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    Software Can Predict Battery Explosions With One Week Warning
    Israel21C

    Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere from phones to bikes – and they can catch fire. Weizmann Institute PhD alum Niles Fleischer, CEO of ALGOLiON, has developed software that “gives a week’s warning before a battery catches fire,” says Israel21C.

    April 21, 2020

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    You Can’t Stop Touching Your Face Because You’re Programed To Sniff Your Hand, Scientists Say
    Newsweek

    It is surprisingly hard not to touch our faces, despite the COVID risk. Prof. Noam Sobel now shows that the action is hard-wired, telling Newsweek that “he was surprised by the extent to which people touch their own face. His team believes face-touching ‘is important for our psychological stability.’”

    April 20, 2020

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    Coronavirus Trackers Try Out AI Tools as Eyes Turn to Reopening
    The Wall Street Journal

    Tech companies, health insurers and governments are turning to artificial intelligence to predict potential coronavirus outbreaks and help guide policy decisions about social-distancing as pressure mounts to end lockdowns.

    April 19, 2020

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    Coronavirus Pandemic Brings Home Need for Proactive Vaccine Strategies
    The Jerusalem Post

    The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has triggered a paradigm shift in assumptions regarding vaccine development. The pandemic has made it clear, to governments and big pharma alike, that dedicating significant resources to proactive vaccination strategies are key to save lives.

    April 07, 2020

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    Impaired Microbiota May Lead to Spondylarthritis
    Rheumatology Network

    Spondylarthritis attacks the spine and sometimes other joints, as well as skin, intestines, and eyes. Rheumatology Network reports that Weizmann’s Alexander Kalinkovich has shown “a close connection between an impaired microbiota, the immune system, and inflammatory arthritis.”

    April 06, 2020

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    Self-Test Your Sense of Smell to Help Detect Coronavirus
    Israel21C

    Is your sense of smell suddenly not working very well? Not to panic you, but sudden olfactory loss has emerged as a significant symptom in about 60 percent of COVID-19 patients.

    April 05, 2020

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    The Education System’s Real Capital
    Haaretz

    Dr. Aurelie Lachish-Zalait, Director of the Professional Development Unit at the Davidson Institute – Weizmann’s education arm – writes in Haaretz about the importance of teachers and describes programs to keep them current in science and math.

    April 02, 2020

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    How Are You Feeling? Surveys Aim to Detect Covid-19 Hot Spots Early
    The New York Times

    Teams of epidemiologists and computer scientists on three continents have started mass population surveys to try to get ahead of the coronavirus and ensure that scarce diagnostic tests, and even scarcer ventilators, are sent where they can do the most good.

    April 01, 2020

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    Can A Two-Day Workweek Eradicate Coronavirus?
    Calcalist

    Researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have developed a new model for containing the spread of Covid-19 while also maintaining economic activity. The key, they say, is a two-day workweek.

    April 01, 2020

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