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12 Mar 2012
Astrophysics
Why do We See the Man in the Moon?
Is there a reason why this particular half of the Moon locked with Earth, or was it pure coincidence that it didn’t “turn its back” on us?
23 Feb 2012
Bioinformatics
Lineage Trees Reveal Cells’ Histories
A new method is helping to resolve controversies and answer some open questions in biology. 
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Neuroscience
A Unique ON-OFF Switch for the Stress Response
Both parts of the mechanism – ON and OFF receptors – are encoded in the same gene.
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European Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure Launching
The Weizmann Institute is one of seven Instruct Core Centres
22 Feb 2012
Molecular Cell Biology
Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover How Cells Brace for Starvation
Why do cells have two different pump mechanisms for nutrients?
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YEDA Collaborates with Adobe for New Data Visualization Technique
YEDA Research and Development Company LTD., the commercial arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science, today announced it has entered into a license agreement...
11 Jan 2012
Scientific Archaeology
Weizmann Institute and Max Planck Society Establish a Joint Center for Archaeology and Anthropology
The creation of the Center marks more than five decades of collaboration between the Max Planck Society and the Weizmann Institute
26 Dec 2011
Biomedical Biology
New Antibodies Treat Autoimmune Disease in Mice
Institute scientist  “trick” the body into blocking an enzyme that abets disease processes
15 Dec 2011
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 Innovations in encryption may one day enable us to work on remote servers without decrypting our data
15 Dec 2011
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Hide and Seek Signals
Keeping chemical signals inside the cells lining blood vessels ensures that only specially trained immune cells will find them
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