Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, in collaboration with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., have developed a promising drug candidate to treat psoriasis. The finding was reported in a new paper published ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Mar 20, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers reveal that data culled from geosocial networks like the GPS traffic app Waze can help prevent traffic incidents with better deployment of police resources at the most ...

Technology - Software

Jan 04, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's (BGU) Social Networks Security Research Group in its Department of Information Systems Engineering has developed a novel method to predict how well or badly a student will perform in an ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Dec 27, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 1

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has developed an advanced gene-silencing biotechnology for aquaculture that changes the sex of prawns and yields the faster-growing all male populations, resulting in greater output ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Dec 03, 2012 not rated yet 0

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) is the only foreign university team (on Track B) competing for the prestigious U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge.

Electronics - Robotics

Nov 08, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed a radically new design for a concentrator solar cell that, when irradiated from the side, generates solar conversion efficiencies which ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Nov 08, 2012 3.9 / 5 (8) 2 |

Fearful flyers seek flight attributes that may be primarily reassuring, such as schedule, aircraft size and carrier origin, but have little effect on the low, actual risk according to a study published in the Journal of Tr ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Oct 15, 2012 not rated yet 0

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) undergraduate students have developed a new privacy solution for Facebook. The Social Privacy Protector (SPP) can help parents adjust their children's profiles in one click, prevent ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Jul 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have created a man-made oasis in the desert with the successful application of a solar-powered desalination system that provides water for irrigation in arid regions. The ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 25, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 3

An international team of researchers including Dr. Bertrand Boeken of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev suggest in a new study that plant biodiversity preservation is ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 30, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Female students who were more optimistic achieved significantly higher grades than their less optimistic peers, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. For male students, however, ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Nov 22, 2011 not rated yet 1

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have discovered deep freshwater springs on the Dead Sea floor that feed into this rapidly dwindling body of water.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Sep 27, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 2

Parents who want to improve their child's motivation to complete homework this school year need to change their own attitude and behavior, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Aug 31, 2011 4.8 / 5 (4) 0

Stocks of companies that are committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies perform statistically similarly to those corporations that do not have these programs, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Aug 24, 2011 3 / 5 (1) 1

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed a new test that quickly and accurately distinguishes between bacterial and viral infections in as little as five hours.

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Jul 20, 2011 not rated yet 0