Posts Tagged: Tel Aviv University
Fourth COVID-19 Shot ‘Effective’ at Protecting Elderly From Omicron Variant in Nursing Homes, Israeli Study Finds
A fourth COVID-19 shot reduces the risk of death by 72 percent among those with an average age of 80, according to an Israeli study...
Israeli Researchers Find Some COVID-19 Patients Are ‘Incubators’ for New Variants
In a study about how COVID-19 variants are formed, researchers in Israel have found that patients with a weakened immune system are at risk for...
Big Brains Saved Elephants From Extinction, Israeli-Italian Study Finds
Larger brains saved elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, and other mammals from extinction over the past tens of thousands of years, according to a study by researchers...
Israeli Researchers Show Sea Urchins Lived on Earth 300 Million Years Ago
An international study involving Tel Aviv University researchers suggests that types of marine animals including starfish and sea cucumbers lived in oceans about 50 million...
‘Something Isn’t Working’: Israeli Researchers Urge Overhaul of Strategies to Combat 2021 Rise in Antisemitic Attacks Worldwide
Antisemitic attacks worldwide saw a “dramatic rise” in 2021 from the previous year, with the highest number of incidents reported in major Western democracies, including...
Israeli Researchers Say ‘Promising’ Supplements From Pumpkins, Peas Could Help Body Fight COVID-19
Israeli researchers believe a combination of readily-available substances found in pumpkin, peas, cashews and other fruits and vegetables can help protect the body against COVID-19...
Israeli Nanodrug ‘Attacks Cancer Twice’ by Boosting Chemotherapy Effects and Immune System
Israeli researchers have developed a nanodrug delivery system that they say can pull double duty against cancer, by both boosting the effectiveness of chemotherapy and...
Israeli Academic Study of Zionism Published in UAE Amid Expanding Ties
An Israeli academic study of Zionism has been translated into Arabic and published in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in another sign of expanding ties...
Tel Aviv University Welcomes First Ukrainian Researcher Under Emergency Scholarship
Tel Aviv University said on Sunday that it welcomed its first Ukrainian refugee researcher to campus under an emergency scholarship program. Doctoral student of law Maryana...
IHRA Antisemitism Definition Sees ‘Widespread Consensus’ With 200 New Adoptions: Study
At least two hundred institutions in 2021 endorsed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, according to a study released Tuesday. First adopted...
Tel Aviv University Offers Scholarships to Ukrainian Students Fleeing to Israel
Israel’s Tel Aviv University announced Thursday that it will be offering dozens of scholarships to Ukrainian students and researchers whose studies have been disrupted due...
In ‘Breakthrough’ Israeli Study of IDF Veterans, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Found to Treat PTSD
Israeli scientists at the Tel Aviv University have found that oxygen therapy can significantly reduce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, according to a study conducted...
Why Do Locusts Form Devastating Swarms? Israeli Researchers Tackle ‘Mystery’ of Biblical Plague
Israeli researchers may have come closer to explaining the "mystery" of a plague that dates back to biblical times. Tel Aviv University scientists developed a theory...
Israeli Scientists Engineer 3D Human Spinal Cord Implants to Help Paralyzed Patients Walk
Israeli scientists from Tel Aviv University say they have engineered 3D human spinal cord implants to treat paralysis, which if successful in clinical trials in...
