Author: TauTrust

The Sky is Not the Limit

Written on November 2, 2020.

Tel Aviv University Builds and Launches a Nanosatellite into Space The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite was devised, developed, assembled, and tested at the new Nanosatellite Center, an interdisciplinary endeavor of...

Engineering, Exact Sciences

Historic TAU-UAE Partnership Symbolizes Hopeful Future

Written on October 26, 2020.

Moshe Dayan Center signs agreement with TRENDs Research Center in Abu Dhabi TAU’s Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (MDC) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...

Partnerships

TAU Prof. Wins Schmidt Science Polymath Award

Written on October 26, 2020.

Prof. Oded Rechavi one of first winners of prestigious prize, which is defined as “an experiment in extreme curiosity-driven innovation” A great honor for Israeli science: Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic...

Honours & Awards, Neuroscience

Global First: Center for Combating Pandemics

Written on October 22, 2020.

TAU is combining interdisciplinary expertise with Israeli ingenuity to fight COVID-19 and future epidemics. By Rava Eleasari Despite tens of millions of cases worldwide and rising, SARS-Cov-2, the new coronavirus...

Covid-19, Medicine & Health

Rescue Mission: Pioneering TAU Program Preserves Ethiopian Jewish Heritage

Written on October 21, 2020.

“The students understand that if they don’t do it, it simply won’t happen.” The Department of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University’s Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology...

Humanities

TAU’s Cyber Week 2020 Goes Virtual

Written on October 18, 2020.

Global cyber leaders and international researchers will gather on one virtual stage from October 19-21 TAU’s Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center, the Israel National Cyber Directorate...

Cyber Security

TAU Researchers Discover Antibody Combo that Fights COVID-19

Written on October 12, 2020.

The cocktail, which could treat and temporarily prevent the coronavirus, is advancing to clinical trials Researchers at Tel Aviv University identified a combination of COVID-19 antibodies that can serve as both...

Covid-19

Seeing the World in New Colors

Written on October 12, 2020.

A New Technology Allows to See and Capture on Camera Colors Unseen by the Human Eye A new development of Tel Aviv University will allow us to identify on a “standard” camera, colors that the human...

Biotechnology

Immunity Memory Cells Stay Stable Over Time After Recovery From COVID-19

Written on October 12, 2020.

Joint research between TAU and Hasharon Hospital (Rabin Medical Center) proposes the new possibility Researchers of Tel Aviv University examined blood samples from 60 patients at Hasharon Hospital who had recovered...

Covid-19

A 6,500-year old copper workshop uncovered in Beer Sheva

Written on October 12, 2020.

Study by Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority reveals One of the oldest Workshop in the world A new study by Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority has been published,...

Archeology

Prince of Monaco to TAU: Together, We Can Fix Environment

Written on October 1, 2020.

Frenkel Initiative for Combating Pollution but one example of productive ties between TAU and Monaco, says Albert II, during webinar Tel Aviv University held an online meeting on September 24 with the Prince...

Environment & Ecology

Researchers Identified the Genetic Causes of Inherited Hearing Loss in the Jewish Population of Israel

Written on September 30, 2020.

A New Gene for Human Deafness Found in a Family in Israel In the Jewish population of Israel, until now, seven genes were known to be involved in hearing loss. Now, thanks to a new study led by Zippora Brownstein,...

Medicine & Health

Finding Humor in Imperfection

Written on September 18, 2020.

The “TAU Review” held a Zoom interview with well-known Israeli comedian, writer and TV and radio host, Einav Galili, who earned her BA in psychology and arts from TAU in 2001. By Melanie Takefman “Holocaust...

Arts & Culture, Psychology

New Program Fosters Well-Rounded STEM Graduates

Written on September 17, 2020.

Expansion of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Humanities in STEM ushers in a new era in the Israeli university curriculum By Rafael Ben-Menashe Beginning in the next academic year, 1,500 incoming...

STEM, Tel Aviv University

“A Scientific Discovery Can Never Be Undone”

Written on September 16, 2020.

Change-maker Yuri Milner talks to the “TAU Review” about why he supports TAU and Israel By Ruti Ziv A theoretical physicist turned tech investor and philanthropist, Russian-Israeli Yuri Milner...

Tel Aviv University

TAU Professor First Israeli Named to US Inventors’ Academy

Written on September 15, 2020.

Noam Eliaz is a global change-maker in materials engineering In a significant first for Israeli academia, TAU’s Prof. Noam Eliaz has been selected as a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors,...

Engineering

Google Awards Competitive Grant to Tel Aviv University for COVID-19 Research

Written on September 15, 2020.

The grant is for high-impact research using Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to combat the coronavirus Google.org, a Google fund aimed at supporting data based solutions for some of humanity’s...

Covid-19, Honours & Awards

The Texts From The Biblical-Period Fortress At Tel Arad Were Written By 12 Different Authors

Written on September 14, 2020.

The implication: Literacy in the kingdom of Judah was widespread How many people in the Kingdom of Judah could read and write? And what does this say about the date of the composition of biblical texts like...

Archeology

Targeting Melanoma

Written on September 9, 2020.

TAU researchers create a nanocarrier that selectively delivers two medications and releases them simultaneously at the malignant target Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro from...

Medicine & Health

TAU Wins 3M Grant to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccine Development

Written on September 9, 2020.

