Self-driving buses in China can now read human gestures, predict traffic moves, and learn from experience. Using advanced AI that mimics human social intelligence, these vehicles navigate complex road interactions—like yielding to waving pedestrians or overtaking safely—while earning high trust scores from passengers.

Discover a groundbreaking wastewater treatment method that uses electro-filtration to remove harmful pollutants with remarkable efficiency. Learn how scientists have developed a novel membrane technology that simultaneously tackles nitrogen and carbon contaminants, offering a sustainable solution for cleaner water.

Discover how cutting-edge vision-language models are transforming mobile robot navigation in smart manufacturing. Learn about a new system that enables robots to understand natural human language and navigate complex, unstructured environments with unprecedented accuracy and adaptability.

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and its Faculty of Medicine proudly congratulate Prof. Avraham (Avi) Rivkind on being awarded the Israel Prize in the category of Lifetime Achievement – Special Contribution to Society and the State. Prof. Rivkind, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine and a longtime member of its academic staff, received the award in recognition of his decades-long leadership in advancing trauma care in Israel. His work includes the establishment and development of the national trauma system, as well as the trauma center at Hadassah–Ein Kerem Medical Center.

Researchers discovered that people perceive chatbots as more judgmental than humans because the text-based conversations fail to convey a sense of validation and an emotional understanding of mental health issues.

We generated bone forming cell (osteoblast)- or adipocyte-specific aromatase deficiency mice. Although osteoblast-specific aromatase deficiency mice had no bone loss phenotype, male adipocyte-specific aromatase deficiency mice (Aro^ΔaP2) exhibited bone loss and increased osteoid due to decreased serum phosphate and urinary phosphate reabsorption because of reduced phosphate transporters (NaPi2) protein expression in the kidney. These results indicate that locally synthesized estrogens by aromatase in adipocytes can play a significant role in bone mass maintenance.

A research team from the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has found that nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (NBPs), a medication widely used in the treatment of osteoporosis, may significantly reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) in older adults with osteoporosis or fragility fractures. This drug repurposing approach offers a promising avenue for the prevention of ADRD, potentially alleviating the global burden of these conditions. The research findings were published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.