Tel Aviv University And Google Team Up To Make Your Computers Feel Sorry
Ever wish your computer felt sorry for not providing you with the results you wanted? Well, the day your computer guiltily racks its virtual brain trying to understand how he can avoid making the same...
View ArticleTAU Study Finds Simple Blood Test May Reveal Early-Stage Alzheimer’s
Israeli scientists are getting closer to developing a blood test to detect the asymptomatic, early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at Tel Aviv University say the earliest clues to the...
View ArticleCan’t Quit? Smoking Less Will Also Improve Your Health
Countless studies demonstrate the benefits of quitting smoking altogether, benefits which include lowered risk of disease, increased life expectancy, and an overall improvement in quality of life. But...
View ArticleWhat’s With The Crazy Weather On Uranus And Neptune?
If you thought the weather patterns on Earth were dramatic, you will not believe what kind of climate Uranus and Neptune experience. A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science, the...
View ArticleResearchers Find Cause Of Some Allergies May Be Skin Deep
It’s allergy season and for many people that means sneezing, coughing, watery eyes and trouble breathing – there’s nothing worse. Much to our dismay, the prevalence of allergic disorders, such as...
View ArticleTel Aviv University Launches Challenge That Will See Young Israeli...
Innovations in the fields of health, the environment, education and technology are continuously improving the lives of millions in the developed world, but the benefits are slower to reach third-world...
View Article‘Sweet’ Success For Israeli Researchers In The Treatment And Early Detection...
Here’s a not-so-sweet fact: According to the American Diabetes Association, one in three American adults will be diagnosed with diabetes by the year 2050 if present trends continue. The disturbing...
View ArticleNaNose: The Breathalyzer Test That Sniffs Out Lung Cancer Before It Spreads
Lung cancer is considered the deadliest of all cancers, the culprit for over 27 percent of all cancer deaths in the U.S. annually. However, the reason for this worrisome statistic derives not from the...
View ArticleNo Camels: Radiocarbon Shows Domesticated Camels Didn’t Exist During Biblical...
Camels are mentioned as pack animals in the biblical stories of Abraham, Joseph, and Jacob. But archaeologists have shown that camels were not domesticated in the Land of Israel until centuries after...
View ArticleStunning Eco Architecture: Take A Look At Israel’s ‘Greenest’ Building
Take a look inside Tel Aviv University’s recently completed Porter School of Environmental Studies, or what experts are calling “Israel’s Greenest Building”! Construction of this state-of-the-art...
View ArticleIsraeli And American Researchers’ Findings Could Make Kidney Transplants A...
It was long believed that the kidney is a “static” organ once it develops, but researchers in Israel and America recently discovered that, contrary to popular belief, the human kidney is capable of...
View ArticleIsraeli Research Finds Parents’ Interrupted Sleep Is The Equivalent Of No...
New parents know the feeling— the familiar cry in the night, followed by a blind shuffle to the crib, a feeding, a diaper change, and a final retreat back into oblivion, every hour on the hour. Such is...
View ArticleThe ‘Memory’ Of Starvation Stays In Your Genes For Three Generations, Tel...
During the winter of 1944, the Nazis blocked food supplies to the western Netherlands, creating a period of widespread famine and devastation. The impact of starvation on expectant mothers produced one...
View ArticleResearchers Turn Oceans’ Biggest Menace – Jellyfish – Into Sustainable...
In a United Nations report released in May, scientists worldwide were called upon to join the war on jellyfish. According to the report, jellyfish have overwhelmed the marine ecosystem as a result of...
View ArticleTAU Prof. Nili Cohen Gets Israel Prize In Law
March 15, 2017 | The Israeli Minister of Education has announced that Prof. Nili Cohen, of The Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University, will receive the Israel Prize in Law for her lifelong,...
View ArticleTel Aviv University Ranked 5th In The World For Entrepreneurship
Tel Aviv University took 5th in the world among universities with alumni that have a strong level of involvement in entrepreneurship, according to a ranking put together by Startup Genome, an...
View ArticleWarming Mediterranean Causes Marine Species’ Cooler Water Migration
A recently-released Tel Aviv University (TAU) report has found that several marine species, including fish, mollusks and crustaceans have changed their habits to seek cooler waters – up to 55 meters...
View ArticleTAU Researchers Advise Smart Sensors To Test COVID-19 Vaccine Safety
Israeli researchers have developed what they believe is a more accurate and objective method to test vaccine safety using physiological parameters (body temperature, heart rate) collected by smart...
View ArticleIsraeli Researchers Use Breakthrough Tech To Treat Prostate Cancer For First...
Patient, 60, is given alpha-radiation to target the tumor without harming healthy tissue in ‘historical’ procedure Medical pioneers in Israel say they have, for the first time, successfully treated a...
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