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Want to lose weight? Start strength training
A new TAU study shows that strength training is the most effective way to lose weight while preserving...
Rising Stars in Cancer Research: Meet Three Inspiring Women Scientists at Tel Aviv University
Groundbreaking discoveries, big dreams, and the joy of life in the lab from TAU’s next generation of cancer...
Preliminary results in individuals with PTSD:
Noninvasive brain treatment reduces traumatic memories
In the study, participants’ traumatic memories were...
Dreaming Big: Thousands of Prospective Students Attend TAU Open Day
Thank you to everyone who has started thinking big about their future
Tel Aviv University’s campus...
Have We Reached a Point of No Return in Sea Urchin Extinction?
Researchers warn that patterns seen in the Canary Islands may emerge in other regions worldwide.
A...
Holocaust Memory Today: A Focus on the Righteous
TAU’s “For a Righteous Cause” report explores a global trend in Holocaust commemoration centered on the...
Israeli Breakthrough: The Brain Can Boost Vaccine Effectiveness
New research reveals that activating the brain’s reward system through positive anticipation strengthens the...
How Corals Pulse in Perfect Sync Without a Brain?
A TAU–University of Haifa study solves a long-standing mystery about rhythmic movement in nature
A joint...
When Your Face Decides Before You Do
New TAU study shows facial mimicry is part of how we make choices
Imagine sitting across from someone...
Breast Cancer and the Brain: A Breakthrough in Understanding Metastasis
For the first time, researchers uncover the biological mechanism that enables breast cancer to spread to the...
Melanoma’s Hidden Defense Mechanism Revealed
TAU-led study uncovers how cancer cells disable the immune system
A new international study led by the Gray...
Undergraduate Studies at Tel Aviv University Boost Unicorn Founder Odds by 260%
New Stanford research places TAU among the world’s leading universities for entrepreneurial impact and the...
Why We Sometimes Avoid the Truth and Other Times Can’t Stop Looking for It
A new TAU study reveals the emotional logic behind how we choose what information to face and what to...
How Tel Aviv University’s Psychedelic Research is Revolutionizing Trauma Care
Inside Israel’s first center dedicated to psychoactive medicine and brain-informed therapy
As Israel...
TAU and Google Israel Launch New Three-Year Program to Advance Core AI Research
Google.org will provide $1 million to support foundational research, student scholarships, and new...
Two weeks of Life-Changing, Life-Saving Tech
8,500 people attended TAU’s annual AI, cybersecurity, and defense tech weeks
At Tel Aviv University, the...
Israel’s First India Chair Established at TAU During Ambassadorial Visit
Indian Ambassador J.P. Singh meets students and leadership and signs landmark cooperation agreement
During...
Nurturing Hope
Interview with TAU Alumnus, Dr. Ofir Levi, Head of the Clinic at TAU’s National Center for Traumatic...
The Dinosaurs That Forgot How to Fly
A Rare Discovery Sheds New Light on the Evolution of Flight
A new study led by a researcher from the School...
No Longer a Secret Garden
TAU’s Yehuda Naftali Botanic Garden now welcomes individual visitors
For decades, the Tel Aviv University...
Helping Heal a Hurting Generation
TAU trains staff to spot and respond to student distress
A young woman sits in the back row of a large...
Bridging the Gap: TAU Students Assist an Impoverished Town
A hands-on course at the TAU Buchmann Faculty of Law brings legal knowledge to needy citizens
A low railing...
Climate Anxiety?
Turn the worry into collaboration, innovation and community
Jack is a consultant in Deloitte’s sustainability and climate change practice and is currently on a 1 year...
Invisible Wounds: Overcoming Guilt, Shame, and Trauma after October 7th
A psychologist at the Tel Aviv University National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience shares stories...
TAU Student Team Wins Gold Medal at Prestigious iGEM Competition
For Developing an Innovative Strategy Toward a New Treatment for Advanced Lung Cancer
Tel Aviv University’s...
