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Researchers identify 6 barriers to home physiotherapy
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The effectiveness of physiotherapy hinges on the consistent practice of prescribed exercises at home, but maintaining this regularity is challenging for many patients.
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Ancestral echoes, modern mission: American Jewish volunteers lend helping
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The group, organized by the Jewish National Fund-US, is spending a week in Israel helping farmers salvage crops, packing meals for soldiers, visiting hospitals and more.
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Smuggling of USD 8.3 mn in cocaine from Egypt foiled
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The smuggling attempt was foiled overnight when "Magen" forces with the aid of police aircraft carried out a chase of dozens of kilometers in the Egyptian border area.
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USD 1 Million climate prize awarded to three Israeli research projects
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The award winners included Profs. Shanny Barath and Yechezkel Kashin from the Technion-Israel Institute for their CyanoCementation project, Prof. Brian Rosen from Tel Aviv University for his research into green ammonia as a clean fuel source, and Prof. Menny Shalom from Ben-Gurion University
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Israeli President raises plight of hostages in Davos
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Hamas terrorists took Bibas, his 4-year-old brother Ariel, and their parents, Shiri and Yarden, from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz along with some 240 others during the Oct. 7 assault on the northwestern Negev.
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Israeli researchers unravel mysteries of biodiversity
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Led by PhD student Tal Raz and Professor Shai Meiri of Tel Aviv University and Professor Uri Roll of Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, the researchers gave further confirmation that tropical regions near the equator serve as centers of high biodiversity for land vertebrates.
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Israel police make arrests in Rahat crime raid
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Israel Police reported that officers from its Southern District working with Border Police and police special forces in the Negev carried out what it called a "proactive activity" in the city of Rahat and in the Bedouin settlement Ar'arat an-Naqab.
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Israel: Millions allocated to deal with trash problems caused by war
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The ongoing fighting has led to a slight increase in the amount of waste from the local authorities, an increase in waste treatment expenses and to added difficulties for financing the increase in expenses.
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Study finds bias against older people in Israeli hiring practices
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Israel's Ministry of the Negev, the Galilee and National Resilience, which handles matters concerning senior citizens in the State of Israel, commissioned a study that found most Israeli employers are biased against hiring older people for jobs.
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Israel wants to bring 195 foreign Jewish doctors to country
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Israel’s Cabinet, at its weekly meeting Sunday, approved a proposal made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Health Minister and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel, and Negev, Galilee and National Resilience Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf to implement a designated plan to bring 195 additional doct
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Israeli researcher’s AI identifies ‘Social Norm Violations’
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A scientist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has designed an AI system capable of identifying “social norm violations” in-text samples.
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Two arrested for firing guns at Bedouin wedding
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The two suspects are residents of Tel as-Sabi and the police also seized three vehicles.
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