September 2, 2024

From the right: Prof. Yuval Nir, Dr. Michal Teper, Omer Ben Barak-Dror, Prof. Israel Ganot. Photo credit: Tel Aviv University

A technological breakthrough will help identify clinical reactions of patients under anesthesia

For the first time: tracking through closed eyes could be used to detect arousal, awareness, and pain during sleep
Artist rendering of HD 149026 b. Credit: Astrobiology Center

Water vapor has been found in the atmosphere of a very hot Saturn-like extrasolar planet 250 light years away

To discover atmospheric signatures from the planet, the team used a technique called transmission spectroscopy. When a planet passes in front of its host star relative to an observer on Earth, some of the star's light passes through its atmosphere.
The coral reef in Eilat, under artificial night lighting. Photo: Shaf Ben Ezra

Contaminate the DNA - how does artificial lighting harm fish?

Israeli researchers examined the effects of light pollution on reef fish and found that sleep disturbances are not a problem reserved only for humans