Science, Medicine, & Education

By Rabbi Avi Shafran © 2011 AMI MAGAZINE JERUSALEM — The latest Nobel Prize for chemistry was awarded last month to Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of “quasicrystals.” In the 1980s, the Israeli chemist noticed something peculiar as he examined a glowing hot metal he had cooled. The diffraction pattern that formed in

By Ohr Adani PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — When I was a little girl, my mother used to take me to the doctor regularly, just to make sure everything was all right. The standard procedure involved a simple blood test. Simple for the doctor but for me, it was a nightmare. I was terrified by syringes

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The desert is the subject and dessert will be the repast at a reception planned for 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 29, for Prof. Pedro Berliner, director of Ben-Gurion University’s Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, at the home of Dr. Sergio and Ariela Berkstein. Berliner will be joined at the

By Abigail Klein Leichman JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Coming to pet shops in 2012: An Israeli pooper-scooper that turns droppings into harmless, odorless ash within seconds. If you have a dog, then you know that no matter how fancy a pooper-scooper you’ve got, after Rover’s walk you are still left with a messy, smelly nuisance that pollutes

NEW YORK (Press Release)– Cornell University and The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology announced Monday, Oct. 24, a new partnership to bid on creating a world-class applied science and engineering campus in New York City, as outlined by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The NYC Tech Campus on Roosevelt Island will combine the full spectrum of

By Andrea Erins HOUSTON, Texas — While there are not many Jewish scholarships available through government programs due to issues with the separation of Church and State, there are a number of scholarships available through private organizations. In addition to the national scholarships listed here, there are a number of scholarships through individual colleges and

By Arlene and Joel Moskowitz LA JOLLA, California — This time of the year, in conjunction with seasonal holidays, San Diegans have the opportunity to ‘enjoy’ The Del Mar Fairgrounds Scream Zone: This authors will attempt to explore some of the religious and psychodynamic concerns which draw to and cause some to avoid these thrill

HAIFA (Press Release)– White light bulbs that emit light at shorter wavelengths are greater suppressors of the body’s production of melatonin than bulbs emitting orange-yellow light, a new international study has revealed. Melatonin is a compound that adjusts our biological clock and is known for its anti-oxidant and anti-cancerous properties. The study investigated the influence

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– Stocks  of companies that are committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies perform statistically similarly to those corporations that do not have these programs, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers. These findings were presented at the Ninth Annual International Conference on Business Accounting, Finance, Management

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– A multidisciplinary  team at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has developed a new training method using a desktop webcam to improve ergonomic posture and reduce the risk of  musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) among office workers using computers. According to an article in Applied Ergonomics in  the forthcoming issue, a group of 60