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Breakthrough in Antibiotic Safety: Bionic Technology Blends Sensors and Human Tissue to Create Smart “Kidney-Chip”
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.
JERUSALEM POST OPED: Why people with disabilities have trouble with dentists - opinion
Why people with disabilities have trouble with dentists -
By Barbara Sofer, Israel director of public relations at Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Her latest book is A Daughter of Many Mothers.
How can boys and girls, or men and women with intellectual and physical disabilities carry them out? For them, just sitting in the chair amid the machinery for long periods is a hardship.
LOOMING CRISIS: FOLLOW-UP STUDY SHOWS SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN SPERM COUNTS GLOBALLY, INCLUDING LATIN AMERICA, ASIA AND AFRICA
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.
Oldest Evidence of the Controlled Use of Fire to Cook Food Found in Israel
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”
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.
Hebrew University and Meta AI Launch Joint AI PhD Program to Drive Cutting-Edge Research
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.
Sweeter Isn’t Always Tastier, Finds Hebrew U. Study: Taste Experts Analyze Half a Million Amazon and iHerb Customer Reviews, Find Foods Considered “Too Sweet” Given Lower Scores
Hebrew University and Technion Partner with IBM to Advance Artificial Intelligence
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.
UCLA and Hebrew University Receive Grant for International Collaboration to Deter School Violence
A $650,000 grant from The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation will support a new partnership between UCLA and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) focused on developing school violence prevention strategies that turn campuses into safe and welcoming places for children worldwide.
The Perfect Light Trap
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.
Intel Announces Winner of SyllaBoost Program Linking Industry to Academia Hebrew University’s Dr. Amir Capua Wins NIS 100,000 Grant
New Biological Sensor Detects Hidden Rot in Potatoes
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.
Desert Regions May Be Best Predictors of Climate Change in Wetter Areas, Hebrew University Study Reveals
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.