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What Disrupted A Giant Black Hole’s Feast?

Written on August 10, 2020.

Tel Aviv University investigators identified a giant black hole being interrupted in the process of swallowing material. A star that got too close to the “dining table” might have caused the disruption, and...

Astronomy

An Experimental Drug for Alzheimer’s May Help Children with Autism

Written on August 5, 2020.

Tel Aviv University Researchers Discover Alzheimer’s-Like Traits in Autistic Child’s Brain An extensive international study led by Tel Aviv University, headed by Prof. Illana Gozes of the Department of...

Medicine & Health

Dan David Prize to Focus on Medicine, Public Health in 2021

Written on August 3, 2020.

In wake of COVID-19, laureates will be chosen in fields relating to pandemic and beyond The 2021 Dan David Prize will focus on three fields with special resonance in the context of the coronavirus...

Honours & Awards

The window of opportunity for preventing metastases

Written on July 27, 2020.

Immune System Stimulating Treatment to Reduce Psychological and Physiological Stress Prevents Metastases and Can Save Cancer Patients’ Lives In a breakthrough research published recently in Nature...

Medicine & Health

TAU Researcher Fights Epidemics Both Viral and Virtual

Written on July 23, 2020.

Dan Yamin can detect any kind of contagious outbreak TAU’s Dr. Dan Yamin has developed a data tracking system applicable both to infectious diseases like coronavirus and to anti-Israel bias on social...

Covid-19, Medicine & Health

Global first at TAU: MRI scan of the brains of 130 species of mammals, including humans, indicates equal connectivity in all of them

Written on July 20, 2020.

The research reveales a universal Law: Conservation of Brain Connectivity Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Yaniv Assaf of the School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics and the...

Neuroscience

TAU study: Oxygen therapy improves cognitive function in seniors

Written on July 16, 2020.

Research Published in Aging first to Show Enhanced Brain Function and Cognitive Capabilities Resulting from Novel Therapy The Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research at Shamir Medical Center,...

Medicine & Health

Unprecedented: A Senior Saudi Researcher Contributed an Article to an Israeli Academic Journal

Written on July 13, 2020.

A Historic Moment for Tel Aviv University’s “Kesher” Academic Journal The latest issue of “Kesher”, an academic journal published by the Shalom Rosenfeld Institute for Research of Jewish Media and...

Humanities

Bats navigate just like humans – using their excellent eyesight and a cognitive map

Written on July 12, 2020.

A new study investigates the navigation capabilities of bats from birth to maturity For the first time in history, researchers at Tel Aviv University tracked fruit bats from birth to maturity, in an...

Zoology

TAU-led Team Destroys Cancer Cells with Ultrasound

Written on July 9, 2020.

Breakthrough method may be applicable to Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and more An international research team, headed by Dr. Tali Ilovitsh from the Biomedical Engineering Department at Tel Aviv University,...

Medicine & Health

New nanomedicines for mRNA therapeutics in breast cancer and heart failure

Written on July 6, 2020.

The project has been awarded a total of 14.9 million EUR; Prof. Dan Peer is leading the mRNA targeting work package. TAU researcher Prof. Dan Peer, from the school of Molecular Cell Biology and...

Medicine & Health

Straight to the Point

Written on July 5, 2020.

A Link between Arrowheads Used by Ancient Empires and the Historical Events during the First and the Second Temple Periods. Researches from Tel Aviv University proposed a novel model that ties arrowheads...

Archeology

3D printed heart used to test life-saving drugs

Written on June 29, 2020.

Pharmaceutical company Bayer will test new drugs using human heart tissues 3D-printed in Tel Aviv University Last April, Prof. Tal Dvir of the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, the Iby and Aladar...

Medicine & Health

A worldwide wave of antisemitism unleashed by COVID-19 pandemic

Written on June 24, 2020.

The Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University, published a special report: a summary of worldwide antisemitic phenomena associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Anti-Semitism

Turning vapor into electricity?

Written on June 8, 2020.

Electricity generated by interactions between water molecules and metals may be turned into a source of energy, Tel Aviv University research reveals The search for renewal energy sources, which include...

Environment & Ecology

Zooming in and out of class

Written on June 3, 2020.

We asked TAU professors about the benefits and challenges of remote teaching, and what they plan to take with them into the post-pandemic world Due to the coronavirus, Tel Aviv University, like many...

Online Learning

Dead Sea Scrolls “puzzle” solved with DNA from ancient animal skins

Written on June 3, 2020.

