Scientists Get Sly, Use Deception to Fight Cancer
To combat cancer, an arch-enemy that kills millions of people around the world (and some 600,000 in the US alone), researchers sometimes revert to using trickery.
World’s Longest Salt Cave Discovered in Israel
Since Lot’s Wife looked back at the destruction of the evil city of Sodom (today, Sdom in modern Israel), there hasn’t been such big news about salt.
Einstein’s 140th Birthday Celebrated with New Jerusalem Archives Manuscripts
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has just celebrated the Albert Einstein’s 140th with a cake, a visit from Texas of his cousin – and the presentation of 110 original manuscripts to its Einstein Archives.
Managers Who Listen Boost Staff Creativity
One would think bosses would have the common sense to pay attention to their employees’ suggestions and grievances, but many managers either lack the time, inclination or emotional intelligence to do so.
Israeli Researchers Show Medical Cannabis Can Relieve Autism Symptoms
Medical cannabis has been said by researchers to relieve symptoms of numerous physical diseases including pain and muscle spasticity due to multiple sclerosis; pain and spasms from spinal cord injuries; loss of appetite and pain from cancer; and anorexia, weight loss and severe nausea in HIV/AIDS patients.
Are You Extremely Happy or Distraught? They Can’t Tell from Your Voice
Most people can tell the difference in the faces of those who are jubilant over good news and those who are distraught over bad news. But the same does not hold for voices of people whose faces are absent.
Scientists Finally Agree About the Earthquake in Days of Amos But…Which One?
In its ongoing effort to catch up to the Bible, science has finally discovered evidence of the catastrophic earthquake that the prophets Amos and Zechariah described. In an article titled “Fact Checking the Book of Amos,” Haaretz explores the proof that such an earthquake did indeed occur.
Israeli Scientists Aim at Healing Damaged Organs with Artificial Tissue
With the sorely inadequate supply of donated human organs – from kidneys to livers and lungs to hearts – available in Israel, scientists here have invested years of research into producing artificial tissue for transplant. But until the technique can proceed, a way must be found to create effective arteries, veins and capillaries to supply blood to the artificial tissue.
Israeli Study: If You Want a Wage Rise, Better Hope the Boss is not Your Friend
In fact, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem together will colleagues at the University of Chicago and the University of California at Los Angeles have found that if you’re asking for an end-of-year salary hike or bonus, it will be more forthcoming if he or she is NOT your friend. Nepotism is a no-no, at least if it becomes public knowledge.
Hebrew U Researchers Discover Promising Treatment for Aggressive Brain Tumors
Glioblastoma sounds frightening – and it is. This malignancy is the most aggressive cancer that begins inside the brain, and patients who are diagnosed with it usually have only about 11 to 20 months to live. There are rare cases, about 3% to 5% of victims, who survive for five years or more.
