Invertebrates
- Dr. Moshe Nahamani
- March 11, 2022
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Researchers used an innovative method to replace proteins used to stick molluscs to different surfaces, developing a stronger-than-expected glue
- Tel Aviv University
- March 2, 2022
Researchers at Tel Aviv University found a connection between a bacterium in the grasshopper's gut and the destructive phenomenon of swarming and migration
- Tel Aviv University
- February 20, 2022
Researchers from Tel Aviv University demonstrated with the help of worms that epigenetic inheritance of sexual attraction can influence the process of evolution
- Tel Aviv University
- January 5, 2022
Intestinal worm eggs discovered in toilets from that period reveal that the upper class also suffered from infectious diseases due to poor hygiene conditions
- The Hebrew University
- December 14, 2021
Research conducted in the laboratory of Prof. Betty Schwartz from the Hebrew University reveals for the first time the anti-inflammatory properties of black soldier fly oil and its future uses - first in the animal food industry and later for humans
- The science service
- December 13, 2021
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Researchers from the School of Engineering and Exact Sciences at Harvard University have developed a mathematical model that explains exactly how termites build nests, mounds and complex colonies
- The science service
- December 1, 2021
Cockroaches will survive even a nuclear holocaust (provided it doesn't happen when their wings are cut off), bed bug extermination is almost impossible today even with the pesticides we have because of the resistance it has developed and spider webs are 5 times stronger than steel
- The science service
- November 29, 2021
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Due to the disappearance of about a third of the bee population in the world, research has been expanded in the last decade in the field of the bee industry, with the aim of finding out how to help the most important pollinator in the world to continue to carry out its work in pollinating the agricultural plants that produce food for humanity and animals. One of the latest studies discovered the reaction of the bees to the invasion of mites
- Dr. Moshe Nahamani
- November 18, 2021
- One response
- Tel Aviv University
- October 28, 2021
A study conducted on crickets reveals that light pollution puts them out of sync, harms their reproductive capacity and threatens their continued existence
- The science service
- October 26, 2021
- 3 תגובות
Keren Mimran, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at Start-Up Eid: "Artificial pollination for wind-pollinated crops will change the face of the market, the economic viability for growers and the ability to feed the world. A 24% increase in the farmer's crop will increase farmers' income by hundreds of millions of dollars"
- Avi Blizovsky
- September 14, 2021
- 3 תגובות
The Committee for National Infrastructures in the Planning Administration decided not to include the Ayalon Cave where unique blind creatures live as part of the flood mitigation plan in the Ayalon Basin
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- August 25, 2021
The Red Sea holon, a small crab that used to be common in the Gulf of Eilat, is in serious danger due to the development of tourism and beach bathing. A new study, in which students and students in the city took part, reveals the damage to the living fabric of crabs alongside humans and suggests ways to protect them
- The Hebrew University
- August 3, 2021
Cases of infection with the Onchocerca lupi worm have been recorded in the past in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and now for the first time in Israel as well. Prof. Bennett: "The fact that the worm was discovered in Israel in a dog that never left the country indicates that there is a cycle of infection with the parasite in Israel, and therefore there is a future danger to humans and other dogs as well"
- Young Galileo
- July 10, 2021
- 4 תגובות
It turns out that the protected ant nest, which has constant temperature and humidity conditions and even a food supply, is a place that attracts various insects and animals. Want to know what cunning methods butterflies have developed to penetrate the ants' nest and live at their expense? Butterfly, not what you thought
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- June 18, 2021
The cicadas live most of the time under the roots of trees, but once every 17 years they emerge underground and become adult cicadas for a few weeks. So a very dramatic and noisy courtship process begins, at the end of which we will have to wait another 17 years until we witness this amazing phenomenon again
- Avi Blizovsky
- June 1, 2021
- 4 תגובות
The goal: the creation of an artificial honey stomach that traces the activity of the bee's stomach * CEO Ofir Devash: "BU Honey is working on the development of a breakthrough technology that will change the face of the global honey market and enable sustainable food products
- Ben-Gurion University
- May 30, 2021
- 3 תגובות
The palm weevil beetle destroys trees and palm plantations around the world, which may collapse the attacked trees. Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed an algorithm, which can be used to detect damage to a tree, based on satellite images and a street view on Google street view - from anywhere around the world
- Yoram Soreq
- May 14, 2021
- 3 תגובות
Depends on how you define domestication
- Avi Blizovsky
- April 20, 2021
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- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- March 4, 2021
165 years after the thought of the father of the theory of evolution, scientists have finally proved that Darwin's hypothesis about why many insects are wingless is correct - at least for the most part
- The Hebrew University
- January 8, 2021
- One response
This is according to a new study from the Hebrew University that examined how queens of ants and honeybees manage to have such high fertility and yet live for many years, while in most animals as well as in other bees the phenomenon of "weighting permutations" occurs, i.e. an increase in reproduction that leads to a shortening of life span
- The Hebrew University
- January 1, 2021
In many places in the world there is a significant decrease in the variety and abundance of pollinators, such as bees, when one of the main threats to wild pollinators is the loss and change of habitats
- The science service
- January 1, 2021
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The company expects to receive further orders from this customer. This contract is added to other contracts based on the group's ISS technology delivered in 2020 in Europe and Asia, when the company received orders amounting to 8.3 million dollars for this technology in 2019 and 2020
- Yoram Soreq
- December 11, 2020
- 2 תגובות
Until a few decades ago, insects were considered mindless automatons whose actions are guided by instincts and reflexes, but it turns out that they are also much smarter than was commonly thought