Jerry Barach, Author at J-Wire

Major medical breakthrough

Jerry Barach — Sun, 04 May 2014 23:45:37 +0000

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in cooperation with U.S. researchers, has made a major breakthrough in the development of the production of stem cells.

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Australia working with Hebrew University on climate change

Jerry Barach — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:53:54 +0000

The University of New South Wales has been involved in a joint project with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem dealing with greenhouse gases.

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Australia’s Deakin University takes part in Hebrew Uni study

Jerry Barach — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:56:55 +0000

But, the question remains: do these cultural characteristics, when they affect various motor skills, also determine the results of people’s efforts?

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New English Course at the Hebrew Uni

Jerry Barach — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:27:01 +0000

The Melton Center for Jewish Education of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will open for the first time this Spring a new master's degree program in Jewish education, taught in English, designed for students from abroad, both Jewish and non-Jewish.

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Australian-born Israelis at risk in the sun

Jerry Barach — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:18:23 +0000

A new study conducted using extensive medical records of over one million Israeli adolescents before military service shows clearly how exposure to the Israeli sun of young, light-skinned children increases substantially the risk of cutaneous melanoma (a serious form of skin cancer).

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Helping the blind to “see”

Jerry Barach — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:18:45 +0000

Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have shown that activating the ‘mind’s eye’ -- sounds, instead of eyesight, can produce alternative vision.

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Helping the blind “to see”

Jerry Barach — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:36:26 +0000

A method developed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for training blind persons to “see” through the use of a sensory substitution device (SSD) has enabled those using the system to actually “read” an eye chart with letter sizes smaller than those used in determining the international standard for blindness.

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