Feeling Blue? Look for the Green!
Jack is a consultant in Deloitte’s sustainability and climate change practice and is currently on a 1 year...
Why Sea Urchins Are Dying?
TAU meta-analysis finds pathogens, storms, and extreme temperatures are the leading causes of sea urchin...
TAU Technology Moves Closer to First Human Implant for Spinal Cord Injury
Matricelf and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) sign agreement to begin manufacturing...
RNA-Based Gene Therapy Offers New Hope for ALS Patients
TAU researchers identify a key molecular mechanism behind ALS and succeed in stopping, and even...
Rethinking Insurance in a Warming World
A new TAU study reveals how the insurance sector, one of the world’s largest financial forces, can take a...
From Hostage Square to the Doctorate: TAU to Award Einav Zangauker an Honorary Doctorate
In recognition of her courageous and inspiring struggle for the return of all hostages held in Gaza to...
Why Do We Tip? TAU Study Challenges Common Assumptions
New research reveals that tipping is driven more by social conformity than genuine appreciation, offering...
A Letter from TAU President Welcoming the 2025–26 Academic Year
Wishing a successful and fruitful academic year to our thousands of students and to our academic and...
When Bats Confront Rats: The Seasonal Struggle for Survival
TAU researchers reveal how fruit bats adjust their behavior, from caution to confrontation, in the...
Israel’s Mediterranean: A “Green Treasure” Beneath the Waves
TAU researchers conduct Israel’s first ecological–biotechnological seaweed survey, revealing a natural...
From TAU’s Film School to the Red Carpet in New York
TAU alumnus Meyer Levinson-Blount wins a Student Academy Award
It’s not every day that a film student gets...
New Biological Mechanism Boosts Myelin Production in the Brain
TAU researchers discover how to increase myelin production — a finding that could aid treatments for...
Most Massive Stars in the Early Universe Were Born in Pairs
A new TAU study offers the first strong evidence that most massive stars in the early universe formed as...
TAU Visiting Professor Joel Mokyr Awarded Nobel Prize in Economics
The distinguished economic historian, who teaches at TAU’s Berglas School of Economics, recognized for...
Radio Telescopes Could Reveal Dark Matter in the Early Universe
A new TAU study predicts that radio waves from the cosmic dark ages can help uncover the properties of dark...
Cosmic Particles Help Archaeologists Detect Hidden Underground Spaces
TAU study demonstrates how muon detectors can be used to map subterranean voids before excavation, offering...
Liver Fat, Not Weight, Predicts Health Risks in Obese Children
A new study from Tel Aviv University and Dana Dwek Children’s Hospital shows that obese children can remain...
PitchBook 2025: TAU Maintains 7th Place Worldwide and 1st Outside the U.S. in Entrepreneurship
Despite the war and international challenges, Tel Aviv University once again achieves a major global...
Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
TAU researchers have developed a targeted method of delivering locked nucleic acids (LNAs) using lipid...
Measuring Memory Through Eye Movements
A new TAU–Ichilov study shows that tracking eye movements can assess memory more accurately than verbal...
Innovative Gene Therapy Preserves Hearing and Balance in Preclinical Study
TAU researchers created a gene therapy that protects against hearing and balance impairments caused by inner...
TAU Researchers Fold Glass into Microscopic 3D Optical Devices
With a new method called photonic origami, researchers can bend ultra-thin glass sheets into complex,...
Israeli Breakthrough: First Human Trial of Engineered Spinal Cord
TAU researchers begin to prepare for the world’s first spinal cord implant in humans — a new development...
Earliest Evidence of Neanderthal–Homo sapiens Interbreeding Found in Israel
A TAU-led international study reveals the world’s oldest human fossil showing traits of both Neanderthals...
Seeing Is Believing?
A TAU-led study finds that seeing an image more than once, real or AI-generated, makes us more likely to...
From Israel’s Social Margins to the Top
TAU’s Periphery Program for Outstanding Students ensures that high-achieving students from all backgrounds...
