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Optical image of a graphene device
Space & Physics >
Hot, Dense and Fast
Electrons in a “viscous flow” surpass conductivity limits and could lead...
zebrafish eye
Life Sciences >
Silver Eyes are a Triple Treat
The iris in the zebrafish has a distinctive crystal structure that both...
aging
A Genetic Test for Aging
How do the mutations that accumulate in our blood cells affect our health...
WIS is number nine
Weizmann Institute of Science is Ninth in the World in Research Quality
The ranking puts the impact of Institute research high up in a list...
Fluorite. Credit: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0
Chemistry >
Nanocrystals Give MRI a New Shine
A “crazy idea” for using fluoride nanocrystals as magnetic resonance...
Microscope image of a yeast cell showing how close mitochondria (red) are to peroxisomes (blue) 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-...
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...

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

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
Tethered cancer cells
Life Sciences >

Cancer Cells Seen Traveling in Tethered Groups

10.05.2018
This finding may help solve the puzzle of certain types of aggressive metastasis 
Prof. Boris Rybtchinski and group
Chemistry >

Take Organic Dye, Add Carbon Nanotubes, Stir

07.05.2018
A simple method of producing conductive nanomaterials may have uses from spacesuits to optoelectronics
Dr. Ronen Eldan
Math & Computer Science >

Taming the Curse of High Dimensionality

03.05.2018
Unexpected connections may help simplify the math of complex systems
Science on Tap 2018
Science & Culture >

Science on Tap 2018

01.05.2018
Dozens of top scientists and outstanding research students from the Weizmann Institute of Science will be in 51 bars in Tel Aviv to talk with the patrons.
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

30.04.2018
An intercontinental project has high school students doing real science
Gerst: cellular nanotubes
Life Sciences >

Sharing Information through the Internet of Cells

26.04.2018
Researchers reveal how functional genetic instructions are passed from cell to cell
cover: shining a light on the molecular fingerprint
Chemistry >

The Smallest Nose Glows

23.04.2018
Made of a single molecule, the tiny artificial sensor might be able to “smell out” disease within living cells
mTOR protein (magenta) in the sciatic nerve after injury
Life Sciences >

“Lord of the Rings” Protein Jump-Starts Nerve Repair

16.04.2018
Hidden from view, a central repair protein is made on the spot 
Segal and Slutskin
Life Sciences >

A Rulebook for Living Cells

12.04.2018
New research delves into the process by which small sequences of RNA – microRNAs – regulate the long ones
Koushik Saha
Space & Physics >

When Molecules Change Shape: How Slow Can They Go?

22.03.2018
The findings may help explain the chemistry of biological molecules in outer space

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08.07.2018
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NEXO
19.07.2018

A massa da humanidade e seu impacto sobre os outros seres vivos

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19.07.2018

Israel to launch moon mission from Florida in December

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17.07.2018

Ghostly particle caught in polar ice ushers in new way to look at the universe

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