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Professor Uriya Shavit. Source: Screenshot.

UAE publishes book on Zionism written by Tel Aviv University researchers

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For the first time since the signing of the Abraham Accords, an Israeli research book has been published in Abu Dhabi, announced Tel Aviv University. The UAE’s largest public research institute—the Emirates Center for Strategic...
Recycled patinated flint tools from Revadim, Israel. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv University.

Prehistoric humans recycled old tools to honor ancestors

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Prehistoric human beings collected and recycled old tools, possibly to preserve their ancestors’ memory, according to scientists at Tel Aviv University who examined flint tools from 500,000 years ago found at an archeological site...
Professor Arie Zuckerman (left) and Professor Uriya Shavit (right) present Israeli President Isaac Herzog with a new, more positive report on anti-Semitism called “Positive Trends in Fighting Anti-Semitism and Radicalization around the World.” Credit: Rafael Ben-Menashe/TAU.

Some positive political, cultural trends in battling anti-Semitism in past year, report finds

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The Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University presented an inaugural report on “Positive Trends in Fighting Anti-Semitism and Radicalization around the World” to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday,...
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Study: Extensive use of smartphones by parents could hamper toddler development

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A new study from Tel Aviv University found that interaction between mothers and toddlers is reduced by a factor of four when the mothers use their smartphones, which might damage the toddler’s development and...
Researchers at Tel Aviv University detected 73 percent of lies told by trial participants based on the contraction of their facial muscles. Credit: Pixabay.

Tel Aviv University discovers technology to expose ‘liars’ through activation of facial muscles

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Researchers at Tel Aviv University detected 73 percent of lies told by trial participants based on the contraction of their facial muscles—achieving a higher rate of detection than any other known method. The study...
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Source: Twitter.

Indian external affairs minister meets with Israeli university heads to boost academic ties

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India’s external affairs minister met on Tuesday with the presidents and senior leadership of Israeli universities to discuss the expansion of academic ties between the two countries. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar also met with a group...
An agreement was signed in Abu Dhabi to launch a joint Israeli-Emirati water research program as part of a collaboration between the Israeli Watergen company and Baynunah, a sister company of Al Dahra Group, an Emirati agriculture group that specializes in food security, May 2021. Credit: Watergen.

Joint Israeli-Emirati water research program ready to open in Abu Dhabi

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An agreement was signed in Abu Dhabi to launch a joint Israeli-Emirati water research program as part of a collaboration between the Israeli Watergen company and Baynunah, a sister company of Al Dahra Group, an Emirati...
Defining anti-Semitism. Credit: Lobroart/Shutterstock.

450-plus entities adopted IHRA definition of anti-Semitism in past five years

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A new study from the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University has revealed that more than 450 leading organizations, including 28 countries, have adopted and/or endorsed the International Holocaust...
From left: Tel Aviv University Professor Yossi Matias, Professor Ariel Porat, Professor Meir Feder and Professor Tova Milo. Credit: Courtesy.

Google, Tel Aviv University launch joint program, ‘AI for Social Good’

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Google and Tel Aviv University recently launched a program for promoting artificial intelligence-related multidisciplinary research for the benefit of society. The program aims to support research and collaborations in data science and artificial intelligence...
The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicates the COBAS 6800 testing machine to the nation during his visit to the National Centre for Disease Control in Delhi, India, on May 14, 2020. Credit: Press Information Bureau, Government of India via Wikimedia Commons.

IsraAID to provide oxygen concentrators, supplies to India in midst of COVID crisis

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In response to the devastating coronavirus outbreak in India, now at the epicenter of the pandemic, IsraAID will provide urgently needed medical supplies to the beleaguered nation. According to the World Health Organization’s weekly epidemiological...