Ancient DNA extracted from Dead Sea Scrolls by Tel Aviv University researchers permits rare, unanticipated glimpse into world of Second Temple Judaism An interdisciplinary team from Tel Aviv...

Archeology, Biblical studies

Study finds ancient Canaanites genetically linked to modern populations

Written on June 1, 2020.

Today’s Jews and Arabs in Israel, Jordan and Lebanon get half their ancestry from Bronze Age Levantines Most of today’s Jewish and Arabic-speaking populations share a strong genetic link to the ancient...

Archeology

Abbas’s threats

Written on May 27, 2020.

In this episode, BICOM Director Richard Pater talks to Middle East expert Tel Aviv University Professor Eyal Zisser about a wide range of regional issues including the instability inside Lebanon and Iran’s...

Did climate change cause infections 6,000 years ago?

Written on May 21, 2020.

New study of human skulls finds infections peaked due to high population density, poor hygiene and climate conditions Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered evidence of ear infections in the...

Anthropology, Biohistory, Medicine & Health

New TAU study tracks coronavirus spread patterns in Israel

Written on May 21, 2020.

Research finds approximately 70% of the infections in Israel were caused by a SARS-CoV2 strain imported from the United States A team of Tel Aviv University researchers led by Dr. Adi Stern of...

Covid-19

Accurate 3D imaging could significantly improve IVF treatments

Written on May 18, 2020.

New Tel Aviv University technology allows clinicians to identify and select better-quality sperm, potentially increasing chances of pregnancy Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a safe and...

Medicine & Health

TAU partners with pharma company to develop COVID-19 vaccine

Written on May 13, 2020.

The epitope-based vaccine will target the most vulnerable part of the viral spike protein Ramot, Tel Aviv University’s technology transfer company, and Neovii, a Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company and...

Covid-19

What about the environment?

Written on May 11, 2020.

In an online seminar, Prof. Colin Price connects the dots between two current disasters: the climate crisis and the coronavirus crisis The coronavirus pandemic caught us off guard. Without any warning,...

Covid-19, Environment & Ecology

A world first: TAU to establish multidisciplinary Epidemic Research Center

Written on May 11, 2020.

The Center will bring together experts in the field and help the State of Israel deal epidemic-related crises Tel Aviv University has announced the establishment of the Center for Combating Pandemics, a...

Covid-19

Tel Aviv University joins national Coronavirus testing system

Written on May 7, 2020.

TAU’s specialized Corona Lab is expected to conduct up to 1,600 tests a day Israel’s Health Ministry has approved opening a Tel Aviv University COVID-19 testing lab, which will allow Israel to perform...

Covid-19

TAU lab identifies effective antibodies from recovered Coronavirus patients

Written on May 7, 2020.

Antibody-based therapies can be used to protect at-risk populations, including medical workers, from the virus The race to develop effective antibody-based treatments for COVID-19 is advancing at a rapid...

Covid-19

TAU medical researcher wins Israel Prize

Written on May 6, 2020.

Prof. Gidi Rechavi, of TAU’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine, has won Israel’s highest honor for his academic and clinical work Prof. Gidi Rechavi has spent most of his professional life at Tel Aviv...

Honours & Awards

You can’t stop this music

Written on May 3, 2020.

On May 5th, a virtual celebration of piano music will begin at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music We’ve got some great news for lovers of classical music and piano in particular. Tel Aviv...

Music

TAU Student, COVID-19 Sprint Invent Disposable Ventilators to Help Treat Coronavirus Patients

Written on April 28, 2020.

Israel’s Health Ministry has approved the use of a prototype in a pilot study Together with COVID-19 Sprint, a technology task force led by Assuta Ashdod Hospital, Rafael Advanced Technology and Weizmann...

Covid-19

TAU to partner with InnoCan Pharma on revolutionary COVID-19 treatment

Written on April 21, 2020.

The technology, which is expected to be administered by inhalation, will be tested on several lung infections InnoCan Pharma Corporation announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, InnoCan Pharma Ltd. of...

Covid-19

Antisemitic Manifestations Worldwide – 2019 and the Beginning of 2020

Written on April 20, 2020.

First came Halle, and then the Corona In honor of Yom haShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Tel Aviv University’s Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry has released...

Anti-Semitism

TAU Scientist Awarded U.S. Patent for Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Design

Written on April 19, 2020.

The patent, approved in March, covers a vaccine that targets the most vulnerable point in a coronavirus’s structure, through which it penetrates human cells Researchers worldwide are racing at...

