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Sensitive yet Resilient: Disordered Proteins Depend on Their Network
Once discarded from studies, disordered segments are now understood to...
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Marine Biomass: The Life that Stays Small, Lives Fast, Dies Young
A new census asks why the oceans have so little biomass compared to land,...
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In the Eye of the Shrimp
Through millions of years of evolution, shrimps have developed unique-...
Abraham Amsterdam
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Prof. Avraham Amsterdam: Choosing Science
Scientific discovery and playing music went hand-in-hand for this...
Igor Ulitsky
Life Sciences >
Chasing a Link
A non-coding gene’s neighbors reveal what it does for a “living.” The...
Eran Hornstein
Life Sciences >
Why is this Nerve Cell Different? Finding the Genetic Roots of ALS
Q & A with Prof. Eran Hornstein on discovering why mutations in a gene...
2019 Weizmann Wonder Wander Quiz
2019 Weizmann Wonder Wander Quiz
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Returning Light
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Returning Light
Institute physicists solve a "hard problem" with lasers and a hint
heat scarring
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Blue-Sky Dye Spells Hope for Improving Heart Function
The small molecule reduces damaging inflammation and improves heart...

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

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Electrons Caught Flowing like Water for the First Time

Press Release
09.12.2019
The findings could help reduce resistance in electronic devices 
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Blue-Sky Dye Spells Hope for Improving Heart Function

05.12.2019
The small molecule reduces damaging inflammation and improves heart function in mouse models of heart attack
Life Sciences >
Rivka Dikstein

New Molecules Precisely Target Mutant Disease Gene

02.12.2019
These molecules may prevent only some of a crucial gene's activities without affecting others
Ozeri, Reich, Chen, Sagi and Harmelin

The 11th President of the Weizmann Institute and Four New Vice Presidents Take Office

Press Release
01.12.2019
Institute President, Prof. Alon Chen: “Our alumni provide the foundations of Israel’s booming economy.”
Prof. Alon Chen

A look forward

30.11.2019
Prof. Alon Chen's speech to the International Board, Monday, November 11, 2019  
Chemistry >
Daniella Goldfarb

Prof. Daniella Goldfarb on The Scientists' Channel

28.11.2019
In this video, Prof. Goldfarb explains a technique she and her team developed for imaging proteins inside cells
Life Sciences >
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The Greenest Diet: Bacteria Switch to Eating Carbon Dioxide

Press Release
27.11.2019
Such bacteria may, in the future, contribute to new, carbon-efficient technologies 
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Scientists in the Kitchen

26.11.2019
A course in biomaterials gets students to investigate the ones around them
Space & Physics >
Weyl semi-metal

At the End of an Arc

25.11.2019
In unique “semi-metals,” electrons dive inside and emerge into a new arc  In unique “semi-metals,” electrons dive inside and emerge into a new arc  
Space & Physics >
Electron crystal detection with a nanowire

Like an Electron on a Wire

21.11.2019
A quantum solid, made of electrons, had been predicted but never before seen with imaging
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Ed Narevicius

Getting Colder

18.11.2019
A magnetic trap for molecules got some to give up their heat
Life Sciences >
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Neurobiology News

12.11.2019
Three papers by Weizmann Institute of Science neuroscientists are slated to appear in the December issue of Nature Neuroscience. 
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Prof. Michael and Sara Sela

I Owe My Life to the Weizmann Institute of Science

11.11.2019
Former President, Institute Professor Michael Sela, on the inauguration of the auditorium on that bears his name on the Weizmann Institute of Science campus
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An Exception to the Rule: An Intact Sense of Smell without a Crucial Olfactory Brain Structure

Press Release
06.11.2019
A handful of left-handed women have excellent senses of smell, despite lacking olfactory bulbs

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