Beersheba Imaging System Could Revolutionize Photography from Space
With the universe so vast, it is clear that mankind will not be able to visit – or even photograph – more than an infinitesimal part of it. Yet researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba have now have developed a satellite imaging system that they say is about to revolutionize photography from […]
Pre-Bariatric Surgery Info Critical for Long-Term Prediction of Diabetes Remission
Type-2 diabetics develop their chronic metabolic disease – in most cases – from being overweight and even morbidly obese, eating junk food and leading a sedentary life. Until recently it was thought to be irreversible but manageable by taking medications and/or injecting insulin, exercising and observing a restricted, healthful diet.
Beersheba Expert Lectures on Protecting Hospital Equipment from Cyber Attacks
People who are admitted to a medical center for an emergency or even a planned operation typically worry that the surgical team will be skilled and rested. It doesn’t enter their mind that the hospital may be at risk because of malicious cyber attacks on its sensitive electronic equipment.
Israeli Researchers Turn Turkey and Human Excrement Into Safe Fuel
The Bible is not shy about discussing unmentionable, unpleasant and embarrassing subjects, even what to do with human excrement. Strict rules of Jewish law address all aspects of everyday life including public sanitation and personal hygiene. These rules are very important in Jewish practices, demanding a high standard of public health required of leaders as well as the individual.
Potentially Deadly Measles Can Be Eradicated By Widespread Vaccination
Measles – the highly contagious viral disease caused that affects 20 million people and kills about 75,000 per year, mostly in developing countries in Africa and Asia – is a good candidate for eradication. There is an excellent, very effective vaccine, and unlike influenza and other infectious diseases, it does not occur in animals.
Beersheba Hospital Establishes Bio-Bank To Promote Personalized Medicine
Samples of biological material – including blood, tissue removed during surgery on patients and urine – are being stored in a unique research “Bio-Bank” to benefit residents of the Negev in the south of Israel.
Fat Tissue in Body Affected by Air Pollution, Causes Disease
Being fat is not a compliment in the Bible. According to a verse in Deuteronomy in which the Children of Israel became satisfied – at least figuratively corpulent – apathetic to spirituality and morals – rebelling against their faith in God.
Israelis Could Save World From Dependence on Arab Petroleum
Imagine a world in which cars, trucks, jets and even rockets would run on clean hydrogen, emitting only water vapor as a waste product, replacing fossil fuels like polluting gasoline that release greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.
Israeli Students Compete In Biology Competition With New Strategy To Fight ALS
Israeli researchers and even ndergraduates are working hard to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone and Lou Gehrig’s disease for the New York Yankee baseball hero who was felled 12 days before his 38th birthday by the debilitating and fatal neurodegenerative disorder.
Targeting Certain Proteins Could Inhibit Cancers’ Ability to Develop
Cancer is not one disease but many, each according to the organ it affects. In fact, there is no organ in the body that is not attacked by a cancer, except the heart, in which primary malignant tumors are extremely rare.
