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  • Sep292026

    UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Sign MOU and Launch Biomedical Research Collaboration

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is proud to announce the signing of two new agreements with UCLA, marking an important…

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  • Sep282026

    Routine Newborn Screening Could Catch CMV Before Problems Appear

    A large three-year newborn screening program found that more than half of babies with congenital CMV would have been missed…

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  • Sep252026

    Monumental Second Temple–Period Purification Complex (Mikve) Uncovered at the Foot of the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem

    Archaeologists have uncovered a monumental complex of ritual baths, most likely used by Jewish pilgrims visiting the Temple in Jerusalem,…

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  • Sep242026

    Your Body Regulates Blood Sugar Better Near Someone You Love

    New study identifies a new physiological principle in human physiology: “Social Physiology” – human bodies regulate glucose, temperature, and stress…

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  • Sep222026

    Political Turmoil and Emotional Insecurity May Intensify War Trauma

    Three years after October 7, a new study reveals that the psychological toll of war on combat soldiers is driven…

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  • Sep222026

    How Cocaine Hijacks a Brain Circuit to Drive Compulsive Behavior

    Researchers uncover a neural mechanism that normally supports flexible behavior, but is co-opted by cocaine to trigger rigid, repetitive patterns…

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  • Sep172026

    How Cracks Form: Slowly at first, and then all at once

    New study shows that catastrophic fractures begin not with an explosive crack, but with tiny two-dimensional patches that creep almost…

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  • Sep162026

    Dvash Group and the Hebrew University Partner to Launch Deep-Tech Venture Capital Fund Targeting $50 Million

    A new independent fund, managed by Dvash Group in strategic cooperation with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yissum, will…

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  • Sep162026

    Disease-Causing E. coli Quickly Finds a New Way to Grip Human Cells—Revealing a Possible Target for Future Treatments

    A new study shows how a type of disease-causing E. coli can quickly adapt when it loses one of its…

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  • Sep162026

    Did Wildfires Help Spark the Invention of Pottery?

    A new study suggests that a period of intense fires and landscape upheaval in the ancient southern Levant may have…

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