The Israeli Council for Higher Education approved a plan for new lab equipment, a recruitment program, and better research infrastructure for Israel's science sector.

Proving that we grow into our names, a new study shows that people can match an unfamiliar face to that person's name.

In his attempts to recreate damaged heart tissue, Dr. Tal Dvir literally struck gold, discovering that gold nanoparticles can be used to heal hearts.

Researchers found that drinking a whey protein shake, a milk-based powder, before breakfast, could help diabetics decrease post-meal blood sugar spikes by nearly 28 percent.

New parents know the feeling - the familiar cry in the night, followed by a blind shuffle to the crib, a feeding, a diaper change, and a final retreat back into oblivion, every hour. Now research from Tel Aviv University finds that the interrupted sleep patterns of new parents could have a much more wearisome toll than previously thought.