The American Professor Who Came to Identify with Israel
“I came here to declare proudly that I stand by Israel. There are lots of academic conferences, some of them important and some less so. This conference at the University …
The Hamrin Foundation awards support programs aimed at building inclusive learning environments
We are happy to announce that the University of Haifa has received a 50,000 USD grant from The Hamrin Foundation. In a time of crisis, the money will be used to…
Simple Blood Test Identifies People Coping with Bipolar Disorder and Potential for Lithium Treatment
A simple blood test can identify people coping with bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression) and can predict the efficacy of lithium, the drug given to patients with this…
The Neurons of Children with Autism of Genetic Origin Develop Rapidly in the Fetal Stage; This May Lead their rapid Deterioration and Low Connectivity
A new study undertaken at the University published in the prestigious journal Translational Psychiatry (part of the Nature group) found that among children with autism originating in genetic mutations, there…
Tel Shiqmona is the Largest known factory producing purple dye in the Iron Age; the factory was under the control of the Kingdom of Israel and probably provided the prestigious purple dye to the Jerusalem Temple
A new study undertaken at the University reveals the unique and complex history of the biblical settlement of Tel Shiqmona. It turns out that Tel Shiqmona provides one of the…
Global Warming is Leading to a Decrease in the Number of Nestlings among Migrating Birds
Global warming is leading to a fall in the number of nestlings of migrating birds and large birds. This finding emerges from a new international study including the University and…
Genes Responsible for Regulating root Length Bread Wheat Identified, Enabling to improve Wheat growth in Arid Conditions
A new joint study by the University and the University of California (Davis) successfully identified a cluster of genes (OPR III) responsible for regulating the length of roots in bread…
The Heavy Price Corals Pay for Climate Change
Corals face an ongoing reduction of oxygen in the sea water. They can survive this condition, but they pay a heavy physiological price that endangers the survival of the corals’…
The Digital Dr. Dolittl-E: An AI model That Can Tell When Cats Are in Pain
Researchers from the Tech4Animals lab at the University, São Paulo University in Brazil, Lincoln University, and Nottingham University in the UK developed groundbreaking artificial intelligence capable of identifying pain in…
Now It’s Science – Women around the World are More Empathetic than Men
A new joint study at the University, Cambridge University, and Bar-Ilan University including over 300,000 participants from 57 countries has found that, on average, women are more empathetic than men.…
