Tag: Tel Aviv University

Ancient potters in Syria were child laborers

In ancient times in Syria kids were the potters

Microplastics are pairing up with pollutants. This is bad news.

More worrying is that microplastics themselves are not inert, and they have the ability to pull along other environmental toxins with them, amplifying the toxicity effect, finds a new research study. 

Chinless, missing “source” between humans and Neandrethals found in Israel

The Nesher Ramla Homo type was an ancestor of both the Neanderthals in Europe and the archaic Homo populations of Asia

Israeli lab aims to hatch chicken from stem cells!

Israeli non-profit Modern Agriculture Foundation (MAF) is developing lab-grown chicken meat that doesn't require the rearing and slaughtering of birds.  Since...

Millions of newborn stars discovered

“My God, it’s full of stars!” Fans of Arthur C. Clarke’s classic science fiction novel 2001 A Space Odyssey might...

Could test-tube meat be the future of food?

Getting meat without killing animals is a concept that’s fast approaching reality.  Lab-grown, or ‘cultured’, meat could resolve many...

Israel’s green LEED Platinum building – Porter School of Environmental Studies

Geotectura sent us images of their recently completed Porter School of Environmental Studies. The buiding was underwrit through a generous...

Middle East and Swiss Researchers: Bugs Not Gay

We have to laugh at this research, given the latest news that there is a gay test being developed...

Radio Waves Carry News of Climate Change

The ionosphere, one of the regions of the upper atmosphere, plays an important role in global communications. Ionized by...

Experts: Tel Aviv Will Flood Again

Tel Aviv University professors tell Green Prophet that it's just a matter of time: Tel Aviv will flood again. It's...

Bike Sharing Down to a Science

New algorithms make bike sharing more efficient. The environmentally-friendly concept of  bike-sharing is taking over European cities like Paris,...

Israel Cleantech Intelligence: Desalination and 9 More Headlines

Environmental Studies in Israel, Enlight Renewable Energy's recent surge, Leviathan Energy, and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and...