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Israeli film Butcher's Stain receives an Oscar nomination in Best Live Action Short category

Butcher’s Stain has already won a Silver Medal in the Narrative category at the 2025 Student Academy Awards, an important achievement for a filmmaker at the beginning of his career.

Omar Sameer Mahamid stars in Meyer Levinson-Blount's Butcher's Stain, a short film that has received an Oscar nomination.
Tel Aviv University, 15 March, 2021.

Scientists find proof of brain activity measurably boosting vaccine response

Graduates celebrate at a commencement ceremony at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which is fielding a growing number of inquiries from Americans interested in enrolling for college at the university in Beersheva, Israel.

Ben-Gurion University tops list of on-time graduates in Israel, new ranking reveals

A WOMAN lies in bed, looking at her phone.

Women hit far harder than men by October 7 war media overload - study


Israeli researchers grow miniature human kidney in the lab, opening door to new treatments

The tiny organ, known as an “organoid,” developed over six months and closely mimicked the way a real kidney forms during pregnancy.

Human fetal kidney cells

"It's the place where you can experience it all"

Meet the Class of 2025 graduate who found her path through Tel Aviv University's double-major BA.

Tyla Shur (left) with her friends in Tel Aviv

Israeli research reveals a star's survival from black hole bout - and comeback for round two

A star in a distant galaxy was ripped apart by a supermassive black hole. But Israeli scientists say it survived and came back a second time - a discovery that upends scientific consensus.

 A star being torn apart by a black hole (illustrative).

Israeli researchers develop world-first mRNA vaccine against deadly bacteria

TAU’s vice president for research and development said that they worked on the project for two-and-a-half years and were very satisfied with their discoveries.

 The researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Israel Institute for Biological Research in the city of Nes Ziona.

Israeli researchers develop world's first mRNA-based vaccine against bacterium

The team from Tel Aviv University developed a vaccine to combat the bacterium that causes the black plague, using the same system as with the COVID-19 vaccines.

 The research team (Left to right) Prof. Dan Peer, Dr. Inbal Hazan-Halevy & Shani Benarroch.

From Tel Aviv shelters to Venice biennale: Fred Kuwornu’s global mission to tell forgotten stories

2025 Dan David Prize laureate Fred Kudjo Kuwornu rewrites history with his documentary ‘We Were Here’.

 FRED KUDJO KUWORNU: We are all mixed. We just forget it.

New Israeli-developed bioengineered skin could heal burn wounds twice as fast

Prof. Lihi Adler-Abramovich told The Jerusalem Post that it could take five to 10 years to be able use their technique on burn patients.

 Doctor bandaging patient's burned hand at table (illustrative)

Prehistoric humans may have used fire to smoke meat one million years ago, study suggests

Over time, as the availability of large game declined, humans had to adapt to hunting smaller animals and using fire more consistently.

 Ran Barkai holds a segment of an ancient elephant at the La Polledrara site in Italy.

TAU exhibit features artists on autism spectrum

This show, called, “Between the Vineyards and the Fields,” which runs until July 30, is the follow-up to their show last July at the Artspace Gallery run by the Tel Aviv Municipality.

VIEWING the ‘Between the Vineyards and the Fields’ exhibit.

Tel Aviv University launches master's program in advanced technology management

Tel Aviv University's School of Management launches a hybrid master’s program in managing complex technologies, designed for tech professionals aiming to gain strategic and managerial skills.

 Prof. Yael Steinhart, Dean of the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University