The Paul Feder Laboratory for Alzheimer's Disease Research is working to understand how to delay cognitive decline from Alzheimer's in people with Down syndrome

Where did the widespread admiration for guitar players come from, and why does the electric guitar receive such special treatment in popular music? Bar-Ilan University researcher Dr. Nadav Appel explains

The Jewish calendar, which begins from Rosh Hashana in the Hebrew month of Tishrei, is part of the common foundation of our spiritual and material life as a people. Prof. Ely Merzbach explains how it works

September 16 is “International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer”. Its purpose is to limit the production and use of substances that caused the ozone hole

On September 10, 2008, the world’s largest particle accelerator was inaugurated at the CERN Center in Switzerland. Dr. Olga Girshevitz, of the Bar-Ilan Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, explains how it’s used

On August 18, 1227, Genghis Khan, one of the most influential people in human history, died

To mark International Dog Day on August 26, Dr. Anat Ben-Yonatan, graduate of BIU’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, writes about the special status of the dog in Israel

Prof. Eyal Regev, of the Martin (Szusz) Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University, recounts the event that marked a new era in pop culture

From Tu B’Av lore of girls dancing in the vineyards to stories about dating in the army or on campus, it seems that lovers share a common milieu and a lot of luck

Dr. Uri Bar-Noi, of the Department of General History, revisits the coup attempt on August 18, 1991, which accelerated the collapse of the communist regime and the dissolution of the Soviet empire

Avishay Gerczuk, of Bar-Ilan’s Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies, writes about the woman whom the Nobel Prize Committee called "A Mozart of poetry."

Bastille Day, marked on July 14, was a major event of the French Revolution. Prof. Silvia Adler explains its significance