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Saturn’s Atmosphere Proves Deep, Its Rings Young
As Cassini reached its final act, Weizmann Institute of Science...
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No Rest for Weary Immune Cells
An advanced method for investigating the activity of single cells could...
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Standing up to the Heat
A new method of measuring how forests moderate the climate gets tested...
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Where the Blood-Brain Barrier Breaks Down
The cells that keep blood vessels in the pituitary permeable to hormones...
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Lowering the Handbrakes on Stem Cell Production
Cells that are reprogrammed to become stem cells benefit when a protein...
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A Meeting with Einstein
Nobel Prize winners and trail blazing research have all been part of Prof...
2018 Wonder Wander Quiz
2018 Wonder Wander Quiz
If you've followed the Institute news this year, it should be a cinch
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Frustrated and Going in Circles
A model of collective movement that makes some members more ready to move...
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CT for Clouds: A Fleet of Micro-Satellites Will See into the Smallest Clouds
An Israeli-German mission to launch a formation of ten tiny satellites...
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It’s a Stretch: Giving Direction to Blood Vessels
Scientists from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the...
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Where Inside and Outside Meet in the Brain
A unique neural circuit in the cortex controls how internal states affect...
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Crypt to Tip: Migrating Gut Cells Adapt to Their Locations
Short-lived cells in the small intestine take on new functions as they...
organic crystal formation
Chemistry >
Step-by-Step Crystallization Shows Organic Crystals’ Amorphous Side
The findings may be relevant to drug production, solar cells, cell...
migrating cells
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The Migration of the Undead
Sub-lethal levels of a “self-destruct” enzyme hold cells in place
Prof. Alon Chen
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Prof. Alon Chen Elected Next President of the Weizmann Institute of Science

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Unveiling the Depths of Jupiter’s Winds

Press Release
07.03.2018
“Jupiter’s atmosphere is many times greater than anything we have seen before” 
Life Sciences >
Lighting up the reward center: Light-sensitive proteins are inserted into specific brain cells. Blue: dopamine-producing cells in the reward system in the ventral tegmental area. Red: cells carrying the inserted protein in a mouse brain. Yellow: Overlap between cells that are carrying the optogenetic protein and those that are dopamine-producing. Image obtained by confocal microscope in the lab of Prof. Tali Kimchi

When Mickey Met Minnie: A Neural Reward Circuit Determines Sexual Preference in Mice

05.03.2018
Blocking dopamine receptors in male mouse brains dampened their preference for females
Life Sciences >
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Genetics or Lifestyle: What Is It That Shapes our Microbiome?

Press Release
27.02.2018
A study brings new hope for improving our health
Chemistry >
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Solar Materials Found to Be Self-Healing

26.02.2018
These materials can bring us one step closer to a sustainable future
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Zoomed-in xSPEN diffusion data arising from a human frontal lobe (dashed square regions) containing the optic nerve indicated by the yellow arrows

The X-SPENdables: Addressing the Most Challenging Tissues in Magnetic Resonance

21.02.2018
A new MRI method developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science improves our ability to study the brain and other non-homogeneous tissues
Life Sciences >
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“Brain on a Chip” Reveals How the Brain Folds

Press Release
19.02.2018
Keeping the tiny "brains" flat enabled researchers to follow the process of wrinkling, step by step 
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If, for example, the springy part forms a shelf in a rectangular container and the particle can “choose” to go either under or over the shelf, the transfer of energy becomes very efficient

The Notorious Piston and Other Problems

15.02.2018
New insight into the mathematics of fast- and slow-moving bodies
Space & Physics >
Sadi Carnot

The Limits of Power

13.02.2018
New research upholds an old principle of thermodynamics 
Life Sciences >
Kobi Abramson and mTEC

“Selfie” Cells Help Reveal Protein Secrets

08.02.2018
A new method enables researchers to observe interactions between proteins that normally exist in minute amounts 
Life Sciences >
Rejection and lack of rejection

Immune Tolerance May Open New Horizons for Bone Marrow and Organ Transplants

05.02.2018
An anticancer drug keeps recipient T cells from attacking donor cells 
Life Sciences >
(l-r) Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval, Prof. Drew Pardoll and Dr. Rony Dahan

Visits: An Interview with Prof. Drew Pardoll

30.01.2018
Prof. Pardoll was the keynote speaker at the recent Cancer Immunotherapy symposium sponsored by the Moross Integrated Cancer Center
Chemistry >
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Dry but Fruitful: Semi-Arid Forests Could Offset Climate Change

29.01.2018
Planting trees in some surprising places could increase rainfall and lower atmospheric carbon
Life Sciences >
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Bacterial Immune Systems Take the Stage

Press Release
25.01.2018
Multiple new and unusual bacterial defense mechanisms could lead to new biotech tools
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Triton: The “Odd Moon Out”

23.01.2018
One of the moons of the planet Neptune is too big, too far out, and rotates in the "wrong" direction

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