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Wine Talk: Wine on the edge

Vineyards growing in the desert, the Negev is Israel’s daring wine experiment.

The Pauker Red made in memory of winemaker Gideon Pauker, murdered on Oct. 7, 2023.
The implications go beyond farming efficiency: Prof. Ilya Gelfand's research in Hatzeva.

How a Ben-Gurion University scientist is filling climate science’s biggest blank spots

 This stress will eventually cost you your health

Loneliness surged while suicidal thoughts declined after October 7, new study finds

Prof. Ellen: "Evidence doesn’t automatically survive contact with the real world."

“We know what works”: BGU’s amazing research that you’ve yet to hear about


Higher background radiation linked to lower cancer mortality - study

Higher background radiation levels were also linked to a life expectancy about 2.5 years longer than those living in areas with relatively low levels.

A BIRD SITS on a radiation sign at the uranium ore dump near the town of Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan.

BGU develops easy, cheap test to identify UK, South African COVID variants

The new method successfully detected the British variant in sewage samples in Beersheba.

3D scan of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles created by design lab Nanographics

Ben-Gurion University researchers monitor pollution using seashells

"We have accurately quantified trace amounts of heavy metal enrichment from desalination plants on the Mediterranean coast of Israel," said Prof. Abramovich.

‘THE PLASTIC plate and utensils are a symbol of modernity and the environmental destruction brought about by mankind through uncontrollable dumping and pollution.’

Cyberattacks could disable Israeli academic institutions: INCD

The warning comes after a cyberattack targeted Ben-Gurion University earlier in January.

[Illustrative] A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him.

Israeli, Cypriot colleges launch joint course study history of relations

The course will focus on the history of diplomatic relations between Israel, Cyprus and Greece, which began in the late 1940s.

Cyprus

An immigrant-turned-university rector's passion for ideas

From London to Petah Tikva.

Prof. Chaim Hames

BGU to open research facility in India, collaborate on desert agriculture

The joint academic initiative will allow Indian students to enrol into advanced degrees at BGU without leaving their country.

BGU president Prof. Daniel Chamovitz

Weight loss success not all behavioral, also linked to brain composition

The scientists found that people with an over-sensitivity to food cues - such as an increased neural response after seeing and smelling food - tend to overeat regularly and in turn gain weight.

An image of the human brain

BGU teams up with the United Nations to develop space tech for UN-SPIDER

A few areas in particular where the two will work closely are emergency response, building space-based technologies meant to detect disasters and sharing the information with scientists worldwide.

Prof. Dan G. Blumberg, Vice-President of Ben-Gurion University for regional and industrial development.

Ben-Gurion University professor plans Arabic language revolution in Israel

Dr. Yonatan Mendel wants the Jewish state to become a Middle Eastern hub for learning Arabic, drawing students from Europe and the United States

At the new Arabic in Arabic program at Ben-Gurion University, the teaching is different in method, style, skills and relation to Arab culture.