Covid-19

Tel Aviv University Sets Up Emergency Lab to Expand COVID-19 Testing

Written on April 5, 2020.

specialized lab, run by TAU researchers and graduate students, was built in 3 days University has built an emergency COVID-19 testing lab, which will allow Israel to perform an additional 2,000 coronavirus...

Covid-19

Students Volunteer to Increase and Improve Coronavirus Testing Across Israel

Written on March 22, 2020.

Over 1000 medical and graduate students join initiative to assist medical and laboratory teams. Israeli hospitals and universities, including Tel Aviv University, have joined forces to build an enormous...

Public Health

TAU researcher launches urgent push to beat corona

Written on March 18, 2020.

Dr. Natalia Freund is analyzing immunity of Israelis who have recovered from the virus. TAU researcher Dr. Natalia Freund and her team have abandoned their everyday work of isolating antibodies for HIV...

Medicine & Health

What’s more important? Privacy vs. public health

Written on March 17, 2020.

Experts from Tel Aviv University answer questions about the coronavirus crisis. On Saturday, March 14, Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the government intends to use various...

Public Health

New sleep method strengthens brain’s ability to retain memories

Written on March 12, 2020.

Process that uses smell can strengthen memories stored in one side of the brain, say TAU researchers. A new joint study by Tel Aviv University and Weizmann Institute of Science researchers has yielded...

Neuroscience

Meet the women behind the next groundbreaking scientific discovery

Written on March 8, 2020.

For International Women’s Day, TAU PhD students from different disciplines share their passion for research This year, for International Women’s Day, we’d like to introduce you to some...

International Women's Day

Can blood pressure in your twenties cause cognitive decline in your fifties?

Written on March 5, 2020.

TAU and Northwestern University study proves treatment for high blood pressure must begin decades earlier than it does now. High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects everything from your arteries...

Medicine & Health

The power of women in 2020

Written on March 2, 2020.

Tel Aviv University celebrates International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day, originally called International Workers’ Day, is marked annually on March 8th. It’s a political...

International Women's Day

New Dual Degree Program – TAU & Columbia University

Written on February 28, 2020.

Cutting-Edge Education Meets Non-Stop Discovery Tel Aviv University is proud to announce its newly launched new Dual Degree Program with Columbia University. As part of the Dual Degree Program,...

Tel Aviv University

TAU researchers discover unique, non-oxygen breathing animal

Written on February 27, 2020.

The tiny relative of the jellyfish is parasitic and dwells in salmon tissue. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered a non-oxygen breathing animal. The unexpected finding changes one of...

Exact Sciences

Medical breakthrough: a cure for eczema?

Written on February 24, 2020.

A new finding could pave the way to developing treatments for various conditions, including asthma. Atopic dermatitis, a chronic inflammatory disorder, affects some 30 million Americans every year. It is the...

Medicine & Health

What’s it like to study at TAU?

Written on February 23, 2020.

Petr Pesov, a student at the International B.A. in Liberal Arts program and founder of the Youth Innovation Forum, Petr has found Tel Aviv to be full of surprises. Where are you from? I was born in...

student stories

Rethinking our plan(e)t

Written on February 19, 2020.

A new exhibition at TAU’s Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery combines stunning photos, nature, and tech “Plan(e)t”, a new exhibition at the Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, has...

Zoology

Careful, it’s viral

Written on February 17, 2020.

Got questions about the deadly coronavirus? TAU researchers have the answers Are global preparations for the coronavirus outbreak enough? Is the bad PR bats have been getting justified? And how do you build...

Combined Sciences, Engineering, Medicine & Health

Who are the 2020 Dan David Prize laureates?

Written on February 13, 2020.

From the preservation of African American history to Artificial Intelligence, the Dan David Prize honors innovators in a range of important fields The internationally renowned Dan David Prize, headquartered...

Honours & Awards

Disease found in fossilized dinosaur tail afflicts humans to this day

Written on February 12, 2020.

The rare disease LCH has been discovered in the remains of a dinosaur that lived in Canada 60 million years ago, TAU researchers say The fossilized tail of a young dinosaur that lived on a prairie in...

Biohistory

TAU researcher first female Israel Prize laureate in Talmud

Written on February 12, 2020.

Prof. Vered Noam, chair of the Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, is a true change-maker TAU is delighted and proud to announce that Prof. Vered Noam, Chair of the Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies...

Honours & Awards

TAU’s Open Day draws over 17,000 visitors

Written on February 10, 2020.

