In his new book 'Foreign Bodies,' the famed historian follows the journey of the emerging microbiologist community of the 17th and 18th centuries toward protecting public health

Study led by professor at Touro University's Nevada campus sheds light on how AIDS-causing virus enters a cell's nucleus so it can replicate, finds possible drug countermeasure

Hebrew University researchers genetically manipulate energy regulation in male African killifish, making them live longer and develop resistance to age-related conditions

$100 million MAVRI initiative funded by government and philanthropists will create positions and carve out time for doctors who also want to work in the lab

Team at UK's University of Cambridge grow embryo to point where distinct cell lines form, though not brain or heart

Peer-reviewed research at Hebrew University's Pharmacy School could lead to drug treatments for people with autism and other neurological conditions

Scientists discover clicking sounds, which humans can't hear and which differ based on species and type of stress; wonder what uses other plants, animals make of the information

Family Micrelapidae has only three species, one in region of Israel and two in East Africa; reptiles believed to have slithered off the snake evolutionary tree 50 million years ago

Gene editing technology developed by Volcani Center scientists, who say it has potential to stop 'devastating' destruction of 7 billion unwanted male chicks globally each year

Wastewater from Israeli phosphate mining company caused lasting environmental damage at Ashalim Stream, near Dead Sea, after evaporation pool wall collapsed in 2017