Corona

Wolf Prize in Medicine 2025: Recognition of Prof. Pamela Bjorkman for her pioneering contributions to the understanding of viral defense mechanisms

Avi Blizovsky
March 10, 2025
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Prof. Pamela Bjorkman from the California Institute of Technology won the prestigious award for developing innovative antibody-focused approaches to combat viruses and establishing an infrastructure for advanced vaccine research.

When the economic situation is difficult, reports of UFOs multiply

The Hebrew University
December 24, 2024
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New research reveals that reports of unidentified aerial phenomena serve as a unique measure of public attention, which is influenced by regional economic fluctuations

Did the corona closures lead to the disappearance of a strain of flu?

Avi Blizovsky
November 11, 2024
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Family, Work and Gender in Contemporary Japan - The National Science Foundation

The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
November 19, 2023

More Japanese women are entering the labor market in recent years, and more men are staying at home with the children

Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering mRNA applications for corona vaccines

Avi Blizovsky
October 2, 2023
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The two, Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, were informed about a month ago that they had won the HARVEI Award at the Technion

Save food, save the world

The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
September 10, 2023

The cooperative economy tries to provide an answer to the loss of food

The phenomenon of "silent resignation" is increasing

Avi Blizovsky
July 28, 2023
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This is what Samdar Tadmor, CEO of Claro and an organizational consultant, said at the Silicon Club meeting that took place at DTEC, the technological training center for the young people of the Druze community in Isfaia

Vitamin D deficiency may lead to an increase in mortality among corona patients

Avi Blizovsky
February 6, 2022
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The physics behind the spread of coughing and sneezing - it's time to abandon outdated models

Dr. Noam Chai
January 24, 2021
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In a study recently published in the prestigious journal for physicists, researchers from Europe reveal how the cough cloud spreads in a closed space under realistic conditions and the findings are surprising

The FDA granted emergency approval for Pfizer and Biotech's corona vaccine

Noam Levitan
December 13, 2020
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On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccine for emergency use in people 16 and older. It is now expected that the Ministry of Health will approve the vaccine for emergency use in Israel as well

Researchers offer a new approach to dealing with the corona virus: putting the immune system into action even before the body is attacked

The Hebrew University
August 18, 2020
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The researchers actually suggest increasing the power of the innate immune system - the first line in the fight against the virus, before the acquired immune system (specific to a particular pathogen) comes into action.