Author archive for Arianna Steigman

  • Jan142026

    Medical Students Gain Empathy and Professional Insight Through Sustained Home Visits with Older Adults

    A new study shows that year-long home visits with older adults help first-year medical students build stronger communication skills, rethink…

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  • Jan142026

    Why Do We Fail at Reducing Medical Errors?

    Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death, yet healthcare systems continue to struggle to reduce them. A…

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  • Jan132026

    Paulson Family Foundation Makes a $19 Million Donation to the Hebrew University to Fund a New Building for Electrical Engineering

    The Paulson Family Foundation announced an additional $19 million donation to Hebrew University. Together with the foundation’s previous donation of…

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  • Jan122026

    DNA Breaks in BRCA Carriers Reveal the Beginnings of Breast Cancer Before there’s a Tumor

    New study shows that in women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, their breast cells already carry a clear pattern of…

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  • Jan122026

    A New Transparent and Colour-Tunable 3D-Printed Solar Panel

    A new study highlights a semi-transparent, colour-tunable solar cell designed to work in places traditional panels can’t, like windows and…

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  • Jan082026

    How the Brain Decides on a Smile Before It Happens

    From Intention to Expression Every time someone smiles, grimaces, or flashes a look of surprise, the movement feels effortless –…

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  • Jan082026

    100 Hands, One Brain: The Making of a Community Installation at ELSC

    At the entrance to the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC), a white, transparent installation resembling a…

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  • Jan072026

    Dentin Inside Wolffish Teeth is a Rare Material: when compressed in one direction – it shrinks also in the other

    A new study has uncovered a rare behavior in the material of the teeth of the Atlantic wolffish. This material…

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  • Jan072026

    Professor Eva Illouz Named First Recipient of the Hebrew University President’s Lifetime Achievement Award

    For the first time in its history, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has conferred the University President’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The…

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  • Jan052026

    A CRISPR screen reveals many previously unrecognized genes required for brain development and a new neurodevelopmental disorder

    An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene linked to…

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