STEM News

Saturday, March 19, 2022

As the health system becomes overburdened, budgets are denied, and employees leave in droves, there is a growing need to develop solutions that will enable the expansion of human capabilities – without humans being involved.

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Low levels of folate (vitamin B9) in the blood may be linked to a heightened risk of dementia and death from any cause in older people, suggests research published online in the journal Evidence Based Mental Health.

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Moshe Oren, a researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, is a pioneer in the study of the p53 gene, which plays a leading role in tumor development

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

In an era of social distancing and quarantine, Ben-Gurion University researchers suggest a mixed methods strategy for remote cognitive training via virtual reality and interactive robot

Monday, March 14, 2022

Researchers develop a machine learning technology that rectifies the effects of underrepresentation of women in clinical trials.

Thursday, March 10, 2022

New research indicates that people will feel better if they are alone by choice than if they are with others not by choice.

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Throughout much of the world, increasing numbers of women are delaying having their first child until they are in their late thirties or later. At this age, their eggs are rapidly deteriorating and, even with IVF, their prospects of conception are far from guaranteed.

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Researchers find that the rate of generation of mutation that protects against malaria is higher in people from areas where malaria is endemic.

Saturday, March 5, 2022

By analyzing and comparing the antibodies produced in ill, recovering and vaccinated individuals, Weizmann scientists demonstrate different modes of immunity against COVID-19

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Researchers have developed an antibiotic-prescribing algorithm that cuts the risk of emergence of antibiotic resistance by half.

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

“These findings can lead to a dramatic improvement in the quality of life of many heart patients.”

Monday, February 28, 2022

A two-step recovery process developed by Bar-Ilan University researchers transforms a failed network into a highly functioning one with a few minor adjustment

Thursday, February 24, 2022

A study conducted in Israel found that symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder can be alleviated with the use of hyperbaric oxygen chambers, even eliminating the condition in half of the participants.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

A gene for transport helps aggressive cancer cells move and spread