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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

In the quest for ‘the God particle,’ mystics get a new machine

By Marty Kaplan

If you listen to what cosmologists say about the origin of the universe, you have to put your mind in a place where mystics also dwell.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Israeli study: As negotiators, man smart, woman smarter

Forget the men when it comes to business negotiations. Women may be more skilled than their masculine counterparts, according to a new study by an Israeli researcher.

Monday, August 11, 2008

VIDEO: Sleep your wrinkles away with Israeli ion-releasing pillowcases

Israel21c gets an insider's look at Cupron Inc., a company that uses copper oxide in fabric with the promise of making your wrinkles disappear. Watch to see how it all works!

Sunday, August 3, 2008

The Dead Sea is dying and it's a 'man-made disaster' [VIDEO]

By Uriel Heilman

The Dead Sea's rapid disappearance has become a grave concern for environmentalists, industries that profit from the sea and Israel's tourism sector

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Red-Dead canal idea stirs controversy

By Dina Kraft

The World Bank is conducting a $14 million study of a plan to build a canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. Environmentalists say the canal idea is a risky proposition to save the Dead Sea, which is rapidly shrinking.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

OPINION: Save the Dead Sea by restoring the Jordan River, not by building a canal to the Red Sea

By Gidon Bromberg

The way to save the Dead Sea is by restoring freshwater flow from a rehabilitated Jordan River, not building an ecologically risky channel from the Red Sea

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Go ahead, gogle me

By Orit Arfa

If someone's life is not worth at least one page of Google search results, does that mean he hasn't accomplished or written anything of enough import to be broadcast online?

Monday, July 21, 2008

VIDEO: Duke professor searches for ‘kohanim’ genetic marker

Dr. David B. Goldstein from Duke's Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy talks about tracking the genetic history of the ancient Jewish priesthood (kohanim) and the Lost Tribes of Israel, the focus of his news book, "Jacob's Legacy"

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

‘Simplexity’ explains the methods to the madness

By Sandee Brawarsky

A handshake might seem to be a simple, even thoughtless social exchange. But behind the meeting of hands are a lot of neural firings, tactile feedback, control of muscles, depth perception; it's a ritual that grows out of a long tradition of greetings and social cues.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Israel's clean tech advances attract foreign investors' green

By Dina Kraft

Spurred by skyrocketing oil prices and growing interest in energy alternatives, a wave of new companies and investors are scouting out new clean technologies in Israel.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

A coup for Hebrew U—Gates to accept award

By Jacob Berkman

Microsoft founder Bill Gates will receive the inaugural Einstein Award, the American fund-raising arm of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem announced Monday.

The award, which will be presented to Gates in December at a gala dinner in New York, is named for Albert Einstein, who helped found the university. It will be given only rarely to those who have made a significant impact on humanity, according to the organization's executive director, Peter Willner. American Friends officials say this is the first time that Gates is accepting an award from a Jewish or Israeli organization.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Bill Gates to receive Einstein award from American Friends of the Hebrew University

"The Einstein Award represents the creation of a continuum of great minds and was inspired by the legacy of Albert Einstein, a founding father of our university who wrought a profound revolution in human understanding of our world," said Hebrew University President, Professor Menachem Magido. "The award pays tribute to today's most original, creative and effective thinkers. Bill Gates is a most worthy recipient -- like Einstein, he is a leader whose actions stem from the knowledge that human progress includes alleviating human suffering."

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Jewish identity defined—a la Facebook

By Jina Davidovich, Contributing Writer

Facebook has become far more than a social network; it is a virtual social necessity. The Jewish community has created a haven for there, claiming hundreds of groups, applications and pieces of Jewish flair.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Israel invests in clean tech as energy crunch looms

By Dina Kraft

Industry observers say more aggressive government policies, such as underwriting renewable energy initiatives and granting more land for power plants, are needed to bolster the development of alternative energy.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

UCLA’s new hospital takes technology to new frontiers

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner

During a procedure, surgeons can use a touch-screen panel or voice commands to display and control images, adjust room lighting, or phone a colleague. They can access patient histories, X-rays and lab results, and use their fingers on the console to draw -- just like a football commentator -- on images displayed on a screen.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Digital archaeologist traces history of Berlin, Jews

By Tom Tugend

The UCLA professor glides easily across the centuries by way of a construct he labels alternately as digital archaeology, information navigation, hypermedia and time-space documentation.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

VIDEO: Hebrew U and Berkeley scientists perfect tech for medical imagery via cell phones

A team at Hebrew University and Berkeley have designed a system to transfer medical images via cell phone.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Halacha is just a click away at online yeshiva

By Amy Klein

Like other virtual learning and videoconferencing, Web Yeshiva students see and hear each other and the instructor in the virtual classroom.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Segway inventor Dean Kamen brings his high-tech vision to Israel

By Dina Kraft

Dean Kamen, the multimillionaire inventor renowned for the Segway personal transporter, traveled to Israel with a message for teenagers: Careers in science will help make them the rock stars of their generation

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Israeli invention could pave way for hydrogen cars

By David Shamah

Everyone's heard that old story about the scientist who invents a "magic pill" that turns water into gasoline -- with the invention eventually getting into the hands of the oil companies that bury it, fearing they will be driven out of business when word gets out about their competition

Friday, March 7, 2008

Science of hearing loss moving near speed of sound

By Robert Ebisch

Science is ringing in a new era in the world of the hearing-impaired, and the technologies to accommodate, treat and prevent hearing loss -- and even cure it -- are advancing at almost sonic speed. And that's welcome news, considering how doctors are wringing their hands over study after study predicting hearing loss for a generation that seems constantly connected, almost from birth, to MP3 players.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Gene test kits—can they lead to dating services?

By Annalee Newitz

The question I keep asking about home genomics kits is whether they're any worse than, say, parts of the self-help industry. Both promise to fix people by making vague pronouncements based on a little science mixed with a lot of rank speculation.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Fund assists Israeli cancer researchers

By Dina Kraft

Howard Cedar is among hundreds of Israeli scientists whose research has been supported by the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), a charitable organization funded predominately by North American Jews that aims to keep Israeli researchers in the country performing cutting-edge research instead of losing them in a "brain drain" to institutions abroad with more money and resources.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Israel’s EcoOcean charts deep ‘green’ seas

By Karin Kloosterman

While some of the projects veer off course into areas that are not strictly environmental, the main thrust of EcoOcean, an Israeli nonprofit organization that built and funds a unique seafaring vessel, is to offer its ship, equipped with wet and dry laboratories, to those fighting to improve the marine and coastal environment.