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Animal testing is cruel and often unnecessary. But the FDA forces drugmakers to do it
Times, and technologies, are changing. With growing momentum in the movement to stop harmful animal testing and major advancements in alternative research methods, it’s time...
ReadHebrew University Researchers Decipher the Sweet Taste of Heavy Water
A long-standing, unresolved puzzle concerns the taste of heavy water. Regular water has no distinct taste but rumors indicate that heavy water tastes sweet. Why...
ReadCave of Wonders: HU Researchers Unveil Oldest Evidence of Human Activity in African Desert Cave
Few sites in the world preserve a continuous archaeological record spanning millions of years. Wonderwerk Cave, located in South Africa’s Kalahari Desert, is one of...
ReadGamgee and Hebrew University Partner to Protect Smart Homes and More
Amsterdam-based smart home company Gamgee, and Yissum, the technology transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced a partnership to develop machine learning algorithms...
ReadHebrew University and Amazon Web Services Establish Research Agreement
In December 2019, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the start of its quantum computing initiatives. These include a cloud-based quantum computing service Amazon Braket, the...
ReadHU Researchers Observe First Evidence of Delayed Radio Flares by a Black Hole
A team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) led by Dr. Assaf Horesh discovered the first evidence of radio flares emitted only...
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