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Dr. Tal Kogman, child and youth culture researcher, Tel Aviv University. Public relations photo

Cats don't wear boots

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Who instilled the stigmas that the fox is cunning, the wolf is evil and the donkey is stupid? The answer to this lies in the problematic way in which animals are presented in the culture of children and youth
immune system. Illustration: shutterstock

Immune memory cells are stable over time after recovery from corona

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This is according to a joint study by Tel Aviv University and Hasharon Hospital (Rabin Medical Center). The researchers estimate that in the case of repeated exposure to Corona, those who recover from the disease may be protected from a second illness - but it is possible that they may still carry the virus and infect others
Earrings, rings and gold beads. One of the richest hoards from the biblical period found in Israel. Photo courtesy of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology

About scientists who searched Athens and found a kingdom

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Studies that started with a certain direction and ended up in completely different places
Prof. Halina Abramowitz. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

The scientist who marches the future of science in Europe

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The European CERN Council unanimously decided to update the scientific strategy according to the recommendation of a committee headed by Prof. Halina Abramowitz from Tel Aviv University
Image from a confocal microscope of the inner ear. Photo credit: Prof. Keren Avraham and Shahar Tiber

For the first time in the world: in a family from Israel, 25 new genes that cause deafness were discovered in Israel and Israel

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One of the genes, called ATOH1, was found for the first time in the world to be involved in deafness. Family members in Israel are the first people in the world to be found to have a mutation in this gene - which is responsible for hearing loss
An MRI review of various mammalian brains

What do the brains of a dolphin, a human and a kangaroo have in common?

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Researchers from various fields from Tel Aviv University conducted an advanced MRI scan of the brains of approximately 130 species of mammals, with the aim of identifying the level of connectivity within the brain
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The closure caused a structural change in the areas of stress and anxiety in the brain

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This is according to a study by Tel Aviv University. Before and after the first lockdown, the researchers scanned the brains of 50 healthy subjects in their 30s who had not contracted the corona virus. The results indicate an increase, among other things, in the volume of the amygdala - an area of ​​the brain responsible for emotional regulation
sparrows Photo: Image by GLady from Pixabay

The free market economy of sparrows

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Researchers have found that the same laws that characterize the "free economy" of humans also exist in social animals
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Nature has stopped producing, researchers have recreated a substance extracted from algae for the treatment of a rare eye disease

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Algae were previously discovered to be effective in the treatment of a rare eye disease, but in light of the ecological changes that have occurred in the last decade, the algae stopped producing the substance in sufficient quantities naturally
wing to wing The motorized lander on a research flight with Yossi to Leshem (photo: Eyal Bartov, courtesy of Halat)

Hasidism of collaborations

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Research on bird migration led to bringing hearts closer together in Israel, to helping farmers and to a life-saving project with the Air Force
Examples of pottery shards (written in ink on pottery). Photo credit: Michael Kordonsky, Tel Aviv University and the Antiquities Authority

The texts in the Tel Arad citadel were written by 12 different writers

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A world-renowned expert from the Forensic Department of the Israel Police examined the written pottery fragments and identified 12 different manuscripts with varying degrees of certainty * Meaning: Many in the Kingdom of Judah could read and write
Prof. Ronit Saatchi Fainero. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Nanotechnological development significantly improves the effectiveness of skin cancer treatment

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The development by researchers at Tel Aviv University, which was tested on animals, doubled the therapeutic effectiveness of the drugs and made it possible to reduce by a third the dose of drugs injected into the body
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Three laws that dictate intergenerational epigenetic inheritance - not through changes in the DNA sequence

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Prof. Oded Ravavi's laboratory previously discovered that worms bequeath to their offspring small RNA molecules that contain information about the parents' environment, such as nutritional status, viral infection and even the brain activity of the parents, thus contributing to the survival of future generations. In their current study, Prof. Ravavi and his team tried To understand whether there are laws for the epigenetic inheritance of small RNAs over the generations or whether it is a passive and random inheritance
XNUMXD imaging of colon cancer cells. Illustration: shutterstock

Treatment to reduce stress reactions during colon cancer surgery can reduce the risk of the development of cancer metastases

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Prof. Ilana Gozes. Photo: Tel Aviv University

An experimental Alzheimer's drug may help children with autism

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Pressure chamber in a hospital. Photo: shutterstock

Innovative treatment in a pressure chamber may improve the cognitive function of healthy elderly people

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"To help patients for whom there is no other solution." Illustration courtesy of Dr. Tal Dvir, Tel Aviv University

Bayer will test new drugs on human heart tissues printed from Prof. Tal Dvir's laboratory in Tel Aviv

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The scroll of Isaiah. Photo: Shai Halevi, Antiquities Authority

Put together the puzzle of the hidden scrolls using the DNA of the animals from whose skins the cards were made

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Serological tests. From jumpstory

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have developed a serological test to detect corona antibodies and will use it to test IDF soldiers

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Corona viruses in the bloodstream. Illustration: shutterstock

A scientist from Tel Aviv University received approval for a patent he submitted for a corona vaccine

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Naomi Habib Photo by Moshe Volkowitz

The mystery of the Hadassah tests has been solved: researchers from the Hebrew University have developed a cheap and fast method for diagnosing corona

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Sis in the cracks of the Kotel. Photo: Flash 90 for Tel Aviv University

A study by Tel Aviv University on Sisi of the Western Wall was ranked among the top 100 articles in the number of downloads in 2019

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Stimulation of the smell of roses to one nostril during sleep, caused the memory to be strengthened on the same side of the brain. Credit: Sharon Tzach

Israeli researchers have developed a method to strengthen memory on one side of the brain during sleep

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In the photo: a fluorescent image of the parasite's spores Photo: Prof. Stephen D. Atkinson (Oregon State University, OR

The world's first non-breathing animal was discovered

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From right to left: Prof. Itai Benhar, Almog Biton and Prof. Ariel Munitz. Courtesy of Tel Aviv University

Researchers in Tel Aviv discovered a central mechanism that causes "asthma of the skin"

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