Visitors met with professors and graduates, heard about academic programs and participated in experiments open to the public We’d like to thank everyone who came to visit our campus today for...

Tel Aviv University

TAU’s first-of-its-kind “Twitter conference”

Written on February 10, 2020.

A “Woodstock of science” conference that originated on Twitter will bring biologists from all over the world to Tel Aviv Are you on Twitter? When the platform first became popular many said its 140 character...

Tel Aviv University

Disturbing perfection: study shows power of “disrupted” materials

Written on February 6, 2020.

Disturbing perfection: study shows power of “disrupted” materials written on 06 February 2020 | Posted in Newsroom TAU study proves induced flaws in metamaterials can produce useful textures and...

Engineering

Most cited: TAU 1st in Israel according to international ranking

Written on February 5, 2020.

Tel Aviv University ranked among top ten institutions worldwide for citations of articles written by its researchers Tel Aviv University was ranked first in Israel and 149th out of 12,000 institutions...

Tel Aviv University

Iron Age Temple Complex Discovered Near Jerusalem Calls Into Question Biblical Depiction of Centralized Cult

Written on February 3, 2020.

Tel Moẓa site proves there were other sanctioned temples besides the official temple in Jerusalem, TAU and IAA researchers say In 2012, a monumental Iron Age temple complex dating to the late 10th and early...

Archeology

8 TAU Big ideas That Are Helping to Fight Cancer

Written on February 3, 2020.

Ground-breaking research sheds lights on disease and treatments Cancer is the world’s leading cause of death. It is notoriously hard to combat because it refers to 150 different conditions....

Medicine & Health

Recalculating: when research starts one way and ends another

Written on February 2, 2020.

From medicine to geology to archaeology, sometimes science takes an unexpected turn into uncharted territory We’re always told that the journey is just as important as the destination. This is true in many...

Archeology, Biblical studies, Bio-Engineering, Biohistory, Combined Sciences

Human body parts ‘on-a-chip’ could revolutionize drug testing

Written on January 28, 2020.

A new system will drastically shorten the time it takes to develop safe and effective medication The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves only 13.8% of all tested drugs, and these numbers are...

Bio-Engineering, Neuroscience

New study reveals palace bureaucracy in ancient Samaria

Written on January 23, 2020.

Researchers find different inscriptions were penned by the same author, bringing together math, physics and archaeology The ancient Samaria ostraca — eighth-century BCE ink-on-clay inscriptions unearthed...

Archeology

TAU’s new center will combine medicine and food security

Written on January 22, 2020.

A new center for plant sciences, in partnership with Adama, will train the next generation of experts in delivery and formulation, key aspects of modern agriculture Tel Aviv University and Adama, one of the...

Tel Aviv University

Siblings of children with intellectual disabilities better at empathy, teaching

Written on January 15, 2020.

TAU research suggests positive impact of relationships between children and their siblings with intellectual disabilities The sibling relationship is the longest most people will enjoy in their lifetimes and...

Education

TAU study among top 12 most important in the world

Written on January 9, 2020.

Prof. Yoel Rak’s anthropology study was selected by Science Magazine as one of the scientific breakthroughs of 2019 Each year, Science Magazine, arguably the world’s most prestigious scientific...

Anthropology

Making the future accessible

Written on January 6, 2020.

For International Braille Day we talked to the head of TAU’s Sourasky Central Library about the future of accessibility For many years, if you were vision impaired and wanted to read, you had to know...

Tel Aviv University

TAU Trust and UK Jewish Film collaboration!

Written on November 20, 2019.

Europe’s biggest Jewish Film Festival enjoyed a screening of Oscar nominated Director and Tel Aviv University Film School alumni’s powerful new film “Chained” on the sobering themes of sexual harassment and...

Film, TAU Trust News

Tel Aviv University Trust jazzes up its fundraising in UK to a record £12 million

Written on October 7, 2019.

How an Israel educational support group has become one of the most successful charities in the community For 200 years, the Victorian Bath House in Bishopsgate has been a place to unwind in the heart of the...

TAU Trust News

Antibacterial fillings from TAU may combat recurring tooth decay

Written on July 10, 2019.

New material may prevent one of the costliest and most prevalent bacterial diseases in the world Tooth decay is among the costliest and most widespread bacterial diseases. Virulent bacteria cause the...

Medicine & Health

The 50th International Physics Olympiad has opened in Tel Aviv

Written on July 8, 2019.

