Shrimp from Finding Nemo could help keep your white bread white

Ben-Gurion University researchers discover new principle in optics

01-Jun-2023 - The Pacific Cleaner Shrimp may hold the secret to keeping white bread white. Inorganic nanoparticles such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide are widely used as whitening agents in foods, cosmetics, and paints. However, due to health concerns, there is currently an intensive search to find ...

Scientist resolves one of the holy grails of physical chemistry after 17 years of research

The Grotthuss Mechanism is revealed to intimately involve not one, two, or four molecules, as was suggested for more than 100 years of modern research, but a unique arrangement of three water molecules

04-Oct-2022 - Prof. Ehud Pines is an iconoclast. What else can you call a scientist who spent 17 years doggedly pursuing the solution to an over 200-year-old chemistry problem which he felt never received a satisfying answer using methods no other scientist thought could lead to the truth? Now, he is ...

Scientists develop a method to turn hazardous acidic industrial wastewater into valuable resources

The process reducing the volume of wastewater by 90%

14-Sep-2022 - A research team of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev environmental scientists has developed a circular process for eliminating the risk posed by phosphoric acid plant wastewater. The process turns the environmentally toxic wastewater into clean water while recovering valuable acids. Phosphoric ...

Green hydrogen: "Rust" as a photoanode and its limits

“With this new approach, we have added a powerful tool to our arsenal that enables us to identify the realizable potential of photoelectrode materials"

21-Apr-2021 - Metal oxides such as rust are intriguing photoelectrode materials for the production of green hydrogen with sunlight. They are cheap and abundant, but in spite of decades of research, progress has been limited. A team at HZB, together with partners from Ben Gurion University and the Technion, ...

Tiny bubbles provide tremendous propulsion in new microparticles

21-Jun-2017 - An innovative technique using light and tiny bubbles to propel microparticles at forces many times greater than previously achieved has been developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers. The new technique could have significant implications in the development of micromotors and ...

Novel anti-biofilm nano coating developed

26-Apr-2016 - Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed an innovative anti-biofilm coating, which has significant anti-adhesive potential for a variety of medical and industrial applications. According to the research anti-adhesive patches that are developed from naturally ...

Radioactive matter migrates more quickly through fractured carbonate rock

22-Dec-2015 - Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have found that radioactive matter migrates more quickly in carbonate bedrock formations once it has leaked from a tank from near surface waste sites and geological repositories. Corroded stored waste containers can lead to radionuclide ...

BGU researchers invent green alternative to crude oil

Researchers at the Blechner Center have developed a revolutionary process to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen into a green feed that can be refined into renewable liquid fuels

14-Nov-2013 - A replacement for oil hasbecome a burning need in the 21st century. Ben-Gurion University ofthe Negev researchers have invented a process to make a green feed alternativefor crude oil out of two of the most common substances on Earth – water andcarbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas ...

BGU and University of Michigan partner to develop renewable energy technologies

12-Mar-2013 - The University of Michigan and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel will forge a research partnership to collaborate on developing renewable technologies. A memorandum of understanding to establish the partnership was signed by Vice President for Research Stephen Forrest and BGU Vice ...

BGU’s Blechner Center receives grant to turn carbon dioxide into jet fuel

05-Jun-2012 - Prof. Moti Herskowitz, Vice President and Dean for Research and Development of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Prof. Miron Landau from the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Blechner Center were recently awarded a highly competitive Israel Strategic Alternative Energy Foundation ...