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Can Bats Think Ahead of Time?

TAU researchers discover that bats have episodic memory and plan ahead Researchers at Tel Aviv University tracked free-ranging Egyptian fruit bats from a colony based in the TAU’s I. Meier Segals Garden...

Life Sciences

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The Life-to-Death Digital Continuum

What happens to your Facebook profile when you pass away? The fate of our profiles and data which remain online after we die, or our digital remains, is of increasing importance as we live more of our...

law

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Imagining the Future Patient

Biomedical and technological progress is at the tipping point of transforming medicine into a more precise, proactive science capable of defeating human disease. The 21st century is revolutionizing our...

Medicine

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The Power of Sleep

New study reveals that brain’s coordination between hippocampus and cortex during sleep boosts memory consolidation, offering hope for people with memory impairments. While a good night’s...

Engineering, Medicine

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“Family Smoking” on The Porch

Six out of ten children whose parents restrict their smoking to the porch are at risk for being harmed by tobacco smoke. Many parents think that they are protecting their children by smoking on the porch...

Medicine

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Do We Need ‘Junk DNA’?

Researchers offer possible reason why neutral sequences in the genome of living creatures continue to exist millions of years later. A new model developed at Tel Aviv University offers a possible...

Life Sciences

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Conquering the Wall of Fear

 For Periphery Scholar Yakir Mazuz, studying at TAU is a dream come true TAU student Yakir Mazuz had a decisive experience while working at a hotel as a teenager. “I was exposed to the harsh reality of...

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New Snake Family Identified

As far as researchers are aware the Micrelapidae family includes only three species, one in Israel and neighboring countries, and two in East Africa. An extensive international study identified a new...

Life Sciences

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“A True Chance to Follow My Dream”

A TAU scholarship student perseveres during tough times on her way to becoming a doctor When Weaam Asli, a recent Tel Aviv University biology graduate, was in her second year of studies she almost dropped...

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