Printing biocompatible sensors may advance bionics

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Tiny sensors and motors are everywhere, telling your smartphone screen to rotate and your camera to focus. Now, a team of researchers at Tel Aviv University has found a way to print biocompatible components for these micro-machines, making them ideal for use in medical devices, like bionic arms. Microelectromechanical systems, better […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education

JNS news briefs: August 7, 2013

  Iran nuclear program will only be stopped by increased pressure, Netanyahu says (JNS.org) Newly inaugurated Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said at a press conference on Tuesday that Iran is “serious” about negotiations on its nuclear program as long as the other party in talks “abandons the language of pressure and threats.” But at a

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International

U.S. indecisiveness prompts Israel to chart its own course

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–We’re seeing another uptick in Israelis publicly pondering an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. It might not come today, or ever. The increase in comments attributed to highly placed Israeli officials may be nothing more than frustrated politicians’ efforts to move the public’s focus away from domestic disturbances. The provocation may be

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JNS news briefs: August 6, 2013

Erdogan will no longer visit Gaza due to border-crossing denial by Egypt (JNS.org) Islamist Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not be visiting Gaza later this month, as he had planned, reportedly due to Egyptian military authorities’ refusal to allow him to enter the Hamas-controlled territory through the Egyptian border. The denial by Egypt’s

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International

U.N. consults Israeli non-profit on disability rights

By Anav Silverman RA’ANANA, Israel — There are around 780 million people across the world living with disabilities today. At a recent UN Conference, a leading Israeli non-profit organization that services people with disabilities took center stage. Jean Judes, the executive director of the Ra’anana-based Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS) spoke at the three-day UN Conference

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: August 5, 2013

IDF Christian enlistment triples in the past year (JNS.org) Christian enlistment in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has nearly tripled in the past year, going from 35 to 100, with another 500 Christians doing national service, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s office. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Father Gabriel Nadaf,

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International

Neither side will get ‘justice’ in Middle East negotiations

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Conversations began in Washington, to be continued in Jerusalem and Ramallah. It may be too early to speak of negotiations, but it is best that we do not know. More is likely to happen in secret than in public. “Discussions” appears to be an appropriate term for whatever is happening.

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