On January 3, 2023, TAU-SAT3, a nanosatellite developed at Tel Aviv University (TAU), was launched on SpaceX’s launch vehicle Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. According to the researchers, TAU-SAT3 represents a scientific breakthrough, paving the way toward demonstration of optical and quantum communication from space via nanosatellites. TAU-SAT 3 is… Read More
Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) equipped close to 5,000 Israelis with smartwatches and monitored their physiological parameters over two years. Of those monitored, 2,038 received the booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine, allowing the researchers to objectively compare measures before and after the participants took the vaccine and to confirm the safety of the… Read More
A new Tel Aviv University (TAU) study has identified about 100,000 new types of previously unknown viruses, a ninefold increase in the amount of RNA viruses known to science until now. These viruses were discovered in global environmental data from soil samples, oceans, lakes, and a variety of other ecosystems. The researchers believe that their… Read More
A full agreement establishing a joint Center for the Study of Interreligious Dynamics at Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel and Goethe University (GUF) in Frankfurt, Germany, will be signed during an inaugurating two-day international conference at TAU this month entitled “Thinking Interreligiously.” The center will promote research on religion, in particular the monotheistic faiths,… Read More
Tel Aviv University (TAU) has established The Colton Center, Israel’s first multidisciplinary center for the study of autoimmune diseases, chronic conditions involving an abnormal response of the immune system within body tissues. The new Center will collaborate with Israel’s medical centers and health services, including HMOs and hospitals as well as selected scientists from other… Read More
A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the University of Haifa offers an original solution to the biological challenge of wind turbine operation and helps prevent harm caused to flying animals, in particular bats. The researchers’ new development is a unique drone-mounted technology that transmits a combination of ultrasonic signals and lights. This… Read More
Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed a new technology that will allow controlled encapsulation and release of molecules by exposure to UV light. Efficient encapsulation of molecules has been considered a major technological challenge, say the researchers. The new technology, which allows for efficient encapsulation and high loading capacity of molecules, might address… Read More
A new Tel Aviv University (TAU) study has found that the female locust’s central nervous system has elastic properties, allowing her to stretch up to two or three times her original length when laying her eggs in the ground, without causing any irreparable damage. “We are not aware of a similar ability in almost any… Read More