Using stem cells and microfluidic chips, they fashion a functioning copy of a patient’s brain structure to tailor treatment.
Applied with a glue gun, the melted polymer works both externally and internally, and is nontoxic, flexible and biodegradable.
Researchers found that the onset of stress caused changes in the intestinal bacteria that, in turn, stimulated the activity of immune cells in a way that increased the likelihood that the body would attack itself.
A new approach to measuring electrons’ quantum states looks at the tail end of their escape.
“This is extremely important because we can now detect early stages of alpha-synuclein aggregation and monitor the effects of drugs on this aggregation,” said Dr. Dana Bar-On of Tel Aviv University.
Tel Aviv University researchers find mechanism in worms that, if it translates to humans, could imply brain activity also plays a role in what is transmitted to offspring.
Tel Aviv University and Haifa’s Technion–Israel Institute of Technology have been named among the 100 leading universities worldwide to be granted US patents for invention in 2018.
The number of sensory deprived patients and auditory deprived patients is expected to rise – it is crucial to develop efficient techniques for auditory recovery.
Computerized analysis of playing styles could assist music therapists.
A team of Israeli scientists is experimenting with changes in rainfall patterns to determine how native vegetation will adapt to new climatic conditions.
“I’m interested in learning whatever we can about real black holes and real gravity,” study author Jeff Steinhauer, physicist at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Manipulating an enzyme might be key to culturing cells for transplantation or other treatments.
Researchers at the Bio-Inspired and Medical Robots Lab at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, are building a miniature robot inspired by an inchworm.
MIT-Israel Zuckerman STEM Fund is calling for proposals for joint projects between MIT and Israeli university researchers in science, tech, math and engineering.