Published at: 12:03 pm - Saturday March 06 2010
To do the job properly, one must have the proper tools. That was the message of the African participants in a week-long workshop in February of Pears Foundation alumni of the International Master of Public Health program of the Braun Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine. A feature of the workshop was [...]
Published at: 04:02 pm - Saturday February 27 2010
A section of an ancient city wall of Jerusalem from the tenth century B.C.E. – possibly built by King Solomon — has been revealed in archaeological excavations directed by Dr. Eilat Mazar and conducted under the auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The section of the city wall revealed, 70 meters long and six [...]
Published at: 05:02 pm - Saturday February 06 2010
We know exactly where an object is when we say it is “within the reach of our hand.” But if we don’t have a hand, can we still see the object just where it is?
Apparently not, say researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hadassah Hospital-Mount Scopus. The space within reach of our hands [...]