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Is 2012 the year of Higgs?

Physicists around the world are wondering if 2012 will mark the end of a more than 40-year search for the Higgs boson. This, in the

TAU: Modern man emerged out of hunger

Researchers at Tel Aviv University say modern humans appeared in Israel 400,000 years ago — 200,000 years earlier than previously thought – as a result

HU: Use tobacco to fight malaria

Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists have come up with a novel technology for manufacturing an anti-malaria drug in tobacco. Professor Alexander Vainstein — from the

HU anti-cancer strategy wins award

Hebrew University chemistry student Yftah Tal-Gan has been chosen as one of this year’s Kaye Innovation Award winners for his strategy for inhibiting a protein

TAU develops cancer cluster bomb

Two Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a new method of destroying cancer tumors, which they say could be more permanent. Based on “tumor ablation”

Apple to open Israel R&D center

Apple will open a development center in Israel focusing on semiconductors, according to a report in Globes. The development center would be the company’s first to