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 Dr. Naama Lang-Yona.

Israel research identifies harmful biomass posing risk of infections to animals, humans

 Photo (left to right): Tal Goldberg, Dr. Shahar Alon, Michal Danino, Prof. Gonen Singer

Israeli researchers measure interaction between immune cells and cancer cells

 A book containing George Washington’s personal copies of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, displayed at Christie’s auction house in New York.

What causes bookworms to digest old books?

The self-dyeing vegan, plastic-free leather is  a step forward in the quest for more sustainable fashion. (Illustrative).

Self-dyeing, plastic-free vegan leather can be grown from bacteria, study shows

 This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph depicts four magenta-colored, spherical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria in the process of being phagocytized by a blue-colored human white blood cells in this undated handout photo.

TAU researchers explain how viruses decide whether to become good or bad

 Professor Shani Stern

U of Haifa finds 'groundbreaking discovery' in Parkinson's research

 (l-r) Ofir Raz, Prof. Amos Tanay, Dr. Yoav Mayshar and Dr. Yonatan Stelzer.

The bunny and the hourglass model: A new technique tracks earliest stages of embryonic development

 Elderly couple, illustrative

Weizmann Inst. develops first ‘cellular time machine’ to measure body changes

 An Emoji character is seen during a photocall for the film "The Emoji Movie".

Emojis don't reflect natural biodiversity, biologists complain

 A fingerprint expert checks a fingerprint on a monitor at the attorney's general crime laboratory in Mexico City July 12, 2011.

The pattern of buds on your tongue is as unique as your fingerprint

 A bottlenose dolphin (Dolly) resting her jaw on a bar ready to test her sensitivity to an electric field.

Bottlenose dolphins’ electric sense could help them navigate the globe

 Scanning electron microscope images of the enamel layer enveloping mouse teeth. Top: Normal enamel matrix. Bottom: Enamel structure that developed abnormally in the wake of attacks by autoantibodies against enamel proteins.

Newly discovered autoimmune disorder disrupts tooth enamel development

 A sea sponge attached to the ocean floor.

New species of horny sponge discovered in French Polynesia

 An artistic rendition of a Woolley Mammoth.

Biotech company aims to resurrect woolley mammoths in three years

 A cell is seen undergoing mitosis, replicating its chromosomes as it divides (Illustrative).

How did the first stages of evolution start? - study

 Illustrative image of a snake.

New snake species discovered, named after Indiana Jones star

 Tarantula Hawk wasp

This wasp can paralyze its victims for 8 months - TikTok biologist

 Woman with long, curly, brown hair.

Have you been having a bad hair day? Blame your genes