Neuroscience

Two out of three 2026 Nobel Medicine laureates were recognized with Technion's Harvey Prize in 2016

Prof. Deisseroth of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Prof. Hegemann of Humboldt University of Berlin were awarded the Harvey Prize in 2016 and received the Nobel in 2026.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Technion's 2016 edition of the Harvey Prize. Both professor would later be awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
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How does breathing alter the brain? Inside the science of sighs with a world-leading neuroscientist

You are doing it right now, and until I mentioned it, you were not aware of it. We all take breathing for granted. We tend to think of it as the body’s background software.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Russian cyborg pigeon drones begin real-world testing phases, sparking concern over military misuse

While the company insists its mission is purely to serve utilities, logistics, agriculture, and emergency response, the potential to adapt the technology for military use is hard to ignore.

|BySHIR PERETS
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Neural 'on/off' switch discovery may shed light on sex differences in social behavior

What makes this neural cluster unusual is its binary activity pattern: it is consistently active in females but largely inactive in males, only turning on during major social or reproductive events.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS

Here's how your brain knows when things don't sound normal - study

The scientists are hoping that this new information could be valuable in treating certain illnesses and selecting individuals with unique sound-related skills.

OCTOBER 31, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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