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Professor Mona Maron and Professor Gur Elroy will replace him in the position of Rector, photo: Haifa University

Prof. Mona Maron was elected Rector of Haifa University

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Prof. Maron will take up her position in about six months, at which time she will replace Prof. Gur Elroy, who currently serves as rector and will be appointed at the same time as the next president of the University of Haifa
Throwing food in the trash. Illustration: depositphotos.com

thrown in the trash

On the religious and cultural factors that lead to food waste in households
Photo credit: Hagai Nativ, Maurice Kahn Marine Research Station, University of Haifa

With the help of artificial intelligence: an effect of ship noise on dolphins was found for the first time

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According to the researchers, the dolphins communicate in a different way and change their vocal behavior when they encounter the noise of a ship and therefore they are definitely affected by the noise of the ships. Past studies have already shown that a change in vocal behavior can be related to stress and distress
Shark eggs among worms of the genus Lamellibrachia, near the salt ponds. Photo: Prof. Maxim Robin Blum, University of Haifa

Diving with sharks

A research robot discovered a colorful abundance of life at a depth of a kilometer in the sea * Researchers examined how a unique and abundant environment was created, in the depths of the sea, off the coast of Israel
The success of the model can improve the study of bird migration. Pelicans, photo: Reot Alon

If birds were visible to the planes

A new Israeli study presents a solution to the many accidents between aircraft and winged creatures, and for the first time succeeds in identifying with the help of radar flocks of large birds, which until now were considered "invisible"
The colonies of a unique marine creature age in their entirety, rejuvenate again - and God forbid. Botrill flower, photo: Dr. Osherat Ben-Hamo

Phoenix of the sea

The animal that breaks the laws of nature: a new Israeli study reveals that the colonies of the flower botryll, a unique marine creature, age in their entirety - and then return to being young again. The phenomenon received the term "Orshina rhythm" - the Talmudic name of the mythological phoenix
Photographs: Engineered gray soil in sand above fresh ground water. Photo. Dr. Itamar Taksel, Antiquities Authority, a lime kiln on top of an embankment. The products of the kiln were apparently used to improve the sand and turn it into fertile soil. Photo. Prof. Yoel Raskin. Photographs of the researchers: Prof. Yoel Raskin - Bar-Ilan University Spokesperson, Dr. Itamar Taksel (on the beach), photographed by Prof. Yoel Raskin.

Near Caesarea, evidence of the beginning of agriculture in the sands was discovered

The system from the tenth century AD, in the Islamic period is the first significant development of agriculture in the sand in human history
Reconstruction of the maned rat - Aya Mark

A rodent that lived in the Judean desert 100 years ago reveals the "ecological corridors" for leaving Africa

The researchers even identified that the genetic closeness indicates a split between the maned rats of today and those found in the Judean desert about 120 thousand years ago
A sign warning about an area where wild pigs roam in Haifa. Photo: Haifa Municipality

An experiment was conducted at Tivon as part of the effort to find a solution to the wild boar problem

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The collaboration between the Kiryat Tivon local council and the Department of Biology and Environment of the University of Haifa - Oranim led to the promotion of two important studies, the findings of which may provide an answer and an effective solution to the national problem of wild boars that harass citizens on the streets of cities and towns in Israel
Memorial ceremony for the liberation of Auschwitz, January 27, 2017. With the participation of camp survivors. Photo: shutterstock

Holocaust survivors die more from heart disease and cancer and feel more lonely

This is according to two separate studies by the Hebrew University and the University of Haifa. The study at the Hebrew University dealt with the mortality rates of Holocaust survivors, while that of Haifa University revealed that survivors who were lonely during the Holocaust suffer from loneliness in their old age
Cell membrane receptors. Photo: depositphotos.com

A new computational method significantly shortens the process of identifying receptor roles

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Since most of the drugs today work by activating or blocking receptors, the new method has the ability to significantly shorten the drug production process
A find from the fifth century in Shebata. Photo: Bar Ilan University

Israeli researchers discovered evidence of the collapse of a commercial vine branch in the Negev 1500 years ago, during a time of plague and climate change

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A hidden silver cross on a brass weight, in the Susita excavations, the hiding was done so as not to upset the early Muslim rule. Photo: Haifa University

"Religious tolerance" worded in the seventh century AD

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The Hal Pan mask that was discovered in Susita in 2015. Photo: Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, Haifa University

A one-of-a-kind bronze mask of the god "Pan" was discovered in the excavations of the University of Haifa in Susita National Park

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A girl in Peshawar, Pakistan, receives an attenuated polio vaccine in drops in 2002. Photo: shutterstock

For the first time, parents who are not "vaccine opponents" and who usually vaccinate their children according to the routine vaccinations, hesitated or refused to vaccinate their children this time

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: Dr. Shai Levy, University of Haifa

A tadpole of a 2-headed salamander is in the animal ecology laboratory at Haifa University

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The dove pendant, found in the excavations, among the bones of a woman's skeleton. Photo: Dr. Michael Eisenberg, excavation expedition to Susita

Skeleton of a woman trapped in an earthquake with a gold pendant in the shape of a dove on it

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A stamp issued in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Hebrew University from 1950 showing the National Library on Mount Scopus, photo: shutterstock

Israelis are deteriorating in the QS index: Hebrew is first, the Technion is second and among the XNUMX best in engineering; The Weizmann Institute is outside

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Jellyfish of the species phyllorhiza punctata. Photo: shutterstock

Not only does vinegar not help a jellyfish sting - it also makes the situation worse

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Crawling baby. Illustration: shutterstock

Was the baby born in winter? He will start crawling earlier than a baby born in the summer

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Ancient copper awl. Photo: Yossi Gorfinkel

The oldest metal object found so far in the Middle East has been discovered

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A sign warning against entering an Ebola-infected area, in the 2013 outbreak in the Congo. Photo: shutterstock

With the health risk close to home, medical professionals base their attitudes toward vaccines on personal feelings and experiences

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computer networks. Illustration: shutterstock

Ten telecom companies and ten academic institutions collaborate in a new association for network programming and automation

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The excavation site in Ramla, where the remains of a Paleolithic meal were discovered. Photo: Tomer Appelbaum for the University of Haifa

The diet of the inhabitants of Ramla 170 thousand years ago: horses, donkeys and even rhinoceroses

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"Israel is approaching the limit of its carrying capacity. The establishment of artificial islands is needed now more than ever."

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