Science and society
- The Hebrew University
- April 12, 2021
A unique study at the Hebrew University found that heavy water is distinctly sweeter than regular water, and may even mask a slight bitterness.
- The Hebrew University
- April 10, 2021
Researchers conducted a survey among 400 respondents who are residents of Israel, which examined patterns of sustainable behavior - such as frequency of recycling, reducing consumption and a consumer strategy that leads to reducing environmental effects - before the outbreak of the Corona crisis, during the first lockdown, and the respondents' intentions for the future. In addition, the extent to which the respondents link the outbreak of the epidemic with the state of the environment and climate change was examined
- The Hebrew University
- April 9, 2021
"Examining the eyes of octopuses requires complete anesthesia by adding anesthetics to the water and adapting the test instruments intended for testing on land to testing in a marine environment. Add to this the structure of the eyes of octopuses which is significantly different from the eyes of mammals and testing them is a difficult procedural procedure."
- The science service
- April 8, 2021
This is according to two separate studies by the Hebrew University and the University of Haifa. The study at the Hebrew University dealt with the mortality rates of Holocaust survivors, while that of Haifa University revealed that survivors who were lonely during the Holocaust suffer from loneliness in their old age
- A sturdy pine
- April 7, 2021
- One response
When politics reaches out to science, does science benefit? The answer is negative. Scientists, even Jews who served under the Nazi regime were unable to produce quality science because of the social pressure to adapt the results to the government's requirements
- The Hebrew University
- March 27, 2021
A team of researchers from the Department of Biochemistry, Food Sciences and Nutrition at the Faculty of Agriculture of the Hebrew University, examined for the first time ever the effect of the ultra-processed food on the development of the skeleton
- The Hebrew University
- March 21, 2021
Wild wheat, "the mother of wheat", is one of the first plants that man domesticated about ten thousand years ago. Over the years, as a result of accelerated cultivation to improve crops, many essential traits that are retained in the wild species have been displaced from modern wheat. Among the repressed traits, there are anatomical and physiological characteristics of the root system that have a dramatic effect on the water balance of the entire plant
- The Hebrew University
- March 20, 2021
- The Hebrew University
- March 16, 2021
The results of the experiment show that brain reactions of suspects can be analyzed using an algorithm in real time, with great accuracy, even when there is an effort on the part of the subject to hide the information. The researchers are sure that the new method was able to solve historical crime mysteries such as the Damianiuk affair
- The Hebrew University
- March 14, 2021
Prof. Emmanuel Hansky from the Hebrew University, heads a team of joint research conducted in Singapore and Israel. The team published a study in the prestigious journal Cell Reports: "This study provides a precise understanding of the interactions between the Streptococcus type A bacterium and the host, and improves the ability to design effective treatments against it, such as engineered peptides that the bacterium cannot cleave."
- The Hebrew University
- March 13, 2021
In a study led by Prof. Yehoshua Goldberg from the Hebrew University, it was found that the contraction of brain cells may explain the constipation symptom among Parkinson's patients. The important finding is expected to help in the future in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease already in its early stages
- The Hebrew University
- March 10, 2021
In the laboratory of Prof. Oded Shusiov in the Faculty of Agriculture of the Hebrew University, a team of researchers led by the doctoral student Vald Shomeiko developed a computerized nose that imitates the combined action of our nose and brain and knows how to identify different smells by processing and analyzing the way in which the volatile molecules bind to the receptors using machine learning
- The Hebrew University
- February 28, 2021
- The Hebrew University
- February 27, 2021
In its reasoning, the committee stated that: "The Israel Prize in the field of life sciences research for the year XNUMX is awarded to Prof. Eli Keshet, from the Hebrew University, for his pioneering contributions in understanding the mechanism by which oxygen-deficient conditions stimulate the growth of new blood vessels. These discoveries of his led to the recognition that excess oxygen given in the treatment of premature infants leads to their blindness and led to a change in the treatment of premature infants after their birth.
- The Hebrew University
- February 19, 2021
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This research, recently carried out by Prof. Jay Feinberg and Neri Berman from the Rekh Institute of Physics, was published in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters. The study revealed, for the first time, the behavior in the immediate vicinity of the crack tip. In fact, this is the first time in the world that this tiny region, where material breaking occurs, has been observed in a laboratory experiment
- The Hebrew University
- February 9, 2021
Research led by Dr. Itai Rabinovitch from the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University has now demonstrated that, at least in tiny worms, damaged communication between nerve cells can be restored by genetic means by implanting artificial connections in a completely biological manner
- The Hebrew University
- February 5, 2021
- Haifa University
- February 4, 2021
Researchers from the Hebrew University, the University of Haifa, the Technion, Aviv University, the Volcanic Institute and other research institutions from Israel and the world discovered the find at a site from about 6,500 years ago that sank into the sea. In this way, the discovery predates the ancient evidence that was known until now by about 4000 years.
- The Hebrew University
- February 2, 2021
Each plant has special organs in different shapes; The leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds of one plant will not resemble those of another plant, even between two different tomato varieties. Now researchers from the Faculty of Agriculture of the Hebrew University in Rehovot have found out why
- The Hebrew University
- January 23, 2021
- The Hebrew University
- January 22, 2021
- The Hebrew University
- January 12, 2021
The researchers tried to test stereotypical research hypotheses in Israel and around the world, according to which straight women prefer taller men when searching for partners, straight men prefer thinner women when they come to meet a partner for the purpose of marriage, and plump straight women have to "compromise" and marry short men
- The Hebrew University
- January 10, 2021
A new study at the Hebrew University examines why the farmers of the past preferred the mountains of Jerusalem over the mountains of the north?
- Ariel University
- January 6, 2021
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This is what Dr. Dan Ofir from the Computer Science Department at Ariel University suggests in the article The Revolution and the Changes in the Work Environment following the Pandemic in accordance with the saying: "Necessity is the father of all invention"
- The Hebrew University
- January 4, 2021