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For me, though, Haick's MOOC is also a reminder of what an utter waste of money and human talent has been the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Lavie, Haick explained, "thinks there is a high need to bring science beyond the boundaries between countries.

Beginning March 2, Professor Hossam Haick will teach the first massive open online course, or MOOC, on nanotechnology in Arabic.

His course is titled Nanotechnology and Nanosensors (https://www.coursera.org/course/nanosar) and is designed for anyone interested in learning about Haick's specialty: "novel sensing tools that make use of nanotechnology to screen, detect, and monitor various events in either our personal or professional life.'' The course includes 10 classes of three to four short lecture videos -- in Arabic and English -- and anyone with an Internet connection can tune in and participate for free in the weekly quizzes, forum activities and do a final project.

If you had any doubts about the hunger for education in the Middle East today, Haick's MOOC will dispel them.

"We send all the signals to a computer and it will translate the odour into a signature that connects it to the disease we exposed to it," Mr Haick said.

Using artificial intelligence, Haick says, the machine becomes better at diagnosing with each test.

The technology is supported by a recent a[logical not]6 million (US $6.8 million) grant to the consortium to expand the aelectronic nosea breathalyzer technology that Haick has been developing since he joined the Technion in 2006.

It will be made tinier and cheaper than disease detection solutions currently, consume little power, and most importantly, it will enable immediate and early diagnosis that is both accurate and non-invasive,a said Haick. aEarly diagnosis can save lives, particularly in life-threatening diseases such as cancer.a