Breakthrough at TAU: Blocking One Protein Could Prevent Food Allergy Disease
TAU researchers found that blocking the protein TSLP may prevent a painful, food allergy–driven disease on...
TAU Revisits 100-Year Mystery of Inherited Traits
An international team led by TAU’s Prof. Oded Rechavi is recreating century-old experiments to explore how...
Kidney in a Dish: TAU and Sheba’s Six-Month Breakthrough
A lab-grown kidney model is giving researchers a rare view into human development, birth defects, and...
Rare Genetic Disease Decoded by TAU’s All-Women Research Team
A new model developed at TAU following a family’s request is helping researchers study a rare brain disorder...
BOG 2025: Canada Champions Student Success
Tel Aviv University Canada makes a substantial impact at this year’s Board of Governors meeting.
Tel Aviv...
A Star’s Return? TAU Researchers Offer New Insight into Black Hole Encounters
Similar flares detected two years apart suggest stars may survive black hole disruptions.
Researchers from...
First Scientific Evidence of Auditory Interaction Between Plants and Animals
Astounding Discovery at Tel Aviv University: Female moths decide where to lay their eggs based on sounds...
World’s First mRNA Vaccine Against a Deadly Bacterium
Groundbreaking collaborative research leads to a novel mRNA-based vaccine targeting a lethal bacterial...
Dramatic Discovery at Tel Aviv University: 15th-Century Holy Books of Ethiopian Jewry—the Oldest Found to Date
Two Orit books (the Torah of Beta Israel – Ethiopian Jewry) from the 15th century were discovered by the...
Two out of every three Arab citizens support political partnership between Arabs and Jews
New study by the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University examines the views of Arab citizens in Israel –...
Empowering Women, Advancing Peace
TAU alumna establishes scholarship fund for women in Conflict Resolution and Mediation MA at TAU
The MA in...
TAU Students Develop RNA-Based Therapy to Fight Lung Cancer
As part of 2025 iGEM competition, team prepares to highlight their work on global stage
A team of 12 Tel...
Is This the Future of Burn Care?
TAU researchers and Sheba Medical Center developed bioengineered skin that accelerates healing time.
...
Can CRISPR Make a Better Tomato?
Researchers from Tel Aviv University used CRISPR to edit thousands of genes in tomato plants.
Researchers...
Stone Age BBQ: How Early Humans Preserved Meat with Fire
Did Early Humans Smoke Meat Million Years Ago?
Did prehistoric humans know that smoking meat could preserve...
Finding Kant in New Haven
TAU Fox Fellow bridges Israeli and American academic worlds at Yale
Meet Attay Kremer, a PhD student in the...
TAU Honors Ten Visionaries with Honorary Doctorates and Fellowships
Honorees include scientists, journalists, industry leaders, philanthropists, a social activist, and Israel’s...
Unlocking Quantum Mysteries with Pendula
Pendulum Experiment Sheds Light on Quantum Mysteries in Topological Materials, Revealing Insights...
Tel Aviv University Inaugurates the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences
The $125 million gift from the Gray Foundation is set to transform the University’s medical education and...
Letter from the University President Honoring the Gray Family’s Gift to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
The Gray family has generously donated $125 million to advance and develop the Faculty.
Dear Tel Aviv...
Tel Aviv Conference: Future of Israel Held for the Second Time
The conference, featuring prominent public figures and policymakers, discussed pressing issues on the...
“Human language has not invented the words that can tell of Treblinka” – Yehudit Hendel
Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony at TAU
The Bar Shira Hall was filled to capacity for the Holocaust and...
Antisemitism Eases , Yet Remains Alarmingly High
Antisemitism Worldwide Report for 2024.
On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Center for the Study...
Can AI Help Doctors Make Better Diagnoses?
A new TAU study explores how accurate AI can be when assisting with diagnoses in virtual urgent care.
A new...
This Is Why Children Took Part in Creating Prehistoric Cave Art
TAU study suggests that children were seen as mediators between the physical and spiritual worlds.