Hosted and academically managed by the School of Physics and Astronomy 78 delegations of high school students from all over the world have arrived in Tel Aviv to display their...

Tel Aviv University

Are American Jews and Israel growing apart?

Written on July 4, 2019.

The Center for the Study of the United States at TAU teams up with the American Jewish Committee (AJC) to explore the shifting attitudes of American Jews toward Israel Over a...

Politics & Society

TAU one of top 20 universities worldwide in scientific impact

Written on July 3, 2019.

QS World University Rankings assess performance of over 1,000 universities in 82 locations worldwide The 16th edition of the QS World University Rankings, released this month by...

Tel Aviv University

From VR to the migrant crisis at TAU’s international film festival

Written on July 2, 2019.

International students, filmmakers and glitterati attend to 21st edition of the TAU student film festival, held throughout the city of Tel Aviv The Tel Aviv International...

Arts & Culture, Film

TAU scientist elected EMBO member

Written on June 24, 2019.

Prof. Judith Berman will now be a member of the The European Molecular Biology Organization which promotes excellence in the life sciences Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Judith Berman...

Medicine & Health

8,000 Cyber Security Experts to Attend 9th Annual Cyber Week Conference at Tel Aviv University

Written on June 21, 2019.

Weeklong event features world’s top cyber security experts in government, military, industry and academia On June 23-27, more than 8,000 cybersecurity professionals,...

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University Ranks Among World’s Top 20 for Research Impact

Written on June 20, 2019.

The QS World University Rankings assess the performance of over 1000 universities in 82 locations worldwide The 16th edition of the QS World University Rankings, released today by...

Tel Aviv University

BOG 2019: Yehuda Naftali Botanic Garden Dedicated

Written on June 18, 2019.

A major gift by entrepreneur and philanthropist Yehuda Naftali will transform the Garden into an Israeli national landmark Mr. Yehuda Naftali, an Israeli-American real estate...

Tel Aviv University

It’s Simple Math

Written on June 14, 2019.

TAU is pursuing creative ways to get more girls interested in STEM subjects Whoops and cheers rip through the room as industrial engineering student Merav David looks on with amusement. She has just...

STEM, Tel Aviv University

Pope welcomes Israeli, Jordanian, Palestinian bird experts

Written on June 11, 2019.

Scientists go to Vatican to share excitement about the cross-border barn-owl project for pest control (and peace) that originated in Israel. Israeli, Jordanian, Palestinian and Swiss bird experts...

Zoology

New system for detecting Parkinson’s early

Written on June 10, 2019.

New method tracks early stages of protein aggregation involved in Parkinson’s Parkinson’s disease is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease, affecting everything from speech, posture and...

Medicine & Health

BOG 2019: Practice Makes Perfect at Kreshek Center

Written on May 31, 2019.

TAU’s Buchmann-Mehta School of Music inaugurates a new home for students to hone their piano skills With over 100 in attendance, including outgoing TAU President Joseph Klafter and Head of TAU’S...

Tel Aviv University

Early Humans Deliberately Recycled Flint To Create Tiny, Sharp Tools

Written on May 30, 2019.

Exceptional conditions at Israel’s Qesem Cave preserved 400,000-year-old “tool kit,” TAU researchers say A new Tel Aviv University study finds that prehistoric humans...

Archeology

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Memoranda of Understanding Between Florida Institutions and Tel Aviv University

Written on May 30, 2019.

The Florida Governor was presented with a Friendship Award for his ‘continued friendship with the State of Israel’ Tel Aviv – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed eight historic Memoranda of...

Tel Aviv University

BOG 2019: Hugo Ramniceanu Prize in Economics

Written on May 28, 2019.

Prize awarded to Imad Telhami, Chairman and Founder of Babcom Centers, for promoting the integration of minorities into Israel’s workforce The 2019 Hugo Ramniceanu Prize in Economics was awarded...

Honours & Awards

Advancing Israeli Innovation in China

Written on May 22, 2019.

A new agreement signed by Tel Aviv University and Tsinghua Shenzhen International Global School (TSIGS) will promote technological exchange between the two institutions A ceremony marking...

Collaborations

President’s Farewell Message – 2009 to 2019

Written on May 19, 2019.

Prof. Joseph Klafter sums up a rewarding tenure of championing creativity and entrepreneurship in every field Like many organizations, Tel Aviv University must reinvent itself every now and then to...

Tel Aviv University

TAU Honorary Degrees 2019

Written on May 13, 2019.

