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Can Stem Cells Restore Bone Marrow?

Written on April 9, 2025.

Doubling adult stem cells for bone marrow and immune system regeneration. An international research team, led by scientists from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center, has unveiled an innovative...

The Bat’s Walking Cane: How a Tail Becomes a Sensor in the Dark

Written on April 9, 2025.

New research highlights a unique evolutionary adaptation: a bat’s tail acting as a reverse walking cane. A new study from Tel Aviv University reveals that the Greater Mouse-Tailed Bat (Rhinopoma...

Why We Really Exercise: First AI Study Reveals True Motivation

Written on April 8, 2025.

A first-of-its-kind AI study finds 23.9% exercise for appearance and 18.9% for health. A new study from Tel Aviv University used AI tools for the first time to discover what motivates people to exercise...

Bias, Blame, and Brainpower: What Happens When Minds and Machines Collide

Written on April 7, 2025.

Highlights from the LMU-TAU AI-Humanity-Society Workshop From March 17–19, 2025, early-career researchers from Tel Aviv University and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) gathered in Munich for...

Closing the Academic Gender Gap in Israel

Written on April 1, 2025.

Some 50 outstanding female TAU graduates have gone abroad for post-docs thanks to a fellowship aiming to increase women’s representation in academia Though great progress has been made for gender equality in...

What Can Bob Dylan Teach Researchers?

Written on March 31, 2025.

TAU postdocs get a crash course in the art of scientific discovery The Postdoc Researcher Club kicked off at the Lowy International School with a thought-provoking session on the creative process of...

New PTEN Research Could Transform Autism and Cancer Studies

Written on March 23, 2025.

Is PTEN the key to advancing autism and cancer research? A novel scientific method developed at Tel Aviv University promises to accelerate our understanding of the gene PTEN, a key player in...

A Career Shift Rooted in Environmental Passion

Written on March 20, 2025.

Combing a background in law with water management and sustainability For Alexa Goldner, a lawyer from Mexico City, environmental issues have always carried particular importance. Having done her thesis...

The Future of Memory: Superlubricity Sparks Breakthroughs

Written on March 17, 2025.

A two-atom-thick, frictionless layer could boost speed, efficiency, and durability. A groundbreaking technological advancement from Tel Aviv University has, for the first time, enabled the...

Should Platforms Control Your Data?

Written on March 17, 2025.

Game theory shows data sharing benefits. Researchers from Tel Aviv University used mathematical tools from game theory to show that in certain situations, allowing platforms to retain...

Tel Aviv University Launches TAU Shop

Written on March 16, 2025.

The merch store with Telavivian flair. Tel Aviv University is taking university merch to the next level with the launch of TAU Shop, the official e-commerce store for TAU-branded apparel and accessories....

TAU Breaks Israeli Record in Space

Written on March 16, 2025.

Tevel 2: Israel’s Largest Satellite Constellation Launch. The Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Tel Aviv University, and nine municipalities across Israel have announced an...

Universities as Catalysts for Climate Change Solutions

Written on March 12, 2025.

TAU joins forces with international universities to tackle pressing environmental challenges On March 3rd and 4th, a joint workshop hosted at the University of Cambridge and funded by the British Council’s...

Tel Aviv University Students Help Keep Women’s Rights on the Agenda at the UN

Written on March 6, 2025.

Traveling to Geneva, the students witnessed firsthand the challenges and urgency of sustaining international human rights efforts From February 3 to 21, 2025, the United Nations (UN) Committee on the...

From Startups to Stagecraft: TAU’s Student Clubs Have It All

Written on March 5, 2025.

Meet the passionate international students shaping TAU’s club scene With the second semester starting March 17, it’s the perfect time to explore Tel Aviv University’s vibrant student life. Here, everyone...

“The Complexity of the Human Brain Is What Drives People to Study Neuroscience”

Written on March 3, 2025.

Tel Aviv University’s research-intensive MSc is at the forefront of discovery If you are eager to understand the most complex machine imaginable—the human brain—Tel Aviv University’s MSc in...

Pushing the Boundaries of Nanomedicine

Written on February 25, 2025.

International researcher Riccardo Rampado helps lead discovery of new mRNA delivery system Legendary physicist Richard Feynman famously said, “There’s plenty of room at the bottom.” For Dr. Riccardo...

Four Tel Aviv University Professors Honored as Senior Members of the US National Academy of Inventors

Written on February 24, 2025.

Prestigious recognition highlights TAU’s leadership in innovation, with honorees from engineering and medical sciences Four professors from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have been named Senior Members of the...

The Scholar in the “Eye of the Storm”

Written on February 23, 2025.

Julie E. Cooper’s new role as Director of the Stephen Roth Institute As the new director of the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism at Tel Aviv...

Harvard Jewish A Capella Choir to Perform at Tel Aviv University

Written on February 18, 2025.

A musical bridge to spread joy and culture through song Harvard’s rising Jewish a capella group, ApiChorus, is set to captivate audiences at Tel Aviv University on March 16 with a dynamic blend of songs in...

The Lowy International School Supports Successful Goethe University–Tel Aviv University Winter School

Written on February 16, 2025.

Israeli and German early career researchers participate in academic exchange on adaptive cognition Prof. Tom Schonberg, co-organizer of the Winter School, and Prof. Roy Mukamel, from TAU’s School of...

Hernandez Batista in the lab where she conducts research on nanobubbles, along with her supervisor Dr. Ines Zucker and the Ambassador of Panama to Israel Ezra Cohen

Raziel Hernandez Batista’s Environmental Mission

Written on February 12, 2025.

From Panama to Tel Aviv and back For Raziel Hernandez Batista, the journey to studying environmental science at Tel Aviv University (TAU) has been anything but conventional. Originally from Panama,...

Open Day at TAU: Choose the Unconventional, Combine Your Passions

Written on February 9, 2025.

Thousands came to discover how they can combine their areas of interest in their studies. The winter weather, which decided to visit us in Tel Aviv for only a few hours, added to the festive atmosphere of...

Nobel Laureate Reinhard Genzel delivering a lecture at TAU's annual Physics Colloquium

Main Nobel Laureate Reinhard Genzel Visits TAU as a Lowy Distinguished Guest Professor

Written on February 6, 2025.

Unveiling the Universe’s Mysteries In January, Tel Aviv University (TAU) hosted Nobel Laureate Professor Reinhard Genzel for a lecture on recent advancements in understanding black holes and their role in...