A team...
The Bat’s Walking Cane: How a Tail Becomes a Sensor in the Dark
New research highlights a unique evolutionary adaptation: a bat’s tail acting as a reverse walking...
Why We Really Exercise: First AI Study Reveals True Motivation
A first-of-its-kind AI study finds 23.9% exercise for appearance and 18.9% for health.
A new study from Tel...
What Happens Inside a Cell Under Stress?
A novel AI-based method reveals how cells respond to drug treatments.
Researchers from Tel Aviv University...
Closing the Academic Gender Gap in Israel
Some 50 outstanding female TAU graduates have gone abroad for post-docs thanks to a fellowship aiming to...
Can Stem Cells Restore Bone Marrow?
Doubling adult stem cells for bone marrow and immune system regeneration.
An international research team,...
New PTEN Research Could Transform Autism and Cancer Studies
Is PTEN the key to advancing autism and cancer research?
A novel scientific method developed at Tel Aviv...
Gender-Specific Damage in Rare Genetic Syndrome
ADNP Protein Causes Different Brain Damage in Males and Females.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by...
TAU Breaks Israeli Record in Space
Tevel 2: Israel’s Largest Satellite Constellation Launch.
The Ministry of Innovation, Science, and...
Half the Tumors Gone: TAU Scientists Remove a Cancer Gene with CRISPR
This gene-editing success from TAU could change cancer treatment forever.
Researchers from Tel Aviv...
The Future of Memory: Superlubricity Sparks Breakthroughs
A two-atom-thick, frictionless layer could boost speed, efficiency, and durability.
A groundbreaking...
Why Do City Bats Give Birth Earlier?
Research reveals the city’s surprising effect on birth timing.
A groundbreaking study from Tel Aviv...
Les chercheurs de l’Université de Tel-Aviv participent à l’identification génétique des corps en temps de guerre
L’assassinat immonde de Shiri Bibas et de ses deux enfants Kfir et Ariel a remis en lumière les...
The Scholar in the “Eye of the Storm”
Julie E. Cooper’s new role as Director of the Stephen Roth Institute
As the new director of the Stephen...
Harvard Jewish A Capella Choir to Perform at Tel Aviv University
A musical bridge to spread joy and culture through song
Harvard’s rising Jewish a capella group,...
Raziel Hernandez Batista’s Environmental Mission
From Panama to Tel Aviv and back
For Raziel Hernandez Batista, the journey to studying environmental...
Is the Spread of Deadly Pathogens Threatening Coral Reefs Worldwide?
From Eilat to the Indian Ocean, a relentless pathogen is ravaging marine ecosystems
An international team...
City Life Keeps These Birds on the Move
City birds roam, rural birds stay put—how urban life shapes movement.
Researchers from Tel Aviv...
First of Its Kind: mRNA Drugs Delivered Straight to the Gut
Potential new therapy for Crohn’s, colitis, and other inflammatory diseases.
Researchers at Tel Aviv...
Open Day at TAU: Choose the Unconventional, Combine Your Passions
Thousands came to discover how they can combine their areas of interest in their studies.
The winter...
When Marine Animals Become ‘Plastic Distributors’
Marine animals eat and release microplastics, harming the environment.
A new Tel Aviv University study has...
Innovative Technology from Tel Aviv University researchers can double IVF Success Rates
New tech enhances sperm selection, boosting IVF success.
A new technology developed at Tel Aviv University...
Tel Aviv Conference: Where is Israel Headed?
Save the Date – May 7, 2025 | Smolarz Auditorium, Tel Aviv University
Following a year of profound...
Diamonds, Gold and the New Alchemy of Materials
How can a simple shift create something more valuable than gold?
Can copper be turned into gold? For...
From Hostage Situations to Flea Markets: How to Negotiate Anything
Prof. Hilla Dotan breaks down what it takes to negotiate like a pro
Negotiation is a skill that touches...