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| June 9, 2015
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Survey: 71% of Israeli Jews feel the world unjustly condemns Israel by double standards

IDI & Tel Aviv University’s latest report shows Israelis feeling more isolated and “The countries of the world make moral demands of Israel that they do not make of other countries.”

By Ynet

 

The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) and Tel Aviv University have released the monthly Peace Index poll which has a primary focus on three major issues: attitudes toward Jewish settlement in the territories, the diplomatic arena, and the distribution of cabinet posts in the government.

Israeli youth at a concert (Photo: Yaron Brener)
Israeli youth at a concert – Photo: Yaron Brener

According to the report’s findings, the Jewish public is aware of the deterioration that has occurred in Israel’s international status, which seems to stem from the intensification of voices calling to boycott Israel and its institutions. Continue Reading »

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| March 26, 2015
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Israeli scientists determine correct length of Saturn’s day

New research at Tel Aviv University established that the 6th planet takes 7 minutes less than what scientists previously determined to complete a full turn on its axis.

BY Ynet

 

Israeli scientists have solved the mystery of Saturn’s days, determining that one day on the planet lasts 10 hours and a little more than 32 minutes – seven minutes shorter than originally calculated.

Saturn – Photo: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

The new research at Tel Aviv University was published this week in the Nature journal.

The length of a day for most of the planets in the solar system is clear physical data and well-known to modern science. Continue Reading »

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| March 21, 2015
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Tel Aviv University researchers find pre-historic tools used to kill & butcher animals for food

Researchers in Israel find pre-historic tools containing residue of animal fat which helped archeologists see how animals 100,000 years ago were butchered for food.

By i24news

 

New research by Tel Aviv University professors determined that pre-historic tools from approximately 100,000 years ago were used to kill and butcher animals.

Researchers analysing elephant remains (rib pictured) in Israel have discovered signs of animal residue on primitive tools called ‘handaxes and scrapers’ alongside cut marks in the remains themselves. – Photo: Ran Barkai

The team found elephant bones in a quarry near Jerusalem; a close analysis, called the “use-wear analysis”, of the cut marks on the bones showed that the animal was butchered
by axes and scrapers made of flint.

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| March 14, 2015
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Israeli bioengineers developing 1st lab-grown chicken

2 years after Dutch lab engineered historic lab-grown hamburger patty, Israeli researchers now developing the first ever lab-grown chicken.

By i24news

 

Israeli researchers are in the process of developing the first ever lab-grown chicken, just a few short years after the first lab-grown hamburger was debuted.

Chicken – Photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP

The research is being funded by the Modern Agricultural Foundation, a non-profit “working to promote research in the field of cultured meat.”

The foundation’s co-founder, Shir Friedman says she hopes that by the end of 2015, there will be a recipe for how to “culture chicken cells.”

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“In the not so distant future we will look back at how we used to raise cows and chickens and put so much effort into getting a small piece of meat,” said Friedman. Continue Reading »

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| March 6, 2015
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$10 million Donated to Tel Aviv University

American filmmaker Steve Tisch, and a co-owner of the NY Giants Football team, has just donated $10 million to TAU’s Department of Film & Television.

By Moshe Cohen

 

Steve Tisch, a world-renowned filmmaker and a co-owner of the New York Football Giants, has donated $10 million to Tel Aviv University’s Department of Film and Television. The donation comes amidst a boom in the Israeli film and television industry – with much of it driven by TAU alumni – and will help fuel its continued growth across the globe, a spokesperson for Tisch said. With the expansion, the prestigious department will become a full school named “The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television” at Tel Aviv University. Continue Reading »

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| January 29, 2015
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Found: Oldest human skull in Middle East unearthed in Israel

 

55,000 yr-old ‘Manot Skull’ found in Western Galilee cave proves modern humans migrated from Africa through Israel to Europe & Asia

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

A consortium of Israeli archeologists and anthropologists announced the discovery of the oldest human skull ever found in the Middle East on Wednesday at the Dan David-Manot Cave near the Western Galilee cave where it was first discovered nearly seven years ago.

AN IMAGE of the oldest human skull ever found in the Middle East. – Photo: Courtesy

The announcement comes after years of painstaking lab analysis to verify its date of origin, and according to Dr. Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2014
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Israelis do it again: The Development of ‘NaNose’ That Detects Lung Cancer

 

Professors from Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Technion produced the NaNose: a Breathalyzer test that ‘smells’ lung cancer in its early stages of development.

By NoCamels Team

 

Lung cancer is considered the deadliest of all cancers, the culprit for over 27 percent of all cancer deaths in the U.S. annually. However, the reason for this worrisome statistic derives not from the fact that it is more common, but from the challenges of detecting its deadly progression. Lung cancer attacks without leaving any fingerprints, quietly afflicting its victims and metastasizing uncontrollably — to the point of no return. Continue Reading »

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| April 3, 2014
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Hezbollah Terrorist Invited by Arab Students to Speak at Tel Aviv University

Both left-&-right wing student groups unite in a campaign effort to prevent a convicted terrorist from his speaking engagement on the Tel Aviv U. campus next week.

