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Google and TAU to Harness the Power of AI for Social Good

Written on May 6, 2021.

Google and Tel Aviv University recently launched a three-year program for promoting AI-related multidisciplinary research for the benefit of society. The program aims to support research and collaborations in...

AI, Engineering

Are We Getting to the Root of Cancer?

Written on May 3, 2021.

Groundbreaking discovery that plant roots grow in a spiral motion inspires search for similar motion in cancer cells. In an interdisciplinary research project carried out at Tel Aviv University, researchers from...

Life Sciences, Medicine & Health

British Variant 45% More Contagious than Original Virus

Written on April 28, 2021.

According to TAU study, based on data from 300,000 tests for Covid-19. A new study at Tel Aviv University found that the British variant (termed: B.1.1.7) of Covid-19 is 45% more contagious than the original...

covid-19

Michal Bat Adam Receives Israel Prize for Film Art

Written on April 13, 2021.

Broke barriers to become one of Israeli cinema’s first directors. The Israel Prize for Film Art was awarded this week – to Michal Bat Adam, a lecturer at TAU’s The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television,...

Arts & Culture

An Underwater Salute to Grandma Vera

Written on April 8, 2021.

Marine biologist names new species of sponge after Holocaust survivor grandmother, turning 95. There are many ways to make a beloved grandmother feel special on her birthday, and Tal Idan, a doctoral student...

Zoology

Struggling in a Toxic Workplace?

Written on April 6, 2021.

TAU researchers hope to save farmers from snakebites in their fields. Did you know that about 1.8 million instances of snakebite envenoming occur around the world annually, killing about 94,000 people? Snakebite...

Zoology

Antisemitism During the Pandemic: Less Physical Violence, Upsurge in Online Antisemitism

Written on April 6, 2021.

On the Eve of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry publishes the Antisemitism Report for 2020. The Antisemitism Report for 2020 – the year of...

Anti-Semitism

Got Beef? Your Ancestors Were Likely VERY into Meat…

Written on April 5, 2021.

TAU researchers: Humans were apex predators for two million years. Whether you are a tofu loving vegan, a vegetarian (however you choose to define it – eggs, no eggs; fish, no fish), a flexitarian, a devout paleo...

Archeology

Could Your Smartphone Be Damaging Your Teeth?

Written on April 4, 2021.

Your FOMO may be compromising your physical and mental health. Do you often find yourself checking your social media nonstop, so you won’t feel out of the loop? You may want to become more mindful of this...

Medicine & Health

“Arabic for Beginners” – TAU’s Most Popular Course

Written on March 24, 2021.

With hundreds on waiting lists. Two and a half hours was the time it took for a sizeable number of people – as many as 907 – to enroll in TAU’s “Arabic for Beginners” course, from the...

Tel Aviv University

COVID-19 Vaccinations at TAU

Written on March 24, 2021.

400 students received their second COVID-vaccine on campus this month. While an impressive number of Israelis (close to 5.2 million) have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, there are individuals...

covid-19

Covid-19 Vaccination of Nursing Mothers May Protect Babies

Written on March 24, 2021.

Promotes production of important antibodies in breast milk. We may have some good news: Covid-19 vaccination of nursing mothers might actually work to protect not only them, but their babies as well. This was...

covid-19

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