Loud and clear reasons for a cell phone-free Summer
Jordanna Flores
February 23, 2007
Cell phones are an inherent part of our culture — why fight that at camp?
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Science & Technology
Israeli photo application promises more beautiful you
Karin Kloosterman
February 15, 2007
Since its unveiling in Boston, the response to the Beauty Function has been overwhelming: Media, including New Scientist and Forbes, have been eager to report on a computer program that can change the landscape of digital photography.
Jews join the quest for space commerce
Adam Wills
November 2, 2006
Commercial space interests are now playing a critical role in the dawn of the second space age — one built on business ventures and international cooperation. Instead of Hilton and Pan Am, the corporate names associated with the commercialization of space include Budget Suites and Virgin.
Secrets of cosmos draw eyes heavenward
Nick Street
November 2, 2006
Whether they\’re secular or religious, Jewish astronomers are part of a venerable tradition of inquiry and teaching. And the light transmitted by this tradition shines just as brightly in the upcoming generation of space scientists.
Winning Nobel Prizes seems to run in one family’s chemistry — and biology
Joe Eskenazi
October 12, 2006
You\’ve heard of the nuclear family. But how about the deoxyribonucleic family? Thirty-seven years after Arthur Kornberg won the Nobel Prize in medicine, his eldest son, Roger, took home this year\’s prize in chemistry.
There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on over Power Plate
Debbe Geiger
October 5, 2006
The Power Plate features a vibrating platform that oscillates 30 to 50 times per second. Each time, it stimulates the nervous system and creates a reflex in the body that causes the muscles to contract. The Power Plate Web site lists dozens of college and professional sports teams as using vibration training in their regimens.
Can MRI save lives?
Adam Wills
October 5, 2006
MRI is increasingly being recommended as a complimentary screening tool, especially to find invasive tumors.
Israel, U.S. Act on Request for Renewable Energy
Jewish Journal
August 31, 2006
Under the proposed U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act, scientists and engineers from both countries would focus on research, development and commercial use of renewable energy from solar, wind, hydrogen and biofuel sources.
An Israeli Workout for the Brain
David Brinn
August 3, 2006
What do limousine drivers, breast cancer patients and retirees have in common? They\’re all the beneficiaries of the applications developed by CogniFit, an Israeli company.
Warren Buffett’s Jewish Connection
Chanan Tigay
June 1, 2006
Warren Buffett is not a Jew; in fact, he describes himself as an agnostic. Still, the billionaire investment guru, who made big news in May when his Berkshire Hathaway corporation bought an 80 percent share in the Israeli metalworks conglomerate, Iscar, for $4 billion, for years has been making his mark on the U.S. Jewish community back home — although sometimes in a roundabout way.
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