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- September 3, 2021
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In an article published in the journal Science, the team of researchers from the USA and the Hebrew University presented a mechanism that explains how climate change in the Arctic region affects the middle latitudes in a way that has not been shown before. greenhouse"
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- September 3, 2021
The stone weight that was used for trade in Jerusalem about 2,700 years ago weighs more than three times the weight indicated on it, and the researchers believe that it was used by merchants who wanted to cheat in the trading process. The phenomenon of cheating in commerce is also known from the Bible and it appears in several commandments that require you to avoid this act: "You shall not do injustice in the judgment according to weight and sparing; the balances of justice are the stones of justice, what kind of justice and whether there is justice shall be for you" (Leviticus XNUMX, la - lo)
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- September 3, 2021
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- September 1, 2021
Is there a connection between iron deficiency and anemia and the effectiveness of the corona vaccine and other vaccines? A team of researchers from the world's leading universities claim that yes * The solution is adding iron to food which will also make it possible to combat anemia
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- September 1, 2021
In a study conducted on blood samples from patients and those recovering from leukemia, unique sequences were found that control genes that contribute to the spread of the disease. "By investigating these genes we can learn how to prevent the disease from progressing and even develop future drugs to prevent it"
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- August 29, 2021
Dr. Shai Sabah from the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University, one of the leaders of the research published in Neuron: "The popular opinion was that each nerve cell functions as an independent entity. In contrast, we now understand that each of the synapses (junctions through which signals pass between cells) functions independently, meaning that each cell has hundreds or thousands of independent synapses
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- August 26, 2021
Prof. Ran Natan, from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the Hebrew University, took part in a study published in New Phytologist: "The findings are unique evidence of the role of ocean current systems in shaping the distribution patterns and evolutionary history of plants"
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- August 25, 2021
Treating the host and not the bacteria is a breakthrough for the development of innovative and effective treatments that do not cause the development of resistance to antibiotics
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- August 24, 2021
A new study, conducted by Hebrew University researchers, examined for the first time whether a deep learning network consisting of layers of point-like artificial cells can accurately simulate the complex structure of a single real biological neuron
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- August 24, 2021
The research work was published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Photonics, which was led by a group of researchers from the Department of Applied Physics and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the Hebrew University. "A breakthrough, it's a dream!", the researchers excitedly announced following the findings
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- August 23, 2021
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Prof. Jacob Nahmias from the Hebrew University proved in a clinical trial conducted at Barzilai Hospital that the drug designed to lower blood lipids reduced the inflammation caused by the corona virus within 48 hours in severe corona patients and obviated the need for artificial respiration
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- August 20, 2021
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- August 19, 2021
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- August 17, 2021
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A study by researchers from the Hebrew University and the German University of Würzburg, led by Prof. Yoni Pertsov and Uriah Lanker-Dine, found that the human ability to process large parts of the field of vision optimizes the search operation he performs. As a result, the researchers suggest that inter-individual differences in the processing ability of the visual field can explain inter-individual differences in performance in a search task
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- August 17, 2021
Avery Eitan from the Hebrew University, the leader of the study, explains: "The international agreements signed by Israel, as well as the pressure exerted on it by various countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing the use of renewable energies, are indeed bearing fruit and actually influencing the Israeli policy discourse on the subject, which tends to neglect issues concerning to adapt to climate change"
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- August 16, 2021
Prof. Yigal Aral: "In light of the expected dramatic increase in the production of lead and other toxic metals, we warn of a large-scale health risk, especially in countries where there is no regulation and orderly monitoring of environmental pollution and human poisoning"
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- August 13, 2021
A joint announcement by the Hebrew University and the Weizmann Institute.
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- August 12, 2021
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The research involved collaboration between Israeli and American researchers from the Hebrew University and the University of Pittsburgh, was recently published in the leading journal Nature Communications, and revealed amazing findings regarding the ability of nanoantibodies that come from animals to neutralize the corona virus, on its mutations. In addition, the research may help eradicate diseases similar to Corona in the future
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- August 11, 2021
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Ariel Karlinski from the Hebrew University, one of the initiators of a research work on global mortality data from the virus, clarifies: "In Iran we know that the difference is due to deliberate concealment. Also, 54 of the 105 countries studied in the research work I carried out (over 50%) hide some information regarding their mortality data."
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- August 10, 2021
A pair of female researchers from the Institute of Archeology at the Hebrew University were able to identify, through advanced XNUMXD computational research, a new cultural group that existed in Jerusalem and its surroundings between the conquests of the Assyrian Empire after Sennacherib's campaign and the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah
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- August 8, 2021
The findings, according to the research leaders, PhD student Shahar Gebirtzman and Prof. Jay Feinberg from the Rakah Institute of Physics, are the beginning of the answer to the question regarding the existence of earthquakes of different intensities that originate from identical tectonic plates. The research was published in the prestigious journal Nature Physics
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- August 6, 2021
According to the principle of "Occam's Razor", it is much more likely that UFOs can be explained as natural phenomena that we do not yet understand, or artificial objects of terrestrial origin, just as Umama's seemingly mysterious properties have been offered far more prosaic explanations than the alien probe speculation.
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- August 3, 2021
Examination of faeces (and movement) of migratory birds, reveals the effect of nutrition on intestinal bacteria. The feeding is of course intended to prevent the birds from raiding the fields
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- August 3, 2021
Cases of infection with the Onchocerca lupi worm have been recorded in the past in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and now for the first time in Israel as well. Prof. Bennett: "The fact that the worm was discovered in Israel in a dog that never left the country indicates that there is a cycle of infection with the parasite in Israel, and therefore there is a future danger to humans and other dogs as well"
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- August 1, 2021
The research is based on technological breakthroughs of the last decade, which enable the study of human diseases in a personalized model for the patient