Playing the stock market can be a risky game. And when the market behaves unpredictably, public fear can lead to erratic investment responses and market chaos.

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Jun 30, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 0

Since 2008, the U.S. economy has been "seizing" uncontrollably. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher says that a comparison of the multifaceted economic downturn with the uncontrolled spasms of an epileptic ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

May 12, 2011 4 / 5 (2) 1

Human beings are well aware that hindsight is 20/20 -- and the product of this awareness is often what we call "regret." Could this hindsight be programmed into a computer to more accurately predict the future? Tel Aviv University ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Apr 13, 2011 3 / 5 (1) 0

The sudden death of a young athlete always prompts full media attention, most recently spurring a call for preventative screening methods, including costly electrocardiogram (EKG) tests for all school-age athletes. But a ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Apr 05, 2011 not rated yet 0

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, is widely recognized by the medical community, and there are a number of therapies in place. But as many as six percent of all children suffer from the less ...

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

Apr 04, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Are our bodies vulnerable to some pollutants whose lack of solubility in water, or "hydrophobicity," has always been thought to protect us from them? New Tel Aviv University research has discovered ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Mar 30, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

When the Human Genome Project ended a decade ago, scientists thought that they'd closed the lid on all that's to be known about our genes. But what they really did was open a Pandora's Box, says theoretical ...

Biology - Evolution

Mar 23, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

In the wake of the devastating loss of life in Japan, the urgent question is where the next big earthquake will hit. To answer it, geologist Prof. Zvi Ben-Avraham and his doctoral student Gal Hartman of Tel ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 21, 2011 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Earthquakes are one of the world's biggest enigmas -- impossible to predict and able to wreak untold damage within seconds. Now, a new tool from Tel Aviv University may be able to learn from earthquakes of ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 14, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

According to rough estimates, there are some 20,000 undiscovered archaeological sites in Israel waiting to be explored. Currently buried under highways or beneath cities, some could reveal historic monuments from the biblical ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 08, 2011 3 / 5 (2) 0

Turmeric, a bright yellow spice from south Asia belonging to the ginger family, is the main ingredient in curries — and ancient wisdom suggests that it's also good for your health. Taking this wisdom ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Mar 02, 2011 4.8 / 5 (4) 1

One in eight Americans will fall prey to Alzheimer's disease at some point in their life, current statistics say. Because Alzheimer's is associated with vascular damage in the brain, many of them will succumb through a painful ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Feb 28, 2011 5 / 5 (10) 3 |

Civil protests, from peaceful sit-ins at the Pentagon to violent riots in Cairo, nonetheless share some common characteristics. To study how protests evolve in public spaces, Dr. Tali Hatuka, an architect and head of Tel ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Feb 23, 2011 1 / 5 (1) 0

Discovered by archaeologists in 1952, a 28-foot-high stone tower discovered on the edge of the town of Jericho has puzzled scientists ever since. Now, 11,000 years after it was built, Tel Aviv University archaeologists ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Feb 17, 2011 4.4 / 5 (9) 25 |

What matters for commuters is not just if the train will be on time, but how long the journey will take. It's an important factor in public transportation and can make the difference in helping commuters choose mass transit ...

Technology - Engineering

Feb 16, 2011 not rated yet 0