Bar-Ilan University
Modern human men evolved unique hip 'spring' for efficient walking, Israeli-led study finds
A new Tel Aviv University study challenges assumptions about the Neanderthal pelvis, finding that modern human males evolved a distinct walking mechanism.
Promote Jewish diversity within unity – opinion
‘Healing through restoration’: How Israel’s hidden dig site builds community out of archaeology
Moovit unveils new function to maximize walking, 'biohacks' based on Bar-Ilan University research
Enjoy Charlie Chaplin, comedy films? Israeli research uncovers why
Since humor plays a prominent role in our lives, understanding the cognitive and neural mechanisms of humor is regarded as very important.
University-based program raises IQ of adults with intellectual disability - study
The findings revealed significant IQ improvement among the 12 adults after four-and-a-half years of participation in post-secondary education.
Two-thirds of Israeli universities drop in global academic rankings
Institutions of higher learning in the West are being overshadowed by those in China, which is investing huge sums in teaching and research.
What causes electricity breakdowns? BIU physicists find the cause in new study
The dependency between the power network and its communication system led to cascading failures and abrupt collapse.
Zehu Ze! comedy group set to receive honorary doctorate from Bar-Ilan U
The members of Zehu Ze! began performing together on the government broadcasting channel in 1978 and continued until 1998, then returning during the pandemic.
Academic faculty announce warning strike in universities across Israel
The strike on Monday will be followed by similar strikes in two or three universities per day throughout the rest of the week.
The famed Dershowitz family and a story of aliyah to Israel
Rabbi Prof. Zecharia Dor-Shav (Dershowitz) is a retired professor from Bar-Ilan University, an author and speaker, uncle to renowned US lawyer Alan Dershowitz.
The diversity-stability paradox: Israeli researchers solve 50-year-old puzzle
When the BIU team did the math, they found that this heterogeneity can fundamentally change the behavior of the system. Quite surprisingly, it actually enhances stability.
Israel judicial reform: Bar-Ilan University shamefully takes sides - opinion
The universities choosing sides in a political debate has the potential to be harmful to the faculty. We are in the throes of a labor dispute, our contract expired several years ago.
Archaeological study sheds light on the size of talmudic Passover eggs
In Talmudic times, eggs were much smaller than those of today’s hens, whose size increased due to the cultivation of breeds of chickens for eggs.
