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The Human Test for Computer-Written Code
How will we know if we can trust machine-written software? A Weizmann...
infrared silkworm
Chemistry >
Microscopic Silk Cocoons May Facilitate Drug Design
Microfluidics technology enables silk protein capsules to self-assemble
Mars impact
Space & Physics >
Minerals in a Family of Asteroids Reveal Martian Roots
A new Institute study suggests "Trojan" asteriods were born in a giant...
Perovskite with and without etching
Chemistry >
Puzzling Out Unusual Solar Materials
Understanding the properties of these materials will help advance new...
Wallach and cell missing housekeeping functions
Life Sciences >
Verdict in the Cell: A Last-Minute Molecular Mechanism Prevents Cellular Death
Prof. David Wallach and his group reveal a protein that can kill a cell or...
Harel, Oram, Sherman and Ahissar
Life Sciences >
Paying Attention to Reflexes
How does attention direct the subconscious actions of our sensory organs?...
tomatoes
Life Sciences >
Give Me a Break: Chromosomal Breaks Facilitate Precise Breeding in Plants
Using the plant's own DNA repair mechanisms could help breeders select the...
Weizmann House
People and Events
Weizmann House Reopens to the Public
Designed by Erich Mendelsohn, the house will be the first building in...
dust storm
Earth Sciences >
The Dust Storm Microbiome
Wind from the desert brings more than dust
Nano Comics -- Gen 3
Nano Comics -Third Generation
They're back, as curious as ever!!!
The south pole of Jupiter is seen from an altitude of 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers) in this enhanced color mosaic of images from NASA's JunoCam. Cyclones up to 600 miles wide (1,000 km) are visible. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles SCOTT BOLTON - 3
Space & Physics >
Jupiter, Revealed: Israeli Scientists Peer Beneath the Cloud Cover of Our Solar System's Largest Planet
Weizmann Institute scientists are leading one of the main experiments on...

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

Bread and Health: A Personal Matter
Life Sciences >

Bread and Health: A Personal Matter

Press Release
07.06.2017
A new study reveals that there is no difference between the health effects of “wholesome” and white bread
cold atomic beam experiment
Chemistry >

How to Reduce Shockwaves in Molecular Beam Experiments

Press Release
07.06.2017
Aerospace engineering provided the answer
Agrin repairs heart tissue
Life Sciences >

Young at Heart: Restoring Cardiac Function with a Matrix Molecule

Press Release
05.06.2017
Administering “young matrix” molecules to damaged mouse hearts led to muscle repair
Humans are exposed to stress at different intensities throughout life
Life Sciences >

Stressed Out from Birth: Mice Exposed to Prenatal Stress Are Predisposed to Eating Disorders Later in Life

Press Release
01.06.2017
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute prevented the onset of eating disorders through dietary intervention
synchronized signals in the cortex
Life Sciences >

How Are Sensory Brain Cells Synchronized?

25.05.2017
A decades-old debate on the way signals create perception is resolved
Bird feeding station on the Weizmann Institute of Science campus
People >

Where Have All the Birds Gone?

21.05.2017
In an effort to attract songbirds back, feeding stations and nesting boxes are placed throughout campus
self-assembling membrane
Chemistry >

Self-Organization Makes for Efficient Separation

Press Release
17.05.2017
A new, water-based, recyclable membrane filters all types of nanoparticles
Ayelet Erez
Life Sciences >

Rare Genetic Defect May Lead to Cancer Drug

Press Release
17.05.2017
A lack of the protein citrin slows children's growth; blocking it in cancer slows tumor growth
Dr. Valery Krizhanovsky
Life Sciences >

Getting Rid of Old Cells

Press Release
17.05.2017
Understanding why cells refuse to die may lead to treatments for age-related disease
disease chart
Life Sciences >

MalaCards and GeneHancer Open New Directions in Medical Research

11.05.2017
New developments in genetic databases will make it easier than ever to identify the molecular basis of disease
neuron migration
Life Sciences >

Double Duty: Immune Proteins Discovered Aiding Brain Development

10.05.2017
The proteins help embryonic neurons reach their destination 
Lamarck and Darwin playing chess. Illustration: Maya Shleifer
Life Sciences >

Adaptation by Natural Improvisation

08.05.2017
A new mathematical model demonstrates how “fitness” can emerge within a lifetime
Science on Tap 2017
Science & Culture >

Science on Tap 2017

Press Release
08.05.2017
An influential initiative, creating a new urban culture that has been adopted around the globe 
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Awards and Appointments >

Israel Prize Awarded to Prof. Yosef Yarden

04.05.2017
The Prize acknowledges Yarden's life-saving cancer research

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infrared silkworm
20.07.2017
Microscopic Silk Cocoons May Facilitate Drug Design
Weizmann House
03.07.2017
Weizmann House Reopens to the Public
dust storm
27.06.2017
The Dust Storm Microbiome

Weizmann in the Media

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Nature
23.07.2017

Turning point: Soft-skills sculptor

Frontline Genomics
23.07.2017

Genetic DJ: Growing Cells Remix Their Genes

Arutz Sheva
23.07.2017

Microscopic silk cocoons may facilitate drug design

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