This year’s Honorary Degrees will be awarded to illustrious individuals in the areas of research, business, banking, social activism and philanthropy The ceremony will take place on 16 May 2019 at the...

Honours & Awards

What will life look like in 2030?

Written on May 9, 2019.

From surgery to household tasks, humanity is about to see its daily life transformed. Prof. Irad Ben-Gal is planning for the biggest unknowns of our future. Only twenty years ago, connecting to the...

Engineering, Future

New evidence points to existence of Biblical figure

Written on May 6, 2019.

A line of the Mesha Stele inscription lends credence to the story of Balaam in the Book of Numbers, Tel Aviv University researchers say he legendary King Balak from the Book of Numbers may have been a...

Archeology

Violent attacks against Jews worldwide spiked 13% in 2018

Written on May 6, 2019.

The U.S. saw highest number of cases – over 100 – of severe violence against Jews in the world, annual Tel Aviv University Kantor Center study reports Thirteen Jews were murdered in the world in 2018,...

Anti-Semitism

Discovery of a binary star orbited by three planets

Written on May 6, 2019.

Discovery by a team of researchers, including Prof. Tsevi Mazeh from the School of Physics and Astronomy Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, turning the system’s to be one...

Astronomy

Over 400 People Attend Launch of “Astronomy on Tap”

Written on April 22, 2019.

The School of Physics and Astronomy inaugurated a new public outreach activity – short astronomy-related presentations at a bar. The first event was held at the Kanta Bar in Tel Aviv on Tuesday,...

Astronomy

27 TAU alumni in the 21st Knesset

Written on April 18, 2019.

TAU Alumni are the most influential in Israel! 27 TAU alumni, from the right-wing and left-wing parties, were elected yesterday as MK’s in the twenty-first Knesset of the State of...

Alumni News

2019 Israel Prize goes to TAU Jewish Studies scholar

Written on April 18, 2019.

Mordechai Akiva Friedman wins high national honour for Geniza work The 2019 Israel Prize in the category of Jewish History was awarded to TAU Prof. (emer.) Mordechai Akiva Friedman, Chaim Rosenberg School...

Honours & Awards

TAU Scientists Print First 3D Heart Using Patient’s Own Cells and Materials

Written on April 15, 2019.

Engineered heart completely matches the immunological, cellular, biochemical and anatomical properties of the patient In a major medical breakthrough, Tel Aviv University researchers have...

Medicine & Health

Better maps for better self-driving cars?

Written on April 8, 2019.

New research on object detection breaks with long-held principles of radar technologies Radar technologies were originally designed to identify and track airborne military targets. Today they’re...

Engineering, Future

New genetically encoded sensor isolates hidden Leukemic cells

Written on March 29, 2019.

Cells express surface markers that help them escape most targeted therapies, Tel Aviv University researchers say Understanding how leukemic stem cells are regulated has become an important area of cancer...

Medicine & Health

A unique collaboration for Blockchain Applications at the Coller School of Management

Written on March 27, 2019.

This is a special opportunity for researchers at the Coller School of Management and Tel Aviv University to carry out blockchain and crypto currency research in cooperation with international...

Blockchain, Collaborations

What’s in a pi?

Written on March 14, 2019.

March 14h is International Pi Day. Why do we celebrate it? Is pi still relevant 4,000 years after being discovered? And is peach pie better than cherry? What’s the best kind of pie? And...

Mathematics

New blood test could detect genetic disorders during first trimester

Written on March 8, 2019.

Test could map the fetal genome and detect innumerable diseases caused by minuscule impairments, Tel Aviv University researchers say Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a new blood test for...

Medicine & Health

TAU scholar named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters

Written on March 5, 2019.

Dr. Sefy Hendler received the highest decoration awarded by the French Ministry of Culture Dr. Sefy Hendler, head of the Department of Art History at Tel Aviv University, has been named Knight of the Order...

Honours & Awards

TAU Confers Honorary Doctorate on Pioneer in Internet Technology

Written on March 4, 2019.

Prof. Amnon Yariv honored for decades of breakthrough research in optoelectronics In recognition of his indelible mark in the field of integrated optics technology, Tel Aviv University awarded an honorary...

Honours & Awards

Adolescents with Celiac disease at higher risk of eating disorders

Written on March 3, 2019.

Teenage girls who are overweight and have Celiac Disease are at highest risk of developing eating disorders Celiac disease is a chronic condition, characterized by inflammation and atrophy of the small...

Medicine & Health

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