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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
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Making Room for Change: Stem Cell Fate Depends on It
Remodeling the power plants known as mitochondria are key to stem cell...
Ice formation
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Can an Antifreeze Protein also Promote Ice Formation?
New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both

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Science on Tap 2018

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.
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Students from Hakfar Hayrok School IMO Levi Eshkol prepared for the robot experiments with lab work in their school

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
Life Sciences >
Gerst: cellular nanotubes

Sharing Information through the Internet of Cells

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

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
Life Sciences >
mTOR protein (magenta) in the sciatic nerve after injury

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

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

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
Space & Physics >
Koushik Saha

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
Earth Sciences >
Food waste

Food Waste: The Biggest Loss Could be What You Choose to Put in Your Mouth

Press Release
21.03.2018
A new analysis suggests hundreds of millions more could eat from the same resources with plant-based diets
Space & Physics >

Photons Stopped in Time

15.03.2018
A new method of trapping single photons could bring quantum memory one step closer
Space & Physics >
trophallaxis

Study Reveals How Forager Ants Keep Their Colonies Well Fed

13.03.2018
Ants' nest feeding is well regulated despite a lack of central control 
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Jupiter_Juno image. NASA

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
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microbiome influences

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 >
micro crystals

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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21.03.2019
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14.04.2019

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

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14.04.2019

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

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