News For Conservationists: Scientists Challenge Current Theories About Natural Habitats And Species Diversity

Monday, Mar 18, 2013

Study contradicts conventional wisdom that habitat heterogeneity increases number of species Provides scientists and policymakers with insights for selecting and managing conservation...

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's… Hebrewu?

Monday, Mar 18, 2013

Jerusalem, January 15, 2013 - What do Christopher Columbus, The Beatles and the Smithsonian Institution have in common? They all have a space asteroid named after them. Now the Hebrew University of...

How To Cut Down On Crime? Focus Police In Concentrated 'Hot Spots', Says Hebrew University Criminologist

Monday, Mar 18, 2013

Jerusalem, February 5, 2013 -- Police enforcement can be more effective in reducing crime at vulnerable “hot spots” without the threat of displacing crime to nearby areas, research in Israel...

Yissum Announces Formation of Integra Holdings, a Biopharmaceutical Holding Company

Thursday, Dec 13, 2012

JERUSALEM- Yissum, the technology transfer company of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced today the inception of its subsidiary, Integra Holdings, a holding company focusing on...

New Strategy For Fingerprint Visualization Developed At Hebrew University Can Provide Breakthrough For Police Forensic Investigations

Thursday, Dec 13, 2012

Jerusalem, Nov. 6, 2012 -- Identifying fingerprints on paper is a commonly used method in police forensic work, but unfortunately it is not easy to make those fingerprints visible. Now,...

Not What You Consciously Thought: Hebrew University Researchers Show How We Can Do Math Problems And Read Phrases Unconsciously

Thursday, Dec 13, 2012

Jerusalem, Nov. 14, 2012 – Can we actually read words and phrases and solve multi-step mathematical problems without our having consciously been aware of them? A team in the Psychology Department...

Face It: It’s Body Language, Not Facial Expressions, That Broadcasts What’s Happening To Us During Extreme Emotions, Say Hebrew U and US Researchers

Thursday, Dec 13, 2012

Jerusalem, Nov. 29, 2012 – If you think that you can judge by examining someone’s facial expressions if he has just hit the jackpot in the lottery or lost everything in the stock market --...

Mice on a scheduled high-fat diet had a lower body weight than mice on an unscheduled low-fat diet with the same number of calories

Thursday, Dec 13, 2012

New research from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem shows that a carefully scheduled high-fat diet can lead to a reduction in body weight and a unique metabolism in which ingested fats are not...

Activating The ‘Mind’s Eye’ - Sounds, Instead Of Eyesight, Can Be Alternative Vision, Show Hebrew U. Researchers at IMRIC

Thursday, Dec 13, 2012

Jerusalem, Nov. 6, 2012 -- Common wisdom has it that if the visual cortex in the brain is deprived of visual information in early infanthood, it may never develop properly its functional...

The Eensy-Weensy Spider Can Put More Food in Our Mouths

Thursday, Sep 6, 2012

How do grasshoppers who are being frightened by spiders affect our ecosystem? In no small measure, say researchers at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Yale University in the US. A...

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