By Palestine Chronicle Staff 
More than 3,000 illegal Israeli Jewish settlers have stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in three days, according to Al Jazeera.
The former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri has reportedly warned that the Al-Aqsa Mosque has become a desecrated site at the disposal of extremist Jewish settlers who are “waging violence and provoking Muslims.”
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Sheikh…
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Senior army officials believe that the crisis should be raised with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the political-security cabinet “as soon as possible.”
In the wake of petitions by hundreds of reserve soldiers demanding an end to Israel’s genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has decided to replace the reservists in combat zones with regular soldiers…
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A team of researchers from the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science found that women who entered menopause before the age of 40 had worse cognitive outcomes than women who entered menopause after the age of 50. This finding may be useful for clinicians, when assessing their patient’s risk of developing dementia.
These findings were published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association on April 15,…
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Mycobacteria are the world’s most deadly bacteria — causing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one million people each year. New drugs to fight these infections are desperately needed, as the number of cases of antibiotic-resistant mycobacteria is on the rise.
Scientists at Scripps Research and the University of Pittsburgh have now used advanced imaging techniques to provide a detailed look at how a tiny virus, known as a phage, invades…
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Crime scene investigation may soon become significantly more accurate and efficient thanks to a new method for detecting gunshot residues. Researchers from the groups of Wim Noorduin (AMOLF / University of Amsterdam) and Arian van Asten (University of Amsterdam) developed the technique that converts lead particles found in gunshot residue into a light-emitting semiconductor. The method, published last month in Forensic Science International, is faster, more sensitive, and easier to use than…
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Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) type 2 is a congenital malformation of the cerebral cortex that is often associated with difficult-to-treat epilepsy. In the affected areas, nerve cells and their layer structures are arranged in an atypical manner, which often makes drug therapy more difficult. A research team from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn, in collaboration with the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), has now found evidence of profound…
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A new study from the Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change at the University of Bath has found that combining step tracking with mindfulness training delivered via a mobile app can significantly boost people’s desire to exercise.
Published in the journal Mental Health and Physical Activity, the new research suggests that while people step-tracking alone versus those step-tracking alongside a daily mindfulness training course has similar impact on short term physical activity — with…
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The global proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) poses a significant threat to the efficacy of antibiotic-based treatments for diseases. Effective monitoring of ARGs across both spatial and temporal dimensions is essential to understanding their transmission and implementing preventive measures.
A research team led by Professor Tong Zhang from the Department of Civil Engineering of Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has developed a computational tool,…
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There’s a sensation that you experience — near a plane taking off or a speaker bank at a concert — from a sound so total that you feel it in your very being. When this happens, not only do your brain and ears perceive it, but your cells may also.
Technically speaking, sound is a simple phenomenon, consisting of compressional mechanical waves transmitted through substances, which exists universally in the non-equilibrated material world. Sound is also a vital source of environmental…
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Researchers from the Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) have made significant advancements in understanding the earliest stages of stomach cancer, a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, through two recent innovative studies. With a prevalence rates particularly high in East Asia, including China, this cancer often stems from chronic inflammation caused by Helicobacter pylori infection, which…
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