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Study: "Israel’s Basket" led to a wave of price increases

A new study discovered that while the prices of the basket products at Carrefour plunged by 35%, a widespread wave of price increases of up to 14% was simultaneously recorded in parallel categories.

Nir Barkat
(Illustrative) A doctor uses AI for a medical screening.

Can virtual reality teach the 'feel' of medicine? New Israeli study says not yet

View of the Tel Aviv University campus

Tel Aviv University rises in latest QS world rankings despite growing Israeli academia boycott

“Both TAU and Tel Aviv encourage you to be direct in your communication, be outgoing, take initiative, find your own path, and go after it.”

Five Lessons from a TAU Liberal Arts Alumna


Tel Aviv University launches Global Young Leadership Community 

New initiative brings together emerging leaders from Israel and abroad to foster global engagement, leadership, and societal impact.

Tel Aviv University's new Global Young Leadership Community on

Stanford Study: Study at TAU increases chance of becoming unicorn founder by 260%

Stanford study finds TAU undergraduates have the world’s highest relative likelihood of founding unicorns.

Main entrance of The Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts building with young students. South facade, Tel Aviv University. Tel Aviv, Israel - March 7, 2022

The psychology of knowing and how we decide when to ignore information

Sometimes we avoid information, and sometimes we deliberately seek painful information. Both avoiding useful and seeking painful information help manage emotional readiness and needs.

PROF. YANIV SHANI

'When I grow up, I want to be like you': remembering Morris Kahn's most productive years - opinion

Founder of the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets on why your seventies and eighties – and even nineties – can be your most impactful years.

FOUNDER OF the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Morris Kahn in 2019.

Breakthrough Tel Aviv University study uncovers how skin cancer outsmarts immune system

The study shows that melanoma cells release tiny bubble-like structures called extracellular vesicles, or EVs, which can paralyze the immune cells that normally attack tumors.

A 3D immunofluorescent image of melanoma cells (magenta) infected with bacteria (turquoise); cell nuclei are blue

TAU and Google Israel launch three-year program to advance research in artificial intelligence 

Google.org to provide $1 million in funding to launch the program.

Left to right: Avinatan Hassidim, Prof. Tova Milo, Prof. Yossi Matias, Prof. Ariel Porat & Prof. Yishay Mansour

Avoiding information can be coping strategy for threatening situations, study finds

“Our decisions about information are not only functional but often emotional,” the researchers wrote.

A stressed businesswoman is sitting at her desk, covering her face with her hands, overwhelmed by work. She is in an office setting with a laptop and paperwork around her, indicating high pressure.

Scientists find hidden placental changes linked to gestational diabetes

Researchers identified a previously unknown placental molecular process disrupted by gestational diabetes, helping explain pregnancy complications and long-term health risks for children.

A pregnant woman checks her blood sugar levels; illustrative.

ICCR India Chair MoU signed at Tel Aviv University

Marking a new milestone in India–Israel academic cooperation.

TAU President Prof. Ariel Porat and H.E. Mr. J.P. Singh, Ambassador of India to Israel.

160 million years later: This rare fossil is overturning everything we knew about how birds evolved

Research on the Anchiornis specimen reveals hidden feather structures that contradict old theories on dinosaur flight. Scientists are now re-evaluating how and when animals first took to the skies.

160-million-year-old Anchiornis fossils.