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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
Life Sciences >
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

Beet-colored tomatoes
Life Sciences >

Rhapsody in Red Violet

Press Release
14.08.2017
Pigments made by beets may help boost resistance to disease and the nutrition value of crops
Embryonic cardiovascular cells
Life Sciences >

First Cells

Press Release
14.08.2017
Videos of forming embryonic blood vessels reveal the presence of unusual cells and the unexpected role of a well-known gene in creating blood
WIS sixth in the world

Weizmann Institute of Science ranked 6th in Nature Innovation Index, 2017, and 1st outside the US

Press Release
09.08.2017
The Nature Index of Innovation 2017 points industry to institutions providing ideas behind inventions
Red, blue, green in nanolenses
Chemistry >

Nanomaterials Offer a New Approach to Correcting Color

07.08.2017
Computer designed nanostructures do away with the need for multiple lenses 
Yonath and resistant ribosome
Life Sciences >

Antibiotic Resistance in 3D

03.08.2017
Understanding how the bacteria gets around a common drug may help develop new ones to combat a growing threat
Prof. Moshe Oren
Life Sciences >

Expanding the Reach of the Genome's Guardian

31.07.2017
An Institute study finds a whole new role for one of the most famous proteins in cancer research
Leukemic cells
Life Sciences >

In Leukemia, Cells That Cause Recurrence Are Present from the Start

27.07.2017
Analyzing cancer stem cell populations in first-time patients enabled researchers to predict who was most likely to suffer a relapse
self-driving dashboard
People >
Made at the Institute >

The Human Test for Computer-Written Code

24.07.2017
How will we know if we can trust machine-written software? A Weizmann alumnus is showing how to test such systems reliably
infrared silkworm
Chemistry >

Microscopic Silk Cocoons May Facilitate Drug Design

Press Release
20.07.2017
Microfluidics technology enables silk protein capsules to self-assemble
Mars impact
Space & Physics >

Minerals in a Family of Asteroids Reveal Martian Roots

20.07.2017
A new Institute study suggests "Trojan" asteriods were born in a giant impact 
Perovskite with and without etching
Chemistry >

Puzzling Out Unusual Solar Materials

13.07.2017
Understanding the properties of these materials will help advance new photoelectric technologies 
Wallach and cell missing housekeeping functions
Life Sciences >

Verdict in the Cell: A Last-Minute Molecular Mechanism Prevents Cellular Death

12.07.2017
Prof. David Wallach and his group reveal a protein that can kill a cell or save it
Harel, Oram, Sherman and Ahissar
Life Sciences >

Paying Attention to Reflexes

10.07.2017
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

04.07.2017
Using the plant's own DNA repair mechanisms could help breeders select the traits they want

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08.07.2018
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30.05.2018
XENON1T Team Sets Limits
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Passing it On, Thanks to Perach

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NEXO
19.07.2018

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

JTA
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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