BGU’s expertise in nanoscience is advancing water desalination, drug delivery, alternative energy, computing, and homeland security.

Manipulating the tiniest building blocks of the material world – atoms – BGU scientists are developing new materials to convert light and heat into electrical energy, and to produce lightweight cars and planes of unprecedented strength. Bulky night vision goggles are being transformed into lightweight eyeglasses. Researchers are developing incredibly small transistors to power computers, membranes for desalinating water, and nanostructures that can deliver targeted drugs to diseased cells. Read more about the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (IKI).

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BGU and Brown Empowering Students to Think Entrepreneurially

August 18, 2025

Tags: Current events, Leadership, Awards & Events, Nanotechnology

News from Brown—Graduate students from Brown University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) put their brains together in a
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BGU’s Prof. Bashouti Is Pioneering Nanotech

September 16, 2024

Tags: Nanotechnology, Sustainability & Climate Change

The Jerusalem Post – In the quiet corridors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s (BGU) Sde Boker campus, where cutting-edge
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BGU Selected As Part of $30 Million Physics Grant

January 4, 2024

Tags: Current events, Nanotechnology, Research News

Jewish News Syndicate — BGU Prof. Ron Folman was selected as one of 11 researchers to receive a collective fund
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