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For nearly a century, The British Friends have proudly worked to maintain academic and research excellence, at the heart of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, benefitting students and scholars both in Israel and the UK.

25/09/2026

🎨 A treasure trove of Jewish art and history is now at your fingertips!

We are thrilled to share that the Hebrew University’s Centre for Jewish Art has made its entire Journal of Jewish Art collection freely available online.

Whether you are a researcher, an art lover, or simply curious about cultural heritage, you can now explore decades of fascinating scholarship, incredible visual treasures, and rich historical insights—all from the comfort of your screen.

It is a wonderful step forward in making invaluable global heritage accessible to everyone, everywhere.

✨ Explore the collection today: https://ow.ly/7VRN50ZOJ9k

22/09/2026

🌌 Could unconventional quantum materials solve one of physics' greatest mysteries?

Dark matter makes up roughly 85% of the universe, yet it remains completely invisible and has never been directly detected. That might be about to change.
A recent study published in Physical Review Letters—featuring researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and international collaborators—has identified three unconventional quantum materials (titanium diselenide, strontium ruthenate, and hole-doped diamond) that could completely transform dark matter detection.
Key breakthroughs of this research include:
- Natural Signal Amplification: These materials host low-energy collective electronic excitations (plasmons) that naturally amplify the minuscule energy deposits expected from light dark matter.
- Massive Sensitivity Boost: Detectors built with titanium diselenide could improve sensitivity by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude compared to current benchmark materials.
- Directional Tracking: Certain materials offer directional sensitivity, creating a predictable daily signal modulation as the Earth rotates to help filter out background noise.
- Scalable Production: Best of all, these materials can be synthesized using existing laboratory techniques.

By merging particle physics, condensed matter physics, and materials science, this interdisciplinary leap opens up a whole new frontier in our quest to understand the cosmos.
👉 Read more about the breakthrough here: https://ow.ly/ErOO50ZOiSb

18/09/2026

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have returned from a vital expedition documenting historic Jewish architecture in Podolia—the cradle of Hasidism bridging Ukraine and Moldova.

With only 49 of the 600+ synagogues that stood here in 1914 still surviving, this urgent fieldwork safeguards disappearing history. From surveying the 18th-century Great Synagogue of Rașcov to visiting the active beit midrash in Bershad, the team is ensuring these landmarks are permanently archived within the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art.

Read more about the expedition: https://ow.ly/ewIy50ZNnRn

16/09/2026

🧬 Losing the "guardian of the genome" triggers genetic chaos
A ground-breaking new study led by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) reveals a crucial, previously unknown mechanism behind how losing the p53 tumor suppressor gene drives cancer growth.
When p53 stops working, cells produce too much RNA, consuming the vital nucleotide building blocks required to copy DNA. This sudden shortage triggers severe replication stress, causing DNA breaks, chromosome damage, and genetic instability.

Understanding how cancer cells balance RNA production with DNA replication opens up exciting new avenues for future target therapies!

📖 Read the full summary here: https://ow.ly/2lna50ZL9Ep

14/09/2026

The latest edition of the University’s SCOPUS magazine, Humans of HUJI, is out, and available to read, with both poignant and heart-warming articles hot from the HU press.

Read it here: https://ow.ly/Bm9u50ZL9xJ

11/09/2026

Shanah Tovah U’Metukah to all our supporters and friends. As we welcome the Jewish New Year, we are deeply grateful for your partnership in advancing research, education and innovation at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. May the year ahead bring you and your loved ones health, peace and sweet new beginnings.

09/09/2026

Good news for carp — just in time for Rosh Hashanah. A new Hebrew University study finds that while common carp are highly vulnerable to a devastating virus, their close relatives can help stop its spread.
The discovery offers hope for protecting carp populations and the communities that depend on them: https://ow.ly/zJ8i50ZEqlg

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07/09/2026

A flash of light lasting a fraction of a millisecond has been used to create high‑performance semiconductor materials without overheating the surface beneath. Hebrew University researchers applied ultrafast “flash photonic heating” to rearrange atoms in a bismuth oxide film, producing a crystal phase that generates up to 50 times more electrical current from light. Because the method heats only the coating and not the underlying glass, it could help improve solar cells, touchscreens and other advanced electronic devices: https://ow.ly/OKKV50ZEqul

04/09/2026

Hebrew University has been ranked 89th in the world in the 2026 Shanghai World University Rankings, placing it once again among the world’s top 100 universities. The ranking reflects the University’s sustained excellence in research, teaching and international impact across a wide range of disciplines: https://ow.ly/fL7X50ZEqs0

02/09/2026

Hebrew University researchers have identified a genetic switch that could help tomatoes produce fruit in cold weather.
By using CRISPR gene editing to modify a hormonal control pathway, the team enabled plants to form seedless fruit without fertilization — a process called parthenocarpy.
In winter greenhouse trials, the modified plants produced far more ripe fruit than unmodified controls, offering a promising route to more stable winter harvests as climate change reshapes growing seasons: https://www.bfhu.org/2026/08/13/genetic-switch-could-help-tomatoes-produce-fruit-in-cold-weather/

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