Bees Diversify Diet to Take the Sting Out of Nutritional

Monday, May 14, 2018

New research shows that honey bees forage for a diet that balances their colony’s specific nutritional deficits. While pesticides and pathogens pose clear threats to honey bee health, the...

Press: Globes: Hebrew University's Yissum launches ag-tech accelerator

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Yissum Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in collaboration with its seed investment fund AgrInnovation, today announced the launch of HUGrow, a new food and ag-tech...

A Guide to fine wine: tips from Prof. Zohar Kerem

Friday, Apr 20, 2018

A practical education from prof. Zohar Kerem on understanding the elements behind a good glass of wine. To the non-connoisseur, the world and language of wine can be daunting. How can wine, a...

Press : Jerusalem Post : Hebrew U. researchers show which foods prevent, promote dementia

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2018

Among the foods proven to prevent dementia are: blueberries , healthful fats, nuts and fish. Foods can determine whether someone will suffer from dementia in later years, according to...

An Israeli innovation feeds the world with more fish protein

Thursday, Jun 29, 2017

A new way to grow larger fish and feed the expanding world population earns Prof. Berta Levavi-Sivan a 2017 Kaye innovation Award As the world faces a projected population increase from...

Stomatal cell wall composition: distinctive structural patterns associated with different phylogenetic groups.

Monday, Jun 5, 2017

Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Stomatal morphology and function have remained largely conserved throughout ∼400 million years of plant evolution. However, plant cell wall composition has evolved...

Effects of Environmental Conditions on the Fitness Penalty in Herbicide Resistant Brachypodium hybridum

Monday, Jun 5, 2017

Abstract Herbicide-resistance mutations may impose a fitness penalty in herbicide-free environments. Moreover, the fitness penalty associated with herbicide resistance is not a stable...

HU Prof. Is Making the World More Colorful and Beautiful

Wednesday, Apr 20, 2016

A line of red Baby's Breath flowers, known as Explora. . (photo credit: IMAGINATURE LTD.) Hebrew University Professor, Alexander Vainstein, is changing the way we see the world around us and...

Dr. Zvi Peleg - Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Dr. Zvi Peleg joined the Hebrew University’s Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment in January 2012. He is a member of the Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and...

Ocean Acidification Could Lead to Collapse of Coral Reefs

Tuesday, Dec 2, 2014

Over 35 years, a 40% reduction in calcium carbonate deposits in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef An expedition from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Carnegie Institute of Science has...