With plastic waste accounting for 80% of all marine pollution and up to 10 million metric tons entering the oceans annually, scientists are urgently seeking sustainable solutions. Now, researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have made a breakthrough by developing a safer, biodegradable plastic alternative—using a mineral commonly found in seashells. The study, […]
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A groundbreaking study by scientists at the University of Oxford has uncovered compelling evidence that Earth’s water may have originated from the planet’s original building materials, rather than from asteroid impacts as previously believed. The research focused on enstatite chondrites—rare meteorites with a chemical makeup similar to that of early Earth, dating back 4.55 billion […]
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A breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) tool RibbonFold is offering new insights into how disease-related proteins misfold, a process that plays a central role in neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Developed by Mingchen Chen of Changping Laboratory and Peter Wolynes of Rice University, the novel AI method—called RibbonFold—accurately predicts the structure of amyloids, twisted […]
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NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover continues to make groundbreaking discoveries as it traverses the lower slopes of ‘Witch Hazel Hill’ on the rim of Jezero Crater, a key region believed to have once held ancient water. Last week, the rover paused at a unique geologic boundary known as a “contact zone”, where light and dark […]
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After nine months on the job at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Rabbi Leah Fein still can’t believe she’s back in Los Angeles. “I feel lucky Wilshire was looking when I was looking,” she said. But how could Wilshire resist hiring a member of its own family – even if she had been on the East Coast […]
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On March 27, the Los Angeles premiere of the new documentary “For the Living” was held at the Museum of Tolerance, in partnership with the L.A. Jewish Film Festival, Museum of Tolerance, Holocaust Museum LA and the Goldrich Family Foundation. The film screened to an audience of 300 guests, followed by a Q&A with the […]
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Elisheva Rishon, the woman who was denied service at a Staples store in Los Angeles’ Mid-Wilshire area, said in an interview with The Journal that she believes the Staples employees ambushed her. Rishon, a Black Jewish Orthodox woman, had posted videos from her encounter at the Staples store on April 7 to her Instagram account […]
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O‘ahu’s iconic sandy beaches could face severe erosion by the end of the century, according to a new study from the Coastal Research Collaborative (CRC) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The research, published in Scientific Reports, warns that 81% of O‘ahu’s coastline is at risk of erosion by 2100, with 40% of shoreline […]
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In April 1948, on the last Passover before Israel declared her independence just a few weeks later, Rabbi Uziel extended an olive branch to the Muslim world: “I reach out to our Arab neighbors in peace, for our sole desire is to live together with you in this Holy Land that is sacred to all […]
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Hertz, one of the world’s largest car rental companies, has announced a strategic partnership with Israeli AI startup UVeye to deploy automated vehicle inspection technology across its U.S. rental operations. This move marks a major shift in how Hertz maintains its fleet of over 500,000 vehicles worldwide. Historically, vehicle assessments in the rental industry have […]
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