REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOU…? Mysterious Brain Structure Sheds Light on Addiction

Sunday, Jul 26, 2020

Anna Terem, Courtesy Hebrew University Do you remember where you were when you first heard that two planes had crashed into New York’s Twin Towers? Or where you had your first kiss? Our...

Nano-engineered pomegranate oil holds hope for brain disease, study shows

Sunday, Jul 12, 2020

A Israeli study has found that multiple sclerosis patients taking a nano-engineered nutritional supplement made out of pomegranate oil showed “significant cognitive improvement” after just...

Global Survey of 4,000 Coronavirus Patients Supports Link Between COVID-19 and Loss of Smell and Taste

Monday, May 11, 2020

A massive, crowdsourced-survey of COVID-19 patients from over 40 countries provides the greatest evidence to date of the link between COVID-19 and the loss of smell, taste and chemesthesis—the...

Hebrew University's efforts against the coronavirus

Thursday, Apr 16, 2020

As we confront the challenges posed by the novel coronavirus, issues of health—our individual health, the health of those we love, and the health of our community—are uppermost in our...

Ready for Purim, 3D masks bring instagram filters to life

Sunday, Mar 1, 2020

The masks are of such a high resolution that they can trick facial recognition technologies. By ROSSELLA TERCATIN FEBRUARY 27, 2020 19:32 “Public Interaction: A...

How Did Dinosaur Parents Know When Their Kids Had a Fever?

Monday, Feb 17, 2020

Prehistoric egg shells provide clues to dinosaurs’ evolution from cold- to warm-blooded creatures From the time that dinosaur fossils were first discovered, these creatures have...

Hebrew U. Researcher Cracks Newton's Elusive ‘Three-Body’ Problem

Sunday, Dec 22, 2019

Chaos leads scientists to new understanding of centuries’-old quandary It’s been nearly 350 years since Sir Isaac Newton outlined the laws of motion, claiming “For every action, there...

Get Ready for a New Periodic Table Researchers at Hebrew University Combine Quantum Dot “Atoms” and Create New “Molecules”

Monday, Dec 16, 2019

Are you ready for the future? Back in 1869, Russia’s Dmitri Mendeleev began to classify the elements according to their chemical properties, giving rise to the Periodical Table of...

Pregnant Smokers at Higher Risk for Gestational Diabetes, Hebrew University Study Finds

Thursday, Dec 12, 2019

Smoking during pregnancy is one of the most significant risk factors for poor pregnancy outcomes. In the United States, 10.7% of all women smoke during their pregnancy or are...

New technique targets cancer cells and leaves healthy ones alone; Patients would receive less chemo and fewer side effects

Wednesday, Nov 27, 2019

It is a feeling that many who receive a cancer diagnosis can identify with: heartbreak and fear, followed by hopes that chemotherapy will save the day. Unfortunately, for many patients, chemo’s...

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