Post Donation Category: Research

Cancer Breakthrough: Cells’ Uniqueness is Also Weakness

Written on January 29, 2021.

TAU research proves connection for first time, can be base for cancer drugs. What makes cancer cells different from ordinary cells in our bodies? Can these differences be used to strike at them and paralyze...

Medicine & Health

TAU Excavation Examines “Ancient High Tech”

Written on January 25, 2021.

Plant remains elucidate early Israel’s role in global metals industry. By Melanie Takefman The wind is the first to “welcome” visitors to the hilltop TAU excavation at Yotvata, a kibbutz in the Arava...

Archeology

Power of Images: Memorializing the Holocaust through Film

Written on January 25, 2021.

TAU researchers explore how artistic critique shapes the memory of historical trauma. By Lindsey Zemler Schindler’s List is a classic representation of the Holocaust film genre because it represents the...

History, Holocaust

New Study Presents A Gloomy Climate Future for the Middle East

Written on January 21, 2021.

But Raises Hope the Region Could Become Part of the Solution to the Climate Crisis. A fresh study conducted by Professor Dan Rabinowitz, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of...

Climate Change, Earth Sciences, Sociology

Opening Gates and Scaling Mountains

Written on January 21, 2021.

The TAU women breaking convention in the Jewish world. By Lisa Kremer A young girl, captivated by her family’s lively Talmud discussion around the Shabbat table, is prohibited from studying Talmud at...

Impact

The Toolkit of Prehistoric Humans

Written on January 20, 2021.

New discovery: Early humans used chopping tools to break animal bones and consume the bone marrow. Researchers from the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University unraveled the...

Archeology

Building Community during Crisis

Written on January 15, 2021.

When COVID-19 broke, hundreds of students who participated in “TAU Impact,” the University’s flagship community leadership program, were forced to abruptly terminate their field work. In response, the TAU...

student stories

Academic First Responders

Written on January 14, 2021.

How TAU sparked a learning revolution in the wake of COVID-19. By Idit Nirel When COVID-19 broke in Israel in mid-March and the country shut down, Tel Aviv University (TAU) decided to continue teaching all...

Covid-19, Tel Aviv University

Social Work Student Sees Light in Unexpected Places

Written on January 11, 2021.

For Glaser Scholar Lea Tamanyo, making positive change starts with helping individuals. By Melanie Takefman TAU graduate student Lea Tamanyo isn’t afraid of challenges; she’s had to overcome many...

Impact, Scholarships

Accelerating Jewish-Arab Entrepreneurship

Written on January 10, 2021.

TAU’s jumpTAU program helps bicultural teams found start-ups and friendships. By Lindsey Zemler “If you put a law student, a medical student, a social sciences student and an engineer in a...

Collaborations, Impact, Tel Aviv University

2020 Kadar Ceremony Celebrates Pioneering Spirit and Hard Work

Written on January 6, 2021.

In its sixth year, the Kadar Family Award continues to nurture research and excellence in teaching at TAU. Four outstanding junior and senior TAU faculty members on campus were...

Honours & Awards, Impact

TAU Scientists Develop Innovative Therapy to Prevent Deafness

Written on December 28, 2020.

The treatment is inserted into the ear, prevents hearing loss caused by a genetic mutation. A new study at Tel Aviv University presents an innovative treatment for deafness, based on the delivery of...

Medicine

Two TAU Professors Win 2020 Nature Mentoring Award

Written on December 28, 2020.

Prof. Neta Erez and Prof. Tal Pupko, nominated by students, are building the future generation of scientists. Two scientists from Tel Aviv University – Professor Neta Erez, head of the Department...

Honours & Awards, Medicine & Health

Globalization During the Bronze & Early Iron Ages

Written on December 28, 2020.

Evidence for trade from India & Southeast Asia to the Land of Israel in the 16th century BCE. A new international study, which included researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel...

Archeology

Researchers from TAU have developed a technology that enables photographing moving objects

Written on December 17, 2020.

