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Hebrew University's Prof. Koby Nahmias

Breakthrough in Antibiotic Safety: Bionic Technology Blends Sensors and Human Tissue to Create Smart “Kidney-Chip”

23 November, 2022

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health concern with global implications. Antibiotic-resistant infection affects over 2.8 million individuals each year in the United States alone, resulting in more than 35,000 annual deaths. New resistance mechanisms constantly emerge and spread globally, threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases, such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, and sepsis.

 

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Hagai Levin

LOOMING CRISIS: FOLLOW-UP STUDY SHOWS SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN SPERM COUNTS GLOBALLY, INCLUDING LATIN AMERICA, ASIA AND AFRICA

15 November, 2022

An international team led by Professor Hagai Levine of Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Hadassah Braun School of Public Health, with Prof. Shanna Swan at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, along with researchers in Denmark, Brazil, Spain, Israel and the USA, published the first meta-analysis to demonstrate declining sperm counts among men from South and Central America, Asia and Africa.

 

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Fig. 2. The ivory comb (Credit: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority).

First Sentence Ever Written in Canaanite Language Discovered at Tel Lachish: Hebrew U. Unearths Ivory Comb from 1700 BCE Inscribed with Plea to Eradicate Lice—"May this [ivory] tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard”

13 November, 2022

The alphabet was invented around 1800 BCE and was used by the Canaanites and later by most other languages in the world.  Until recently, no meaningful Canaanite inscriptions had been discovered in the Land of Israel, save only two or three words here and there. Now an amazing discovery presents an entire sentence in Canaanite, dating to about 1700 BCE. It is engraved on a small ivory comb and includes a spell against lice.

 

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Yoram Aschheim

Hebrew University and Meta AI Launch Joint AI PhD Program to Drive Cutting-Edge Research

26 October, 2022

This first of its kind partnership between Meta and an Israeli university marks a significant step to bring industry-leading Artificial Intelligence research from Hebrew University’s Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering to the AI marketplace. 

 

(Jerusalem, October 26, 2022)--Today, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s School of Engineering and Computer Science and Yissum, HU’s technology transfer company announced a new research partnership with Meta AI.

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Hebrew University and Technion Partner with IBM to Advance Artificial Intelligence

Hebrew University and Technion Partner with IBM to Advance Artificial Intelligence

14 September, 2022

The Technion and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have signed a partnership agreement with IBM Research to advance artificial intelligence capabilities and applications in Israel. The collaboration was announced this week at a conference held by IBM in Tel Aviv to mark 50 years since the establishment of the IBM Research Lab in Israel.

 

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Light Trap

The Perfect Light Trap

7 September, 2022

Whether in photosynthesis or in a photovoltaic system: If you want to use light efficiently, you have to absorb it as completely as possible. However, this is difficult if the absorption is to take place in a thin layer of material that normally lets a large part of the light pass through.

 

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Potato Biosensor

New Biological Sensor Detects Hidden Rot in Potatoes

7 September, 2022

 Despite advances in increased food production, half of all world’s harvested food is lost due to rot caused by microorganisms.  Plants emit various volatile organic compounds into their surrounding environment, which can be monitored for early detection of plant disease and prevent food loss.

 

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Left and middle image: Impact of extreme heatwave and drought in summer 2018 compared to summer 2017, on fields near Slagelse in Zealand, Denmark (Credit: European Space Agency).   Right image: Danish maize field in July 2018 (Credit: Janne Hansen).

Desert Regions May Be Best Predictors of Climate Change in Wetter Areas, Hebrew University Study Reveals

16 August, 2022

When it comes to the world’s climate, in the past decade, planet Earth keeps sending us its summer siren’s call. According to NASA, nineteen of the hottest years have occurred since 2000, with 2016 and 2020 tied for the hottest on record. This summer is already making worldwide headlines, with England scorching beyond 40 degrees Celsius.

 

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