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BGU Helps Combat Water Scarcity

December 2, 2011

Tags: Press Releases

BBC World News -- BGU's Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research is developing advanced desalination techniques to increase the world's supply of usable water.

Why You Screen Phone Solicitations

December 1, 2011

Tags: Press Releases

BGU's Dr. Tahila Kogut shares some of the psychology behind charitable giving with National Public Radio.

Faculty Profile: Avraham Parola

December 1, 2011

Tags: Medical Research, Natural Sciences

A biophysical chemist, Prof. Avraham Parola's work is focused on cancer research.

Against All Odds: A Tale of Victory for Ben-Gurion Racing

November 30, 2011

Tags: Robotics & High-Tech

Team BGR was among 57 teams from 17 countries that participated in this year's Formula SAE competition in Italy.

BGU Researchers Win Architecture Awards

November 23, 2011

Tags: Press Releases

Researchers from BGU's Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Reseach win top awards from the journal Architecture of Israel as part of the EU's Project of the Year competition.

BGU Study Finds Optimism Helps Female Students Achieve Higher ...

November 21, 2011

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Female students who were more optimistic achieved significantly higher grades than their less optimistic peers, according to a new study by BGU researchers. For male students, however, too much optimism led to overconfidence and less studying, resulting in lower grades.

BGU Researchers Achieve Male Fertility Breakthrough

November 15, 2011

Tags: Medical Research, Press Releases

A BGU researcher has achieved a significant breakthrough in male fertility, producing normal sperm from mouse cells.

Americans for Ben-Gurion University Receives $17.4 Million from ...

November 11, 2011

Tags: Press Releases

American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Americans for Ben-Gurion University) recently received a $17.4 million bequest from the estate of businessman and philanthropist Eric Ross of South Orange, New Jersey and West Palm Beach, Florida.

On Election Day, Candidates Have No Monopoly on Stress

November 11, 2011

Tags: Press Releases

BGU professors suggest that the very act of voting generates stress levels that could affect the outcome.

BGU Economist Examines Corporate Tax Burden on 100 Largest ...

November 11, 2011

Tags: Business & Management

Prof. Yaron Lahav's study found that while the statutory tax rate is about 10 percentage points higher in the U.S., the effective tax rate paid by U.S. and European companies is about the same because European companies get fewer tax preferences.