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CEST la vie: High-Powered Magnets Improve Early Detection of Cancer in Rats
The method revealed tissue disruptions that cannot be seen by other means
Noam Stern-Ginossar and group
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Host and Virus Face Off over RNA Modification
What happens when a mechanism meant to protect the cell gets exploited by...
p loops
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In Search of the First Enzymes
Proto-enzymes designed in the lab bound strongly to RNA and DNA,...
Mouse embryonic stem cells
Life Sciences >
Making Room for Change: Stem Cell Fate Depends on It
Remodeling the power plants known as mitochondria are key to stem cell...
Ice formation
Chemistry >
Can an Antifreeze Protein also Promote Ice Formation?
New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both

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

Space & Physics >
ants looking for the exit

Recalculating the Route: The Ant Version

14.06.2018
A simple mathematical model explains how ants overcome obstacles in their path
Space & Physics >
Ants and circuits

Addressing the Problem of Stickiness

11.06.2018
The physics of the attraction between two mirrors in a vacuum may lead to “lubrication” for electronic circuits 
Chemistry >
spin up, spin down

Putting a Spin on Safer Drugs, Fertilizers and Pesticides

07.06.2018
Sorting out right- and left-handed molecules magnetically could improve industrial processes
Chemistry >
(l-r) Hisham Mazal, Dr. Inbal Riven, Prof. Gilad Haran, Menahem Pirchi and Yoav Barak

Random Acts of Enzyme-ness

04.06.2018
An ultrahigh time-resolution study of biological machinery reveals never-before-seen details of molecular dynamics  
Space & Physics >
Inside the XENON1tT water shield

XENON1T Team Sets Limits

Press Release
30.05.2018
Weizmann researchers participate in the most sensitive search for dark matter to date
People and Events >
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Passing it On, Thanks to Perach

Press Release
30.05.2018
A mentor helped a lonely child choose a career in science
Life Sciences >
Cross-section of the inner lining of a human gut adjacent to a cancerous tumor

Body Knows Best: A Natural Healing Mechanism for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Press Release
30.05.2018
The findings suggest that boosting signals in certain cells and not in others might even help treat colon cancer 
Earth Sciences >
gigatons of carbon

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
Life Sciences >
biofilm

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
Life Sciences >
mouse fetus and placenta

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 
Life Sciences >
Proteins involved in the intestinal barrier of the mouse colon (E-cadherein in green)

The Obesity-Infection Connection

14.05.2018
Bacteria in our guts complete this triangle
Life Sciences >
Tethered cancer cells

Cancer Cells Seen Traveling in Tethered Groups

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

Take Organic Dye, Add Carbon Nanotubes, Stir

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

Taming the Curse of High Dimensionality

03.05.2018
Unexpected connections may help simplify the math of complex systems

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New Clinical Study Being Launched at the Weizmann Institute of Science
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Same Microbe, Different Effect
21.03.2019
Historic partnership between the Weizmann Institute of Science and Institut Curie
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14.04.2019

Health of 10,000 Israelis Over 40 Will Be Monitored for Decade

XinhuaNet
14.04.2019

Israeli scientists design prototype of 3.7-bln-year-old proteins

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11.04.2019

Novo tratamento para câncer de próstata não prejudica tecidos saudáveis

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