In February, six Israeli astronauts will head to the Desert Mars Analog Ramon Station in Mizpe Ramon for a taste of the Red Planet life.

Postdoctoral fellows from Ben-Gurion University and Dalhousie University in Halifax to pursue studies on new treatments for brain injuries and diseases

November 2, 2017 | The Wisconsin Water Council signed an agreement with Ben-Gurion University‘s Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research during a trip to Israel by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker this week who was leading a trade mission to strengthen collaboration with the midwestern state. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in the southern city of Beersheba, […]

March 23, 2017| Shir Kashi, an undergraduate student at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev won the best Late-Breaking Report award at the 2017 Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) in Vienna, Austria earlier this month. Kashi, a research assistant in Dr. Shelly Levi Tzedek’s Cognition, Aging and Rehabilitation (CAR) Lab, presented the results of her study on people playing the […]

March 23, 2017| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Dr. Yonatan Dubi of the Department of Chemistry is to be awarded the prestigious Krill Prize from the Wolf Foundation for excellence in scientific research. The prize will be presented at a ceremony to be held next week. Dubi was part of the US-Israel collaboration with Prof. Bingqian Xu of the […]

June 26, 2016 | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have announced the formation of Xact Medical, a new company that will seek to commercialize the Fast Intelligent Needle Delivery (FIND) system. The FIND system uses robotics and ultrasound to guide and insert a needle into a patient’s body. This […]

Ben-Gurion University researchers were able to tell whether a smartphone user is the owner or not - in a matter of seconds.

By 2050, the weight of plastic in the ocean will equal the weight of the fish in it. To the rescue come Israeli-developed bacteria that could literally eat up plastic bottles!

A new Israeli-designed virtual breathalyzer, based on how you move and walk, could potentially keep intoxicated drivers off the road and save lives.

Confined space is not the biggest problem for obese people boarding an airplane; humiliation is.

The dishonest behavior “stems from an enhanced sense of entitlement among competition winners,” Israeli researchers say.

In recognition of World AIDS Day, NoCamels reporters spotlight groundbreaking Israeli studies on HIV/AIDS.

A 55,000-year-old skull found in an Israeli cave indicates that modern humans migrated from Africa to the Middle East, then to Europe and Asia.

Ever wonder what politicians are really thinking? Ben Gurion University researchers have developed an algorithm that can identify 'hidden elements' of politicians' states-of-mind when they are giving a speech.

Mothers who live near green spaces deliver babies with significantly higher birth weights, according to a new study by Ben Gurion University.