Science, Medicine, & Education

NEW YORK  (Press Release)– The American Technion Society (ATS) announced on Wednesday, March 19,  that Jeffrey Richard, of Riverdale, N.Y., will become the organization’s new Executive Vice President in May, following a nationwide search. Melvyn H. Bloom, who has led the organization for the past three decades, will become Executive Vice President Emeritus. Richard, a fundraising

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Cyber attacks are the primary domestic security threat facing the United States, FBI Director James Comey told the Senate Homeland Security Committee last year. Traditional warfare is now inextricably linked to economic and cyber warfare. In just one example, cyber strikes have the potential to derail a nation’s power grid,

HAIFA (Press Release)– What was there before the Big-Bang? Is a creation of the Universe out of nothing possible? Questions regarding the formation of the Universe and ‘what was there’ before it came to existence have been of great interest to mankind at all times. Several suggestions have been presented during the ages – mostly

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Alzheimer’s disease is the most widespread degenerative neurological disorder in the world. Over five million Americans live with it, and one in three senior citizens will die with the disease or a similar form of dementia. While memory loss is a common symptom of Alzheimer’s, other behavioral manifestations — depression,

  By Marleen Litt/JNS.org TEL AVIV — In 2007, a friend reached out to me for help. Her uncle was a long-term resident at the Reuth Medical Center in Tel Aviv, and she requested that I join her on the American Friends of Reuth’s Young Leadership board to raise awareness for the facility. After visiting

  BEERSHEVA, Israel (Press Release)–Researching clean water solutions is no new task for BGU, with water recycling technologies being used on its desert campuses. But the desert is not the only place where water research is important. In June, BGU and the University of Chicago signed a water research agreement in the presence of Chicago