The laureates of the 2021 Blavatnik Awards in Israel will get $100K each for their work in life sciences, chemistry, and physical sciences.

Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Morocco’s Université Internationale de Rabat (UIR) have signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last week to collaborate on research and education. The agreement comes just a few days after the UN ambassadors of Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco marked the one-year anniversary of the […]

The tech will be introduced by scientists from BGN Technologies at the annual Cybertech Tel Aviv conference.

New research by scientists at BGU and Soroka Medical Center notes major improvements in measures such as quality of life, sleep, and mood.

The project, which runs IT seminars aimed at building ties between young Israelis and Palestinians, was among two winners of the NIS 10,000 award.

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 […]

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

Researchers at Ben Gurion University have discovered the incredible climate-conscious way that scorpions construct their desert burrows, with complex mechanisms to prepare themselves, physically and mentally, for the nighttime hunt.

As diabetes grows more rampant and threatens to affect one in three Americans in less than four decades, it is no wonder that extensive research is being done to treat and prevent the condition. In Israel, two researchers have made significant advancement in treating type I and detecting type II diabetes.

After years studying the phenomenon, an Israeli and an American professor have developed a revolutionary treatment method for teenage depression, which is now being awarded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Sometimes, people who feel the need to confess something, only own up to part of their deceit. A recent study has shown that partial confession causes more feelings of remorse than total confession – or lying altogether.

Only three countries in the world offer academic degrees in emergency medical response – and Israel is one of them. For that reason, Jordanians wishing to attain the degree joined their Israeli counterparts at Ben Gurion University.

When people experience prolonged periods of stress, the toll on the body is heavy. Ben-Gurion University researchers have shown that chronic stress increases the susceptibility to autoimmune disease.

When it comes to "hard" data, such as numerical values, people often use computer programs for decision making. Now, an Israeli researcher is using algorithms to analyze how computers can learn from humans.