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Microscope image of a yeast cell showing how close mitochondria (blue) are to peroxisomes (red) and the contact sites that hold them together (green)
Life Sciences >
Tethered in the Cell
Weizmann researchers identify new ties between the parts of a cell:...
cell cultures grown at different densities
Life Sciences >
Game of Clones: Team Huddles for T Cells
When helper T cells get together, they plan an immune strategy for the...
Banerjee, Umansky, Oreg, Stern and Heiblum
Space & Physics >
Particles' Behaving Unconventionally
Could exotic electron states be used in quantum computing?
ants looking for the exit
Space & Physics >
Recalculating the Route: The Ant Version
A simple mathematical model explains how ants overcome obstacles in their...
Ants and circuits
Space & Physics >
Addressing the Problem of Stickiness
The physics of the attraction between two mirrors in a vacuum may lead to...
spin up, spin down
Chemistry >
Putting a Spin on Safer Drugs, Fertilizers and Pesticides
Sorting out right- and left-handed molecules magnetically could improve...
(l-r) Hisham Mazal, Dr. Inbal Riven, Prof. Gilad Haran, Menahem Pirchi and Yoav Barak
Chemistry >
Random Acts of Enzyme-ness
An ultrahigh time-resolution study of biological machinery reveals never-...
Inside the XENON1tT water shield
Space & Physics >
XENON1T Team Sets Limits
Weizmann researchers participate in the most sensitive search for dark...
Cross-section of the inner lining of a human gut adjacent to a cancerous tumor
Life Sciences >
Body Knows Best: A Natural Healing Mechanism for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The findings suggest that boosting signals in certain cells and not in...
gigatons of carbon
Earth Sciences >
In a New Biomass Census, Trees Rule the Planet
The study reveals, among other things, our impact on the Earth’s biosphere
biofilm
Life Sciences >
Storming the Fortress: Cracking the Concrete Surrounding Bacterial Biofilms
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers suggest a way to breach...
mouse fetus and placenta
Life Sciences >
Please Ignore This Message: The Link between Pregnancy and Anorexia
Researchers discover the molecule that “programs” a tendency to develop an...
Proteins involved in the intestinal barrier of the mouse colon (E-cadherein in green)
Life Sciences >
The Obesity-Infection Connection
Bacteria in our guts complete this triangle
Tethered cancer cells
Life Sciences >
Cancer Cells Seen Traveling in Tethered Groups
This finding may help solve the puzzle of certain types of aggressive...
Prof. Boris Rybtchinski and group
Chemistry >
Take Organic Dye, Add Carbon Nanotubes, Stir
A simple method of producing conductive nanomaterials may have uses from...
Dr. Ronen Eldan
Math & Computer Science >
Taming the Curse of High Dimensionality
Unexpected connections may help simplify the math of complex systems
Students from Hakfar Hayrok School IMO Levi Eshkol prepared for the robot experiments with lab work in their school
Life Sciences >
Two Hundred Teens, Ten Days and a Robot: Investigating How Superbugs Evolve
An intercontinental project has high school students doing real...
Gerst: cellular nanotubes
Life Sciences >
Sharing Information through the Internet of Cells
Researchers reveal how functional genetic instructions are passed from...
mTOR protein (magenta) in the sciatic nerve after injury
Life Sciences >
“Lord of the Rings” Protein Jump-Starts Nerve Repair
Hidden from view, a central repair protein is made on the spot 
Jupiter_Juno image. NASA
Space & Physics >
Unveiling the Depths of Jupiter’s Winds
“Jupiter’s atmosphere is many times greater than anything we have seen...

Weizmann Wonder Wander - News, Features and Discoveries from the Weizmann Institute of Science

Microscope image of a yeast cell showing how close mitochondria (blue) are to peroxisomes (red) and the contact sites that hold them together (green)
Life Sciences >

Tethered in the Cell

25.06.2018
Weizmann researchers identify new ties between the parts of a cell: physical connections that are vital for health
cell cultures grown at different densities
Life Sciences >

Game of Clones: Team Huddles for T Cells

21.06.2018
When helper T cells get together, they plan an immune strategy for the long and the short term 
Banerjee, Umansky, Oreg, Stern and Heiblum
Space & Physics >

Particles' Behaving Unconventionally

18.06.2018
Could exotic electron states be used in quantum computing?
ants looking for the exit
Space & Physics >

Recalculating the Route: The Ant Version

14.06.2018
A simple mathematical model explains how ants overcome obstacles in their path
Ants and circuits
Space & Physics >

Addressing the Problem of Stickiness

11.06.2018
The physics of the attraction between two mirrors in a vacuum may lead to “lubrication” for electronic circuits 
spin up, spin down
Chemistry >

Putting a Spin on Safer Drugs, Fertilizers and Pesticides

07.06.2018
Sorting out right- and left-handed molecules magnetically could improve industrial processes
(l-r) Hisham Mazal, Dr. Inbal Riven, Prof. Gilad Haran, Menahem Pirchi and Yoav Barak
Chemistry >

Random Acts of Enzyme-ness

04.06.2018
An ultrahigh time-resolution study of biological machinery reveals never-before-seen details of molecular dynamics  
Inside the XENON1tT water shield
Space & Physics >

XENON1T Team Sets Limits

Press Release
30.05.2018
Weizmann researchers participate in the most sensitive search for dark matter to date
eiden
People and Events >

Passing it On, Thanks to Perach

Press Release
30.05.2018
A mentor helped a lonely child choose a career in science
Cross-section of the inner lining of a human gut adjacent to a cancerous tumor
Life Sciences >

Body Knows Best: A Natural Healing Mechanism for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Press Release
30.05.2018
The findings suggest that boosting signals in certain cells and not in others might even help treat colon cancer 
gigatons of carbon
Earth Sciences >

In a New Biomass Census, Trees Rule the Planet

22.05.2018
The study reveals, among other things, our impact on the Earth’s biosphere
biofilm
Life Sciences >

Storming the Fortress: Cracking the Concrete Surrounding Bacterial Biofilms

21.05.2018
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers suggest a way to breach barriers to antibiotics
mouse fetus and placenta
Life Sciences >

Please Ignore This Message: The Link between Pregnancy and Anorexia

16.05.2018
Researchers discover the molecule that “programs” a tendency to develop an eating disorder 
Proteins involved in the intestinal barrier of the mouse colon (E-cadherein in green)
Life Sciences >

The Obesity-Infection Connection

14.05.2018
Bacteria in our guts complete this triangle

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Inside the XENON1tT water shield
30.05.2018
XENON1T Team Sets Limits
eiden
30.05.2018
Passing it On, Thanks to Perach
Cross-section of the inner lining of a human gut adjacent to a cancerous tumor
30.05.2018
Body Knows Best: A Natural Healing Mechanism for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Weizmann in the Media

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Natural News
24.06.2018

Mathematical model shows how ants behave when faced with an obstacle

PhysOrg
24.06.2018

Weighing the planet's biological matter

Quanta
24.06.2018

Finally, a Problem That Only Quantum Computers Will Ever Be Able to Solve

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