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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 Stanford University campus.

Stanford student newspaper sues Trump administration for alleged free speech violations

 The Stanford University campus.

Stanford suspends student co-op that it said asked Jewish students to leave

 A STUDENT attends an event at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians at Stanford University, in California last year. At Stanford, the DEI office backed events calling Israel an apartheid state, says the writer.

Pro-Palestinian protesters at Stanford charged with felonies


Earliest evidence of cotton fibers found in Jordan Valley

The cotton fibers probably arrived at Tel Tsaf from the Indus Valley region that is present-day Pakistan thousands of kilometers away.

Remnants of olives found at the dig at Tel Tsaf.

Stanford U apologizes for discriminating against Jewish applicants in the 1950s

Stanford’s president, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, apologized to the Jewish community on behalf of the university.

The main quadrangle of Stanford University.

EEOC Commissioner says Stanford antisemitism 'deeply troubling'

Stanford’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion program has advanced antisemitic tropes concerning Jewish power, conspiracy and control.

THE STANFORD campus in California. The authors argue that organizations such as Hillel and Chabad can help confront anti-Israel views.

Stanford to investigate claims that it capped admissions for Jews in the 1950s

The existence of a quota on Jewish students at Stanford University in Northern California was never more than a rumor — at least not until the publication of a blog post written by a researcher.

 The Stanford University campus.

Researchers create 'time crystal' with quantum computers

The versatility of quantum computers have helped physicists create a "time crystal," a new phase of matter.

 A handout picture from October 2019 shows Sundar Pichai and Daniel Sank (R) with one of Google's Quantum Computers in the Santa Barbara lab, California, US

Researchers recreate deep-earth conditions to test stress impact on iron

Iron’s response to stress under such high temperatures and pressures had never been measured to this extent before, leaving researchers puzzled as to how the iron would react.

 Researchers recreate deep-Earth conditions to see how iron copes with extreme stress.

According to Stanford workers, programs are creating 'hostile climate'

Two Jewish mental health professionals at Stanford University have filed federal complaints of workplace discrimination for what they call “severe and persistent” anti-Jewish harassment.

The main quadrangle of Stanford University.

Stanford researchers identify cases of 'Zoom fatigue'

The researchers also claim to have identified their simple fixes.

Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom Video Communications

12 Israeli researchers among world top 50 in their field, 333 in top 2%

Some 333 TAU researchers were among the top 2%, including 155 in the top 1% and 74 in the top 0.5%.

Picture: Tel Aviv University students on campus.

Study explains why some get deathly ill from COVID-19, others don't

The findings signal that the main difference stems from how the patient's "evolutionarily ancient innate immune system" responds to a COVID-19 infection.

Medical workers in protective suits attend to novel coronavirus patients inside an isolated ward at a hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 6, 2020. Picture taken February 6, 2020