Researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Zimin Institute for Engineering Solutions Advancing Better Lives at Tel Aviv University have been able to predict both the type of cancer and patients’ survival probability based on silent mutations in cancer genomes – a proof of concept that may well save lives in the future. […]
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Burnt archaeological flints enable us to determine the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field during prehistoric periods. Information about the magnetic field in antiquity helps us understand the magnetic field today. Researchers: “the current weakening of the field is a reversible trend; Seven thousand six hundred years ago, the strength of the magnetic field was […]
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PRIESTLY BLESSING TO BE RECLAIMED FROM “VULCANS” On August 2, America’s first nationwide Jewish film festival has been announced. Streaming service JEWZY.TV – which launched to American audiences only a few months ago – has spotted a gap in the market for a coast-to-coast celebration of the silver screen with a Jewish twist. It is […]
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A new study reveals: overfishing and other human pressures are severely harming many marine protected areas (MPAs) around the world The study points to a strong “edge effect” in MPAs, sharply reducing by 60% the fish population living up to 1 – 1.5 km within the MPA. This significantly diminishes the effectiveness of the MPA. […]
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Today, the building at Hashlosha Street 2 (Tel Aviv) was mined. According to the police department, unknown individuals have rung the police hotline at 13:00 informing that there is a planted bomb in the building which would explode in 30 minutes. Anonymous persons emphasized that the reasons for their actions are because of the activities […]
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A world first: Technology that restores the sense of touch in nerves damaged as a result of amputation or injury Researchers have developed a sensor that can be implanted anywhere in the body, for example under the tip of a severed finger; the sensor connects to another nerve that functions properly and restores tactile sensation […]
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(Photo: Fossil remains of skull and jaw. Credit Photo: Tel Aviv University.) The bones of an early human, unknown to science, who lived in the Levant at least until 130,000 years ago, were discovered in excavations at the Nesher Ramla site, near the city of Ramla. According to common practice, the new Homo fossil was named […]
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The researchers found that dissatisfaction with marriage is a predictor of CVAs and premature death as much as physical indexes, including smoking and a sedentary lifestyle According to the findings, the risk is higher among relatively young men, aged 50 and under Dissatisfaction with married life raises the risk of dying from a cerebrovascular accident: A […]
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The Towns of Death by Mirosław Tryczyk is the English translation of his Polish-language Miasta śmierci on the pogroms of Jews in Eastern Poland perpetrated by their Polish neighbors. The book is a product of two journeys: that of its Polish author and his Polish-American translator. I – the translator – am a child of […]
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A mechanism through which “good” viruses kill “bad” bacteria and block their reproduction Researchers at Tel Aviv University discovered a process by which a “good” virus selectively destroys the DNA of “bad” bacteria, thereby stopping its reproduction. The discovery may assist in the development of treatments against antibiotic-resistant bacteria that cause infectious diseases. The paper […]
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