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Medical researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have discovered a way to help the body fight cancerous tumors that are even resistant to prevailing forms of immunotherapy. The researchers found that reversing a mechanism preventing the immune system from attacking tumors can stimulate the immune system to fight the cancer cells.  The breakthrough was led […]

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have found that the Oriental hornet is the only known animal in nature capable of consuming alcohol chronically and in high concentrations with almost no negative effects on their health or lifespan.  The researchers hope that the discovery could help future studies into alcoholism and how alcohol metabolizes in our […]

One year after the brutal mass attack by Hamas terrorists on southern Israel, and the country is still dealing with the subsequent and ongoing war in Gaza, driving Hezbollah from the northern border, and attacks by Iran and its other proxies in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.  But during the past year, Israelis have displayed the […]

Tel Aviv University (TAU) has been ranked seventh worldwide and first outside the US in the 2024 Pitchbook Ranking for global entrepreneurship.  The annual ranking, published by renowned business data research company Pitchbook, tracks startups raising capital in the US, using the number of entrepreneurs among an institution’s alumni to compile the top 50 universities. […]

A new study by researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History has found traces of 10 common medications in coral samples collected from both shallow and deep sites in the Gulf of Eilat.  Among the medications was sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic used for respiratory and urinary tract infections, which was […]

Working alongside three major Israeli medical centers, researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a new method to detect protein aggregation (abnormal protein activity in cells), which is a key indicator of Parkinson’s.   The new technology can help make a diagnosis of the neurodegenerative disease up to 20 years before the first motor symptoms appear, […]

A new groundbreaking study at Tel Aviv University shows that like humans, vultures prefer to “stay home” as they age, reducing the amount of social interaction they had experienced as younger birds.  While young vultures are far more social, frequently moving between roosting sites and spending time with their contemporaries, this changes as they age, […]

An Israeli startup has found a way to turn plastic waste into black gold – by transforming it back into the crude oil that it originally came from.  Plastic Back uses a proprietary method that takes discarded polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC, and breaks it down into its components of crude oil and chlorine, […]

Israel ranks third in the world for companies using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), according to a new report by the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA), the branch of government dedicated to advancing the national high-tech sector.  GenAI is a subset of artificial intelligence focused on creating content, analysis and solutions beyond its explicit programming. GenAI can […]

A contest held by Tel Aviv University to help people with Parkinson’s disease who suffer from freezing of gait (FOG) episodes not only yielded thousands of entries from around the world, but also provided new insight into the way in which patients experience these episodes – offering improved treatment options.  Parkinson’s is a progressive, neurological […]

A species of immobile invertebrate organisms called sponges living in the Gulf of Eilat have devised a unique way to ward off predators – an extremely toxic metal called molybdenum.   Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) found that the Theonella conica sponges contain an unprecedented concentration of the metal as well as a bacterium called […]

Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have solved a conundrum that has puzzled scientists for centuries: why sunflowers dance.    Working in collaboration with their counterparts at the University of Colorado Boulder, the researchers discovered that when plants are in close proximity to one another, they can move to avoid the shadows cast by their […]

Imagine a precision treatment tailored for you, based purely on individual biomarkers gathered in a simple, non-invasive swab of your skin.  Israeli startup Dermab.io is working on just that, aiming to create personalized biologic therapies (made, extracted or synthesized from biological sources) for people suffering from chronic and autoimmune diseases.  The skin is not just […]

Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers have developed a way to convert wet raw waste into liquid and solid biofuels without having to dry it first.  The researchers believe that fuel produced from such organic waste can meet about a third of Israel’s marine fuel consumption. As well as providing a new source of fuel, the […]

 If there is one medical innovation that has penetrated the global consciousness in the past five years, it must surely be the vaccine, brought into the spotlight due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first inoculations against the coronavirus became available at the tail end of 2020, offering hope across the planet after more than a […]