Port of Call: Tel Aviv [video]

Port of Call: Tel Aviv [video]

Tel Aviv’s restored port has become the city’s entertainment hub, with trendy shops, bars and cafes. That it recently won a prestigious European landscape prize only adds to its appeal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeZQ2Mw5b2I No matter the time of day, there are always …

Understanding cancer

The statistics are frightening. The World Health Organization estimates that 84 million people will die of cancer between 2005 to 2015. In Israel alone, the Israel Cancer Association estimates that one in three Israelis will contract some kind of cancer …

Tears a turn off in men, scientists discover

A woman’s tears cause a dip in testosterone, reducing sexual arousal in men according to Israeli researchers. From right to left: Shani Gelstein, Yaara Yeshurun, Prof. Noam Sobel, Dr Sagit Shushan, Liron Rozenkrantz, and Idan Frumin. It’s official. Tears in …

ISRAEL21c brings Israel home to Rochester, New York

How does a small but solid Jewish community get people to understand and know Israel beyond the typical news cycle headline fare of conflict and stalled peace negotiations? If you are Mona Kolko, chair of the Executive Committee of the …

Breakthrough in the hunt for anti-matter

A team of Israeli and international scientists believe they may have solved one of the biggest riddles of physics today. Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have created an atom of anti-hydrogen. Scientists from Israel and other …

How to be an informed consumer of olive oil

Israel’s 2010 olive harvest is shaping up to be the best in years. Here’s how to enjoy it. For good olives, you need to go to a good shop. For everyone who loves olives as much as I do, I …

Israeli physicist wins US science medal

Haifa, Israel-born Tel Aviv University (TAU) Prof. (emeritus) Yakir Aharonov is one of only ten scientists who will receive the US National Medal of Science at the White House from President Barack Obama in a few weeks, for his outstanding …

My summer at Hebrew University

Arab countries have much to gain from scientific collaboration with Israel. Ahmed Moustafa, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey. In 2008, I was invited to spend a summer …