Tag: Tel Aviv University
In tech first, robot uses dead locust’s ear to hear
In a scientific breakthrough, Israeli researchers have for the first time succeeded in using a locust ear as a robot’s sensor.
The result: a robot that moves forward when you clap once and back when...
Radio emissions from galaxy challenge black hole theories, say Israeli scientists
Israeli scientists said in research published on Monday that they intercepted radio emissions that may challenge the assumptions of how black holes behave.
As part of the research, which was published by the peer-reviewed journal Nature Astronomy, physicist Assaf Horesh of...
Israeli nanosatellite hitches ride on NASA rocket to International Space Station
A nanosatellite from Tel Aviv University will begin its travel to the International Space Station when it is launched from Wallops Island, Va., on a NASA resupply spacecraft on Saturday.
The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite, which is approximately...
Dr. Fauci among seven laureates of 2021 Dan David Prize honoring public health
The Dan David Prize announced on Monday that the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has been named a recipient of the award for 2021, along with...
3,000-year-old fragments of cloth dyed with Royal Purple found in Israel
In a groundbreaking discovery, Israeli archaeologists have recovered scraps of fabric dyed in royal purple, also known as true purple, dating back to the era of the biblical King David.
The remnants of woven fabric,...
Israeli virus experts: ‘We may need vaccine updates every year or two’
In the coming years, pharmaceutical corporations will likely need to launch updated versions of their coronavirus vaccines every year or two years, though this task should not present any special challenges for them, leading...
Tel Aviv University develops, builds and plans to launch small satellite into orbit
The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite is currently undergoing pre-flight testing at the Japanese space agency JAXA prior to a planned launch by NASA in the first quarter of 2021.
About the size of a shoebox, it was...
Israeli scientists develop hand sanitizer from waste
Hand sanitizers—once the preserve of nurses, mothers and the uber-clean—have now become a ubiquitous accessory found in purses, cars, businesses and offices worldwide.
But the surge in demand as the global coronavirus pandemic rages for...
Tel Aviv University touts ‘unprecedented’ Hebrew paper by Saudi academic
In what Tel Aviv University is calling an “unprecedented” development, the latest issue of one of its academic journals includes an article in Hebrew by a senior Saudi academic.
The paper, titled “Contribution to Prophet Muhammad’s...
Tel Aviv University, Bayer to test drugs on 3D-printed human heart tissue
Tel Aviv University has printed human heart tissues on a 3D-printer to be used to test the cardiotoxicity of experimental drugs, as part of a collaboration between the university’s tech-transfer company, Ramot, and German...