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Plants are talking, but people didn't know because the frequency is too high for he human ear, according to researchers at Tel Aviv University, who managed to record and analyze the sounds for the first time.

The click-like sounds, similar to the popping of popcorn, are emitted at a volume similar to human speech, but at high frequencies beyond the hearing range of the human ear.

Plants under stress emit ultrasonic sounds that are specific to each species and to the type of stress ...

Apparently, an idyllic field of flowers can be a rather noisy place. Its just that we cant hear the sounds - Click the link for more details.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a hybrid micro-robot, the size of a single biological cell (about 10 microns across), that can be controlled and navigated using two different mechanisms – electric and magnetic. The micro-robot, they say, is able to navigate between different cells in a biological sample, distinguish between different types of […]

Family Micrelapidae has only three species, one in region of Israel and two in East Africa; reptiles believed to have slithered off the snake evolutionary tree 50 million years ago

A new snake family named Micrelapidae that includes only three species – two in East Africa and one in Israel – has as identified by an international team including Israeli zoologists.

This represents a rare moment in modern science since most larger animals have already been classified

Prof. Gazit is one of the most prolific inventors in the Israeli academy and has been granted over a hundred patents.

The discovery could aid the development of treatments against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, as well as defenses against agriculturally harmful pathogens.