The Hebrew University
- 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
- 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
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- 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
![On the left the binary system] in the middle of the three bodies, on the right - the effect is like one body surrounding another body and not two. From the research of Prof. Barak Kol.](https://www.hayadan.org.il/images/content3/2021/03/bark-kol-3-bodies-problem.jpg.webp)
- The Hebrew University
- March 11, 2021
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An Israeli study led by Prof. Barak Kol from the Hebrew University heralds a new approach to the problem of the three bodies and accurately predicts the statistics of the system's behavior
- 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 26, 2021
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Dr. Asaf Haresh of the Hebrew University revealed a new and surprising phenomenon concerning the destruction of stars by black holes* so far no researcher has been able to prove that such flashes of radio radiation exist, a relatively long time after the destruction of the star. The research even proves the power of the event and the partial understanding of the scientific world on the subject. The research was published in Nature Astronomy
- The Hebrew University
- February 24, 2021
One of the largest proteins of the virus, which the researchers were able to decipher using a new and unique method, is a protein called Nsp2, known as "reluctant" to structural decipherment. Dr. Dina Schneidman: "We now have technology and an experimental protocol to study not only the virus proteins themselves, but also their partners inside the human cell"
- The Hebrew University
- February 23, 2021
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A group of international researchers, including from the Hebrew University and the Weizmann Institute, discovered the particle that arrived following an emission event that occurred in 2019
- 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
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- January 22, 2021
- The Hebrew University
- January 19, 2021
Guide RNA fragments, which until recently were known as the breakdown stages of the guide RNA on the way to their elimination from the body, were discovered in a new study led by Prof. Hermona Sorek from the Hebrew University, as molecules of great importance in preventing the collapse of the immune system following a stroke, the risk of which increases in corona patients
- 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?
- The Hebrew University
- January 4, 2021