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Beresheet Lunar Landing Site Revealed
The main scientific instrument aboard the tiny craft completed its first...
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Can an Antifreeze Protein also Promote Ice Formation?
New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both
Scorpions
Chemistry >
Through Thick and Thin
Not all pincers are created the same. New research explains the difference...
SO2 molecules line up
Chemistry >
Making Molecules Stand in Formation
A new method for aligning molecules could advance the field of x-ray...
Revealing the gut’s B-cell training program may point to new means of developing oral vaccines
Life Sciences >
Revealing the gut’s B-cell training program may point to new means of developing oral vaccines
biofuel feedstock
Chemistry >
Breakdance of the Cohesins: Revealing a Breakdown Structure’s Flexible Side
Deconstructing the enzymes that deconstruct plant biomass
nanopores
Chemistry >
Slits, Nooks and Pores: How Do They Hold Their Charges?
Nanoscale “slit” experiments may point to better porous materials for...
bacteria attacking algae
Life Sciences >
Smelling Sulfur in the Sea
How do sulfur-loving bacteria contribute to the rapid death of algal...

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

Space & Physics >
landing site

Beresheet Lunar Landing Site Revealed

Press Release
17.03.2019
The main scientific instrument aboard the tiny craft completed its first measurement 
Chemistry >
Ice formation

Can an Antifreeze Protein also Promote Ice Formation?

Press Release
14.03.2019
New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both
Chemistry >
Scorpions

Through Thick and Thin

11.03.2019
Not all pincers are created the same. New research explains the difference in scorpion pincers
Chemistry >
SO2 molecules line up

Making Molecules Stand in Formation

07.03.2019
A new method for aligning molecules could advance the field of x-ray crystallography
Life Sciences >

Revealing the gut’s B-cell training program may point to new means of developing oral vaccines

Press Release
04.03.2019
Chemistry >
biofuel feedstock

Breakdance of the Cohesins: Revealing a Breakdown Structure’s Flexible Side

28.02.2019
Deconstructing the enzymes that deconstruct plant biomass
Chemistry >
nanopores

Slits, Nooks and Pores: How Do They Hold Their Charges?

25.02.2019
Nanoscale “slit” experiments may point to better porous materials for electricity storage
Space & Physics >

Israel’s First Moon Mission Will Conduct Scientific Measurements

Press Release
21.02.2019
The 15-minute landing sequence of the Israeli Moon lander “Beresheet” will be crucial for measuring the lunar magnetic field
Awards and Appointments >
Dance your PhD

Dancing all the way to her Doctorate

Press Release
18.02.2019
A Weizmann Institute of Science researcher is one of four winners of the international “Dance your PhD” contest
Space & Physics >
electron flow in quantum system

Wrong Way in Oncoming Traffic

14.02.2019
A Weizmann lab gets particles to move against the direction of an electric current
Life Sciences >
bacteria attacking algae

Smelling Sulfur in the Sea

07.02.2019
How do sulfur-loving bacteria contribute to the rapid death of algal blooms?
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perach all stars

Growing Stronger

04.02.2019
A dozen students receive scholarships for mentoring kids in need 
Life Sciences >
inhibition

Going for Strong Inhibition

31.01.2019
A unique method for identifying bioactive chemical compounds produces a potential new drug molecule
Space & Physics >
better resolution

Lowering the Light Limit

28.01.2019
A new method of ultra-high resolution microscopy relies on quantum physics and lasers

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Beresheet Lunar Landing Site Revealed
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Can an Antifreeze Protein also Promote Ice Formation?
04.03.2019
Revealing the gut’s B-cell training program may point to new means of developing oral vaccines
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Nature - news feature
18.03.2019

How secret conversations inside cells are transforming biology

Fox News
11.03.2019

Israeli spacecraft snaps stunning selfie on its way to the Moon

Phys Org
11.03.2019

Chemical hydrogen storage system

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