Israel-Italy Found Joint Research Laboratories

March 4, 2015 | Israel and Italy are founding and funding joint laboratories to research and improve knowledge on a variety of issues. The countries have jointly founded a brain and neurology laboratory in Tel Aviv, a solar laboratory in Sde Boker, a health sciences laboratory at Ben Gurion University and a physics and magnetism laboratory at the Weizmann Institute. The two countries also established a space laboratory. Both Israel and Italy will allocate €3 million ($3.33 million) to the project, with the Israel Council for Higher Education Planning and Budgeting Committee donating an addition €3 million.