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Photo 4: The life cycle of the blooming sea lily Edwardsiella carnea. a. Mature male and female polyps release gametes into the water column. b. Free-swimming planula formed after fertilization. c. The planula infects the comb host Mnemiopsis leidyi and develops into a worm-like parasitic stage. d. Planula after the parasite stage exits the comb host to the water column (e), where it can either settle on the sea floor (f) and develop into a polyp (a) or infect another comb host or a scyphozoan host such as Rhopilema nomadica or Rhizostoma pulmo (hypothetical parasite spillover) (gh) . A planula after the parasite stage may leave the scyphozoic host and move through the water column (i), where it may settle on the sea floor (f) and develop into a polyp. The dashed line represents an alternative route.

Jellyfish under attack: Researchers have found parasitic sea lilies in jellyfish for the first time

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Researchers have discovered for the first time the existence of parasitic planoles (sort of larvae) of the sea lily that grows in jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea that allow the sea lily to spread beyond the immediate environment, a finding that may affect ecosystems
Plastic waste washed ashore on the island of Bali. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Green, hard, flexible and even edible

Plastic waste accumulates in the heart of the oceans and on the ground and tiny plastic particles enter our bloodstream. As long as suitable substitutes are not found for the common industrial material, this pollution is expected to continue and even increase. Institute scientists
Aedes aegypti mosquito sucks blood. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Deadliest Predator: How Mosquitoes Use Infrared to Hunt Humans

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Heart Attack. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Discovery of violations

Copaxone may protect heart muscle cells and improve its function after a heart attack
DNA structure. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Break the cell boundaries

Weizmann Institute of Science scientists have created the smallest artificial genetic circuit ever. The new development based on a single DNA molecule is expected to promote the next generation of nanobiotechnological applications
Lung cancer. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Research at the Faculty of Biology at the Technion paves the way for innovative lung cancer treatment

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A large eagle flies in the sky of the Israeli mountains with a tracking device on its back. Credit - Tubla Salomon

Like humans: in old age, eagles also go out less to "hang out" and prefer to "stay at home"

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In the table of pictures: pictures of neurons that were taken in the system. On the left: a normal photograph of a neuron deep in the tissue. In the middle: the dramatic improvement provided by the new technology. On the right: a real image of the neuron taken without scattering tissue.

A technology developed at the Technion improves the quality of photographs in the depth of the tissue

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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

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For the first time: tracking through closed eyes could be used to detect arousal, awareness, and pain during sleep
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
The milky way is used by the dung beetle for navigation at night. Image: University of South Australia

Innovative artificial intelligence sensor draws inspiration from dung beetles for night navigation using the Milky Way

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Dung beetles use the milky way at night to navigate. Engineers used the same technique to develop an artificial intelligence sensor for low-light navigation
The layers of glioblastoma tumors: first layer of necrotic tissue in the center of the tumor that does not receive oxygen supply (red), second layer of cancer cells that mimic fetal connective tissue (yellow), third layer of immune cells (green) and blood vessels (white) and fourth layer of tumor cells that receive oxygen and imitate normal tissues in the brain (in pink and light blue)

peel back the layers from the brain tumors

In two recently published studies, Weizmann Institute of Science scientists mapped common brain cancer tumors with unprecedented resolution, and identified a possible reason why some patients do not respond to a new treatment
Behumi and Bell mother and daughter credit David Omer's laboratory

Monkeys mark each other with names and open a new window for understanding the development of human language

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Groundbreaking research reveals that marmosets mark each other by name using unique calls, an ability that until now was thought to be the exclusive preserve of a limited number of species. The findings provide new insights
wandering thread. Photo: Amir Yurman, Haifa University

The swarms of the common jellyfish in Israel, the wandering cord, swim towards the west and do not drift randomly in different directions

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New research suggests that the brain creates at least three copies of each memory. This also includes those encoded by early-formed neurons, which appear purple in a microscope cross-section of a mouse hippocampus. (Image credit: Biozentrum, University of Basel)

The brain stores at least three copies of each memory 

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New research in mice suggests that the brain creates multiple copies of memories, allowing it to regulate their change over time
cancer cell Illustration: depositphotos.com

What predicts your cancer type?

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Alzheimer's. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The combined vaccine for shingles: a breakthrough in reducing the risk of dementia

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While the live shingles vaccine has already shown signs of protection against dementia, the new combined vaccine offers even more promising results, with far-reaching public health implications
In the diagram: measurement of biomechanical forces applied to alpaca wool in torsion (above) and compression (below) states.

Breakthrough in mechanobiology - accurate measurement of forces in biological processes

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The development of the Technion researchers is expected to speed up, optimize and reduce industrial processes of polymer production as well
An artist's impression of star formation in the early universe, a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. (Image credit: (Adolf Schaller/Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA)

Pursuing Science Chapter 8: Astrophysics and Particles - The Surrounding Sea of ​​Stars

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The strange dance of ion and atom

A cold, strange and short molecule created in an experiment at the Weizmann Institute of Science following a collision between particles may shed light on chemical reactions at extremely low temperatures
Dr. Yasmin Maroz in the hothouse. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokeswoman

The sunflower dance party

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In their growth, the sunflowers "dance" so as not to hide the sun from each other. The surprising study sheds light on a scientific puzzle that has occupied researchers since Darwin's day
From the right: Dr. Shagit Meir, Dr. Eva Heinig, Dr. Nikolai Kuzmich, Prof. Assaf Aharoni, Dr. Shirley Berman, Dr. Yoav Peleg, Hila Hart and Dr. Ilana Rogchev (photographed in the nursery Regev)

Hallucinations of cacti

The secrets of the production of mescaline have been revealed - a natural hallucinogenic drug with therapeutic potential * The drug extracted from the extinct peyote cactus has been used in religious ceremonies for thousands of years. Its effect on serotonin receptors in the brain
Monkey pox. Illustration: depositphotos.com

A surge in the incidence of monkeypox in Africa - what must be done to prevent a global epidemic

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Aquaponics, growing fish and vegetables in a circular economy. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Combining fish and vegetables - not only on the plate

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A circular economy is becoming a strategic asset in everything related to food security. Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev propose a circular method for recycling water, food and energy that allows fish and vegetables to be grown together efficiently
Eilat national monitoring survey photos - Kadrit - Interuniversity Institute

The coral reef in Eilat is in a very sad state

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This figure appears in the annual report of the National Monitoring Program of the Bay of Eilat for the year 2023 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection; The report indicates that the sea level continues to warm at a rate 2.5 times higher than the average
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