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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. […]

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have grown tomatoes using less water, without reducing yield or adversely impacting taste and quality.  Using gene editing technology called CRISPR, the researchers reduced the amount of time in which a plant allows water to evaporate from its leaves – a process called transpiration. Less transpiration means the need for […]

The ongoing, decades-long deforestation in the Amazon Basin is directly responsible for a reduction in the number of thunderstorms in the area and the amount of territory over which they occur, according to researchers at Tel Aviv University.  The researchers say this is a surprising finding, given that there has been a global rise in […]

As Israel approaches the end of its third month of war against Hamas in Gaza, Tel Aviv University has announced the creation of a national clinic for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for both soldiers and civilians.  Israel declared war on Hamas, which ruled Gaza, immediately after its October 7 terror attack on the country’s southern […]

Tel Aviv University (TAU) is the first in the world outside of the United States for the number of unicorns (privately owned startups worth at least $1 billion) established by its alumni, according to a new study from American university Stanford.  The study, which was led by entrepreneurship researcher Prof. Ilya Strebulaev at Stanford Graduate […]

A new study at Tel Aviv University has found that much-maligned parasites can often help their host species to thrive.  The researchers at the university’s School of Zoology and Steinhardt Museum of Natural History studied two species of water fleas in two controlled environments.  One environment was parasite-free, a situation not found in nature, and […]

Internet magnate Google has launched a new collaboration with Tel Aviv University to promote research in artificial intelligence and data science.  The three-year program is operating through the university’s Center for AI and Data Science (TAD) under the supervision of Prof. Meir Feder and is supported by grants from Google of $1 million. Its primary […]

Tel Aviv University (TAU) is to open Israel’s first multidisciplinary center for the study of autoimmune diseases. It will collaborate with Israel’s medical centers, health services, and scientists from other academic institutions to research the chronic conditions involving an abnormal response of the immune system within body tissues. The Colton Center, named after philanthropists Judith […]

Tel Aviv University is to become the first Israeli university powered entirely by solar energy within two years.

TAU leaders met top leaders in Singapore to explore research collaborations in cybersecurity, AI, aging, climate change, and medicine.

The week-long event includes the 12th annual International Cybersecurity Conference, featuring attendees from over 80 countries.

Four American universities ranked ahead of Tel Aviv University including Stanford, MIT, UC Berkley, and Harvard.

The center will train a new generation of researchers who will take Israel 'to the forefront of the global AI revolution," TAU said.

Tel Aviv University's nanosatellite will conduct several experiments while in orbit, including the measurement of cosmic radiation around the Earth.

The nanosatellite TAU-SAT1 will conduct a number of experiments once in orbit, including measuring cosmic radiation in space.