Grantee Professor Jonathan Gershoni aims to block the coronavirus by targeting its most vulnerable spot Science-based technology company 3M has awarded a significant philanthropic research grant of $400,000...

Covid-19

TAU Inaugurates Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research

Written on September 8, 2020.

School is funded with a generous gift from the Shmunis family for research and improved treatments for cancer, COVID-19, and other diseases Tel Aviv University inaugurated the Shmunis School of Biomedicine and...

Covid-19, Medicine & Health

How the parents’ environment impacts the lives of their offspring

Written on September 2, 2020.

Three rules that dictate transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in worms – independently of changes in DNA sequences. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered three rules that dictate epigenetic...

Neuroscience

Does our Brain like risk?

Written on August 31, 2020.

A new study attempts to find out whether our brains are prone to over caution or to underestimating risk A new Tel Aviv University study examined the brain’s reactions in conditions of uncertainty and...

Neuroscience

Physical exercise can help improve both physical and mental health

Written on August 31, 2020.

Participating in online sports programs during the COVID-19 pandemic improves adolescents’ psychological resilience Researchers at Tel Aviv University have examined the connection between adolescents’...

Medicine & Health

Pharmaceutical residuals pose a serious threat to Marine life

Written on August 19, 2020.

A study by Tel Aviv University reveals worrying evidence of environmental contamination A study led by Prof. Noa Shenkar and graduate student Gal Navon, from the Tel Aviv University (TAU) School of Zoology...

Zoology

Tel Aviv University Researcher Heads a Committee in Charge of the Future of the European Science

Written on August 16, 2020.

CERN Council unanimously decided to update its scientific strategy – according to the recommendation of a committee headed by Prof. Halina Abramowicz After two years of prolonged discussions of physicists...

Physics

New school for Biomedicine and Cancer Research at Tel Aviv University

Written on August 13, 2020.

The school, funded by a generous endowment from the Shmunis Family, aims to research and improve treatments for cancer, COVID-19 and other diseases Israel’s Minister of Science and Technology Yizhar...

Medicine & Health

Fight Online Antisemitism

Written on August 13, 2020.

Kantor Center Joined 125 International Organizations in a Call to Adopt the International Definition of Antisemitism, In Light of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Spike in Antisemitism on Social Networks Kantor...

Anti-Semitism

TAU Researcher Invents Environmentally-Friendly Sanitizer

Written on August 11, 2020.

Innovative method to convert waste into disinfectant is a pandemic game-changer The fight against coronavirus began with disinfection and hygiene. Prof. Hadas Mamane, head of the Water-Tech Laboratory at...

Covid-19

Tel Aviv University Scientists Successfully Reduce Metastatic Spread Following Tumor Removal Surgery

Written on August 11, 2020.

A Study Performed in Colorectal Cancer Patients Found that Implementing a Stress-Inflammatory Response Reducing Treatment During Surgery Could Lead to a Decrease in Metastatic Risk A research group from...

Neuroscience

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 gotten...

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 pandemic...

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 magazine, Tel...

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 media....

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 Sagol...

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, together...

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 Communication...

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 attempt...

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, developed...

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 Biotechnology,...

Medicine & Health

Tel Aviv University presents an analysis of the reaction of human antibodies to the coronavirus

Written on July 5, 2020.

Patients with severe COVID-19 develop antibodies faster than those with a mild case of the disease. A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Sharon Hospital at the Rabin Medical Center, led...

Covid-19

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 dated...

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 Fleischman Faculty...

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 report...

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 wind,...

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 universities...

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 University, led...

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 Canaanites,...

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 influence...

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 skull...

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 the School...

Covid-19

Coronavirus bootcamp? New serological test conducted with the IDF

Written on May 19, 2020.

The new test in the Israel Defense Forces aims to detect antibodies and immune response to coronavirus Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a new test to add to the current diagnostic arsenal used...

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 accurate...

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, it...

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 first...

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 1,600...

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 University,...

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 University’s Buchmann-Mehta...

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 Institute...

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 Herzliya...

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 its...

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 breakneck...

Covid-19

Donated Equipment Aids in Urgent Coronavirus Research

Written on April 6, 2020.

Shmunis family gift ramps up the scientific capabilities of the School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology. With COVID-19 coronavirus infections surging in Israel and worldwide, TAU biomedical specialists...

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 tests...

Covid-19

Milner Foundation Donates $3 million to Tel Aviv University, Magen David Adom and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov)

Written on March 25, 2020.

This “critical injection of oxygen” is expected to increase coronavirus remote testing and research. The Milner Foundation, founded by renowned tech investor and science philanthropist Yuri Milner and his...

Donations

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 student...

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 digital...

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 an...

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 of...

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 to...

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 statement...

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, students will...

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 science’s...

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 Russia...

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 turned...

Zoology

TAU Embraces Australia after Bushfires

Written on February 19, 2020.

The University jointly organized a solidarity event for the restoration of nature and wildlife Down Under As a way of giving back to Australia at its time of need, Tel Aviv University co-sponsored a fundraising...

Tel Aviv University

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 southern...

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 and...

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 TAU’s...

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 limit...

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 worldwide...

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 ninth...

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. Multidisciplinary...

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 aspects...

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 even...

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 at...

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 is...

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 publication,...

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 Braille....

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 domestic...

Film, TAU Trust News