well-being than choosing to be alone
Do we enjoy our time more when we are alone, or when we're in the company of others? A new study by researchers from Bar-Ilan University in Israel has found that the element of choice in our daily social interactions plays a key role in our...
4-Mar-2022 3:55 PM EST
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Prehistoric human vertebra discovered in the Jordan Valley tells the story of prehistoric migration from Africa
A new study, led by researchers from Bar-Ilan University, Ono Academic College, The University of Tulsa, and the Israel Antiquities Authority, presents a 1.5 million-year-old human vertebra discovered in Israel's Jordan Valley.
2-Feb-2022 4:50 PM EST
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Study suggests that two doses of COVID-19 vaccine may protect against long COVID
A new study shows a major reduction in the most commonly-reported long-term symptoms of COVID-19 among individuals vaccinated with two doses and infected with the virus compared to non-vaccinated previously-infected individuals.
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18-Jan-2022 2:15 PM EST
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New, targeted therapy inhibits specific immune cells associated with lupus nephritis
A new, targeted therapy, developed by researchers from the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the University of Houston, and the pharmaceutical company Equillium, together with several other...
11-Jan-2022 12:10 PM EST
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Century-Old Assumption Regarding Neurons and Brain Activity Disproved
A group of researchers led by Prof. Kanter from Bar-Ilan University in Israel challenge conventional wisdom by highlighting three new features they've experimentally discovered about neuronal refractory (resting) periods.
5-Jan-2022 4:50 PM EST
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