Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) tracked free-ranging Egyptian fruit bats to answer a long-standing scientific question: Do have high and complex cognitive abilities, previously attributed only to humans? Their findings suggest that they do. In particular, the study focused on the traits of episodic memory, mental time travel, planning ahead, and delayed gratification, and… Read More
An ongoing study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Tel Hai Academic College is tracking the resilience of Israelis for six months, at four points in time following the outbreak of the war. On the one hand, personal resilience and morale measurements indicate that the public is becoming “accustomed” to the situation, learning to… Read More
Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have created a new type of glass that is both highly adhesive and perfectly transparent at the same time. The glass, which forms spontaneously when the new material comes in contact with water at room temperature, could bring about a revolution in an array of diverse industries such as… Read More
“Protecting the World: Israeli CyberSecurity Technologies,” a groundbreaking new exhibition, has been launched and showcased at the 2024 Cyber Week conference at Tel Aviv University (TAU), presenting leading Israeli cyber technologies in an original way through the display of ancient historical locks collected from around the world. The exhibition, which runs from June 24 through… Read More
An extensive study from the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University (TAU) indicates that a third of Israel’s Arab citizens (34.3%) believe that an external non-Palestinian body should govern life in the Gaza Strip after the war. The data was presented at The Future of Israel, the Annual… Read More
Many Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservists diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after serving in Gaza have recently been called up again before completing the required therapeutic processes, according to the Clinic of the National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience at Tel Aviv University (TAU). The Clinic cautions that some reservists quickly respond to… Read More
A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) has identified the earliest appearance worldwide of special stone tools used 400,000 years ago to process fallow deer. The tools, called Quina scrapers (after the site in France where they were first discovered), were unearthed at the prehistoric sites of Jaljulia and Qesem Cave. They are characterized… Read More
A continuing study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) has found that a deadly epidemic affecting sea urchins discovered last year has spread across the Red Sea and into the Indian Ocean, which has essentially wiped out Eilat’s most abundant and ecologically significant urchins. The researchers say that what appeared at first to be a severe… Read More