Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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According the Landmine Monitor 2016, global casualties from landmines reached a 10-year high in 2015 and funding for clearance efforts reached a 10-year low. A new system that highlights the location of landmines and unexploded ordnance using glowing bacteria could help reverse this trend.
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There’s a delicate ecosystem in your gut right now, but a bad burrito can throw it off. Just how pathogens like E. coli take hold isn’t well understood, but researchers have studied how it senses its surroundings and in response, switches its gene expression from “attack mode” to “colonize mode.”
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ScienceThe Milky Way galaxy is currently racing through space at about 2 million km/h on a journey towards the Shapley Supercluster. But we’re not just being pulled in this direction: Astronomers have now discovered a huge extragalactic void, called the Dipole Repeller, that’s pushing us away.
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Many diabetics have limited feeling in their feet, and thus aren't aware when pressure is being exerted on one area of the foot for a prolonged period. That's why a team from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is creating SenseGO – pressure-monitoring electronic socks.
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Today's simple metal lightning rods may be on their way to obsolescence. That's because scientists at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem are developing a high-tech alternative that could potentially reach higher and be more effective – laser lightning rods.
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Albert Einstein will be forever remembered for his famous E=mc2 formula, but there was much more to the man than this. To show this, Princeton University has now released an online archive of his documents spanning the years 1897 - 1923 that provides much insight into the man and his life.
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A promising new study suggests that a wireless, light-sensitive, and flexible nanotube-semiconductor nanocrystal film could potentially form part of a prosthetic device to replace damaged or defective retinas.
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MetaboShield, is an innovative intestinal sleeve that can be lodged permanently in the small intestine via the throat in an anesthesia-free procedure. Though it is still a prototype, when developed the sleeve could help people shed unwanted pounds and potentially help reverse type 2 diabetes.
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Although the administering of fluids to patients via an IV line may be commonplace, what many people may not realize is that getting the needle into a vein can be quite a tricky process. That’s why a team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created a robotic gadget to do the job.
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An experimental new robotic device automatically steers an inserted breathing tube towards a patient's trachea. It promises to make the intubation process easier for doctors, and safer for patients.
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ScienceA new technique is said to produce better results when trying to lift fingerprints from paper surfaces.
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Newly-developed software saves law enforcement and security analysts from having to watch hours of surveillance camera footage.