By Moshe Cohen

 

Students at Tel Aviv University are hoping to prevent the appearance of a convicted terrorist at an event organized by Arab students next week. According to Lev Solodkin, head of “The Israelis”, a Zionist activist group on campus, Arab groups have invited Mohammed Cana’ana, who was convicted of planning a terror attack against Israelis, for which he spent several years in prison.

Hezbollah military parade – Reuters

The Arab groups are organizing a “Land Day” event to protest against the establishment of Jewish towns and villages within the 1949 armistice lines that they claim as theirs. Continue Reading »

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| March 13, 2014
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Tel Aviv University’s Dept of Cell Research Finds New Way To Fight Ovarian Cancer

 

The research is 2-fold: to provide a specific target for anti-cancer drugs to increase their therapeutic benefits, & to reduce the toxic side effects of anti-cancer therapies.

By NoCamels Team

 

Ovarian cancer accounts for more deaths of American women than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. According to the American Cancer Society, one in 72 American women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and one in 100 will ultimately die of the condition.

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Now Prof. Dan Peer of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Cell Research and Immunology has proposed a new strategy to tackle an aggressive subtype of ovarian cancer using a new nanoscale drug-delivery system designed to target specific cancer cells. Continue Reading »

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| January 25, 2014
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Team of researchers determined when Adam was born

 

 

Adam isn’t 5,764 years old: According to 2 Israeli researchers, the 1st human walked on earth 209,000 years ago – proving that he lived during Eve’s time

By Ynet

 

“Adam,” our oldest relative to date, finally has a date of birth, and it’s not 5,764 years ago, when the world was created according to the Halacha. According to two Israeli researchers, the first human walked on earth 209,000 years ago – 9,000 years earlier than what scientists previously thought.

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The study was conducted by Dr. Eran Elhaik from the University of Sheffield and by Professor Dan Grauer from the University of Houston and the Tel Aviv University. Continue Reading »

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| December 25, 2013
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Tel Aviv Researcher Discovered Protein That Could Serve as Powerful Antibiotic

Israeli Researcher at Tel Aviv University’s Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Discovers Protein That Could Replace Conventional Antibiotics & Kill Bacteria.

By By NoCamels Team 

 

 

In the frantic “arms race” between bacteria and modern medicine, bacteria have gained an edge. In recent decades, bacterial resistance to antibiotics has developed faster than the production of new antibiotics, making bacterial infections increasingly difficult to treat. Scientists worry that a particularly virulent and deadly “superbug” could one day join the ranks of existing untreatable bacteria, causing a public health catastrophe comparable with the Black Death.

Bacteria spheres 3d illustration – Photo: Bigstock

Now research led by Doctor Udi Qimron of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine has discovered a protein that kills bacteria.

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| November 26, 2013
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Israeli Scientists Find New Treatment For Brain Damage

Tel Aviv University researchers discovered hyperbaric oxygen treatment can greatly increase a subject’s cognitive ability.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Israeli researchers have found a revolutionary way to treat brain damage, Business Standard reports.

Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers and staff at the Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center in Tzrifin have found that high levels of oxygen in a pressurized atmosphere can significantly improve chronic brain damage.

After treatment, patients who sustained brain injuries from 20 years ago improved their cognitive and physical responses following the treatment, the study concludes.

Doctors worldwide treat brain injuries with physical rehabilitation, but its effects have been limited partly because the window of opportunity to repair the brain damage after the injury is short. Continue Reading »

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| November 14, 2013
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Israeli Study: Cannabis provides relief and could stall Crohn’s disease

A Tel Aviv University-Meir Medical Center study on 21 patients shows that marijuana could bode well for treatment of Crohn’s Disease, which affects intestines.

Some patients report disease going into remission after use of cannabis.

By Meital Yasur Beit-Or

 

Medicinal use of cannabis could help battle Crohn’s Disease, a new study shows. The study was conducted by Tel Aviv University and the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba.

Experts have high hopes that marijuana can cure Crohn’s disease     Photo: Reuters

According to the Israeli scientists who compiled the study, patients who have smoked the drug noted a significant relief in their symptoms.

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| November 12, 2013
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Israel invited as 1st non-EU member to nuclear research group CERN

Israeli nuclear scientists optimistic CERN, which proved the existence of the ‘God particle,’ will ultimately vote them in despite EU restrictions against Israel.

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The Star of David could join the 20 other flags of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, if the organization that runs the world’s largest particle physics lab votes Israel in.

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The magnet core of the world’s largest superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator. – Photo: AP

CERN’s governing council, made up of representatives from each member nation, meets on December 12. Continue Reading »

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| October 16, 2013
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Hezbollah Jails Israeli ‘spy eagle’ in Lebanon

The kestrel allegedly captured with ‘spy’ receiver implanted on its body & suspicious ring on its foot with incriminating markings from Tel Aviv University.

By YASSER OKBI, THE POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

 

An alleged avian Israeli agent has been captured in Lebanon, Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV station reported on Wednesday.

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Common Kestrel – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

The eagle was captured by amateur hunters in the the town of Ashqout in the Keserwan district of the country, which is north east of Beirut.

The eagle was carrying an implanted receiver and a brass ring was found around its foot with markings in English that connected the suspect to Tel Aviv University, according to the report.

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