Scientists find you can learn while you’re asleep
A new Israeli study shows that people can learn new behaviors while fast asleep, prompted by their senses of smell and hearing.
Abigail Klein Leichman, a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c from August 2010 until her retirement in March 2024, moved to Israel in 2007. She has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.
A new Israeli study shows that people can learn new behaviors while fast asleep, prompted by their senses of smell and hearing.
Israel’s researchers are making inroads against the devastating and fatal condition through brain science, drugs and memory enhancement.
The Jerusalem-based company that invented the Wind Tulip unveils a device to create hydroelectricity inside municipal water pipes.
The latest upscale merchant in Tel Aviv creates golden heirloom pieces with cutting-edge CAD tech, based on ancient mysticism.
This Israeli invention delivers the medication better, gives the patient real-time feedback and provides hard data for the physician.
Move over paper towels and jet dryers. Israeli-manufactured UltraClean is coming to transform the way we dry our hands in public restrooms.
Yoed Nir’s accomplished string-playing is featured on some 450 albums by top artists such as Regina Spektor, Judy Collins and Rufus Wainwright.
Meni Yaesh’s first feature film, shot in his native Bat Yam, is getting global accolades for its exploration of religion, love and violence.
A group of 25 hard-training athletes in nine sports will represent Israel at the Paralympic Games in London, starting August 29.
With the stage as their common ground, Muslim and Jewish Israelis put aside their differences to perform at home and abroad.
Hebrew U. medical researchers find a tiny peptide encoded by the HIV virus could hold the key to making cancer therapies more successful.
Israeli Doron Erel, who scaled Mount Everest in 1992, leads multicultural expeditions and inspires others to reach high.
Lital Magid’s painstaking success making compounds that mimic marijuana’s THC validate her choice to leave nursing for the lab.
It’s really a lake, but whatever you call this Galilee waterway, lots of fun and educational activities lure visitors. ISRAEL21c gives you the top 10.
Runway debris costs about $14 billion in damages yearly. That’s why the FAA likes an Israeli system to detect birds and metal fragments 24/7.