The new development will enable taking photos of race cars, runners, birds in flight, and dunking basketballs into hoops. Researchers from Tel Aviv University have developed a computational photography...

Engineering

TAU Study Proves that Light Can Kill Coronavirus

Written on December 14, 2020.

Groundbreaking research finds UV-LED diodes efficiently and cheaply disinfect social spaces. A revolution in disinfection? Researchers from Tel Aviv University have proven that the coronavirus can be killed...

Covid-19, Engineering

COVID-19 Takes TAU’s Legal Clinics into High Gear

Written on December 7, 2020.

Clinic staff share experiences of protecting those most affected by pandemic Dr. Yuval Livnat, Adv. Anat Ben Dor and Adv. Irina Rozina The Refugee Rights Clinic “The coronavirus crisis forced the...

Covid-19, Tel Aviv University

Lack of Teacher Support during Pandemic Causes Acute Emotional Harm

Written on December 4, 2020.

TAU study provides insights into preventing burnout among educators. A new Tel Aviv University study led by Dr. Shahar Lev-Ari, Head of the Department of Health Promotion at TAU’s Sackler Faculty...

Medicine & Health

Parents show love less during COVID-19: TAU Study

Written on December 2, 2020.

Stress, crowded homes cause parents to “forget” to express love, at a time when children are in great need of parental affection. A new study from Tel Aviv University found that during...

Education

An Underwater Journey Following the Vanishing of Sponge Species from the Shallow Water of the Israeli Coast

Written on December 1, 2020.

The researchers believe that the sharp rise in water temperatures may lead to the death and disappearance. Researchers from Tel Aviv University embarked on an underwater journey to solve a mystery: Why...

Zoology

New Discovery: Development of the Inner Ear in Embryos is Similar to Crystal Formation

Written on November 26, 2020.

This discovery could contribute to the development of treatments for hearing loss based on regeneration of hair cells in the ear. An interdisciplinary study headed by Prof. David Sprinzak, a researcher from...

Medicine & Health

The future generation of the Startup Nation

Written on November 26, 2020.

Students from Tel Aviv University win a gold medal at iGEM – the World Championship in Synthetic Biology An unprecedented achievement for the TAU team at iGEM (International Genetically Engineered...

Engineering

In First, Aging Stopped in Humans: TAU Co-Study

Written on November 23, 2020.

New research finds that high pressure treatments can reverse two processes associated with aging and its illnesses A first-of-its-kind clinical trial in human subjects: A new study from Tel Aviv...

Medicine & Health

TAU developed genome editing system destroys cancer cells

Written on November 20, 2020.

Breakthrough treatment, with no side effects, may increase life expectancy in brain and ovarian cancer patients. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have demonstrated that the CRISPR/Cas9 system is very...

Medicine & Health

TAU Co-Study: “Green Revolution” Decreased Infant Mortality

Written on November 17, 2020.

“Israel, as a global leader in agriculture R&D, has much to offer to the developing world.” In the first global-scale study of its kind, researchers used wide-scale data to correlate between...

Agriculture, Medicine & Health

Study: Women Suffer More from COVID-related Orofacial Pain

Written on November 12, 2020.

New TAU dental research finds that pandemic stress results in excessive teeth grinding and facial pain. A new study from the Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine at Tel Aviv University’s Sackler...

Covid-19, Medicine & Health

Why Do Bats Fly Into Walls?

Written on November 10, 2020.

A sensory misperception – like people bumping into a glass wall Why do bats fly into walls, even though they can hear them? Researchers at Tel Aviv University conducted an experiment in which they...

Neuroscience, Zoology

Souvenirs of Sand and Sun

Written on November 4, 2020.

Sugandh P. Ojha, an international student from India, shares insights from her time at TAU. It was thrilling to receive my acceptance letter from Tel Aviv University. As an International Relations...

student stories

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...

Engineering, Exact Sciences

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

STEM, Tel Aviv University

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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