Post Donation Category: Research

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...

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...

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...

Archeology

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...

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...

Anthropology

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...

Film, TAU Trust News

Antibacterial fillings from TAU may combat recurring tooth decay

Written on July 10, 2019.

New material may prevent one of the costliest and most prevalent bacterial diseases in the world Tooth decay is among the costliest and most widespread bacterial diseases. Virulent bacteria cause the...

Medicine & Health

Are American Jews and Israel growing apart?

Written on July 4, 2019.

The Center for the Study of the United States at TAU teams up with the American Jewish Committee (AJC) to explore the shifting attitudes of American Jews toward Israel Over a...

Politics & Society

From VR to the migrant crisis at TAU’s international film festival

Written on July 2, 2019.

International students, filmmakers and glitterati attend to 21st edition of the TAU student film festival, held throughout the city of Tel Aviv The Tel Aviv International...

Arts & Culture, Film

TAU scientist elected EMBO member

Written on June 24, 2019.

Prof. Judith Berman will now be a member of the The European Molecular Biology Organization which promotes excellence in the life sciences Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Judith Berman...

Medicine & Health

Pope welcomes Israeli, Jordanian, Palestinian bird experts

Written on June 11, 2019.

Scientists go to Vatican to share excitement about the cross-border barn-owl project for pest control (and peace) that originated in Israel. Israeli, Jordanian, Palestinian and Swiss bird experts...

Zoology

New system for detecting Parkinson’s early

Written on June 10, 2019.

New method tracks early stages of protein aggregation involved in Parkinson’s Parkinson’s disease is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease, affecting everything from speech, posture and...

Medicine & Health

Early Humans Deliberately Recycled Flint To Create Tiny, Sharp Tools

Written on May 30, 2019.

Exceptional conditions at Israel’s Qesem Cave preserved 400,000-year-old “tool kit,” TAU researchers say A new Tel Aviv University study finds that prehistoric humans...

Archeology

What will life look like in 2030?

Written on May 9, 2019.

From surgery to household tasks, humanity is about to see its daily life transformed. Prof. Irad Ben-Gal is planning for the biggest unknowns of our future. Only twenty years ago, connecting to the...

Engineering, Future

New evidence points to existence of Biblical figure

Written on May 6, 2019.

A line of the Mesha Stele inscription lends credence to the story of Balaam in the Book of Numbers, Tel Aviv University researchers say he legendary King Balak from the Book of Numbers may have been a...

Archeology

Violent attacks against Jews worldwide spiked 13% in 2018

Written on May 6, 2019.

The U.S. saw highest number of cases – over 100 – of severe violence against Jews in the world, annual Tel Aviv University Kantor Center study reports Thirteen Jews were murdered in the world in 2018,...

Anti-Semitism

Discovery of a binary star orbited by three planets

Written on May 6, 2019.

Discovery by a team of researchers, including Prof. Tsevi Mazeh from the School of Physics and Astronomy Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, turning the system’s to be one...

Astronomy

Over 400 People Attend Launch of “Astronomy on Tap”

Written on April 22, 2019.

The School of Physics and Astronomy inaugurated a new public outreach activity – short astronomy-related presentations at a bar. The first event was held at the Kanta Bar in Tel Aviv on Tuesday,...

Astronomy

TAU Scientists Print First 3D Heart Using Patient’s Own Cells and Materials

Written on April 15, 2019.

Engineered heart completely matches the immunological, cellular, biochemical and anatomical properties of the patient In a major medical breakthrough, Tel Aviv University researchers have...

Medicine & Health

Better maps for better self-driving cars?

Written on April 8, 2019.

New research on object detection breaks with long-held principles of radar technologies Radar technologies were originally designed to identify and track airborne military targets. Today they’re...

Engineering, Future

New genetically encoded sensor isolates hidden Leukemic cells

Written on March 29, 2019.

Cells express surface markers that help them escape most targeted therapies, Tel Aviv University researchers say Understanding how leukemic stem cells are regulated has become an important area of cancer...

Medicine & Health

What’s in a pi?

Written on March 14, 2019.

March 14h is International Pi Day. Why do we celebrate it? Is pi still relevant 4,000 years after being discovered? And is peach pie better than cherry? What’s the best kind of pie? And...

Mathematics

New blood test could detect genetic disorders during first trimester

Written on March 8, 2019.

Test could map the fetal genome and detect innumerable diseases caused by minuscule impairments, Tel Aviv University researchers say Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a new blood test for...

Medicine & Health

Adolescents with Celiac disease at higher risk of eating disorders

Written on March 3, 2019.

Teenage girls who are overweight and have Celiac Disease are at highest risk of developing eating disorders Celiac disease is a chronic condition, characterized by inflammation and atrophy of the small...

Medicine & Health

MIT expert helps promote synthetic biology at TAU

Written on March 1, 2019.

Prof. Christopher Voigt of MIT visits TAU to talk to researchers and set up new collaborations for grad students Living organisms are amazing feats of engineering: By following instructions encoded...

Biotechnology, Microbiology

Are two brains better than one?

Written on February 19, 2019.

In scientific research, sometimes 1 + 1 equals more than 2 What do scientists need to become a winning team? Is it true that the opposites attracts? Or is it that research based on a...

Combined Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Medicine & Health

A match made in Megiddo

Written on February 13, 2019.

How the chemistry between archaeology and physics researchers led to groundbreaking discoveries about biblical history Sometimes when you’ve stopped looking for a solution is exactly when...

Archeology, Physics

Inside a bat’s brain

Written on February 13, 2019.

Prof. Yaniv Assaf and Prof. Yossi Yovel are working together on a unique collection of brain scans of different mammals It’s a chicken versus egg scenario: Does behavior build a neural network or...

Zoology

Conversations in the Clean Room

Written on February 13, 2019.

At the shared laboratories of the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, casual conversations between scientists can lead to breakthroughs A chemist and a physicist walk into a clean room. No, this...

Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics

Inside a bat’s brain

Written on February 13, 2019.

Zoology

Dr. Mordechai Gerlic’s Paper on the Cover of The FEBS Journal

Written on February 11, 2019.

IL-33 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that plays a role in a range of inflammatory diseases. To date, the mechanism underlying its release in cells is not fully understood. A recent work led by MD/PhD...

Medicine & Health

Connecting through Music

Written on January 28, 2019.

TAU’s Institute for Promoting Dialogue through Music is pioneering a new tool for bringing people closer together In Israel’s fractured society – Arab vs. Jew; religious vs. secular; Ashkenazi vs....

Music, Tel Aviv University

Pure Escapism

Written on January 28, 2019.

The new Escape Room Project provides a creative way of making learning more fun University exams are not the easiest time for students. The pressure leads to thoughts of escape – to anywhere except...

Neuroscience

TAU-led team discovers new way black holes are “fed”

Written on January 24, 2019.

These “giant monsters” were observed suddenly devouring gas in their surroundings Supermassive black holes weigh millions to billions times more than our sun and lie at the center of most...

Astronomy

Our 2018 Highlights- Dan David research is at the Top

Written on January 4, 2019.

The 2018 Altmetric Top 100; The PLOS Blogs (SciComm) Top 6 Human Evolution Discoveries of 2018; The Ynet top Scientific Research for 2018 Dan David Centerf for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research at Tel...

Biohistory, Biology & Evolution

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