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The Human Test for Computer-Written Code
How will we know if we can trust machine-written software? A Weizmann...
infrared silkworm
Chemistry >
Microscopic Silk Cocoons May Facilitate Drug Design
Microfluidics technology enables silk protein capsules to self-assemble
Mars impact
Space & Physics >
Minerals in a Family of Asteroids Reveal Martian Roots
A new Institute study suggests "Trojan" asteriods were born in a giant...
Perovskite with and without etching
Chemistry >
Puzzling Out Unusual Solar Materials
Understanding the properties of these materials will help advance new...
Wallach and cell missing housekeeping functions
Life Sciences >
Verdict in the Cell: A Last-Minute Molecular Mechanism Prevents Cellular Death
Prof. David Wallach and his group reveal a protein that can kill a cell or...
Harel, Oram, Sherman and Ahissar
Life Sciences >
Paying Attention to Reflexes
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
Using the plant's own DNA repair mechanisms could help breeders select the...
Weizmann House
People and Events
Weizmann House Reopens to the Public
Designed by Erich Mendelsohn, the house will be the first building in...
dust storm
Earth Sciences >
The Dust Storm Microbiome
Wind from the desert brings more than dust
Nano Comics -- Gen 3
Nano Comics -Third Generation
They're back, as curious as ever!!!
The south pole of Jupiter is seen from an altitude of 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers) in this enhanced color mosaic of images from NASA's JunoCam. Cyclones up to 600 miles wide (1,000 km) are visible. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles SCOTT BOLTON - 3
Space & Physics >
Jupiter, Revealed: Israeli Scientists Peer Beneath the Cloud Cover of Our Solar System's Largest Planet
Weizmann Institute scientists are leading one of the main experiments on...

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

Gad Asher and group
Life Sciences >

Dawn to Dusk

25.07.2016
How small can a biological clock get? 
Dr. Eyal Schejter
Life Sciences >

Staff Scientist: Dr. Eyal Schejter

21.07.2016
How do cells fuse to form muscle fibers?   
Stress-coping molecule Urocortin-3 (green) and its receptor, CRFR2 (red),
Life Sciences >

Stress-Coping Mechanism Helps Mice Make New Friends

Press Release
19.07.2016
Weizmann Institute scientists show how a molecule in the mouse’s brain regulates social behavior
Staff Scientist: Dr. Ehud Fonio
Space & Physics >

Staff Scientist: Dr. Ehud Fonio

14.07.2016
What can a physicist learn from ants? 
Profs. Michal Sharon, Maya Schuldiner and Nirit Dudovich
People >

Do Science like a Woman!

11.07.2016
A new course helps women through a difficult point in their careers
wheat
Life Sciences >

On the Surface of Things: Wheat and Barley

07.07.2016
The secrets of a protective coating are revealed
molecular encryption
Chemistry >

Molecule Holds the Key

04.07.2016
Invisible ink meets secure encryption in a single molecule. Just add cola
artist's illustration: JUNO
Space & Physics >

Israeli Eyes on Jupiter Orbiter

Press Release
30.06.2016
Dr. Yohai Kaspi is part of the Juno Science team that hopes to answer some burning questions about the largest planet in the Solar System
A bowtie-shaped nanoparticle
Chemistry >

Building a Better Bowtie

Press Release
30.06.2016
Bowtie-shaped nanostructures may advance the development of quantum devices
Ronen Mir and physics teachers
Space & Physics >

First Class of the Schwartz/Reisman Science Education Center, Rehovot, Graduates

Press Release
30.06.2016
The students finished three years of a unique physics program
microglia
Life Sciences >

Disrupted Immunity in the Fetal Brain Is Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Press Release
27.06.2016
Weizmann Institute findings in mice may help explain how viral infection during pregnancy raises the risk of autism and schizophrenia in the offspring
illustration: CO2-eating E coli
Chemistry >

Eating Air, Making Fuel

Press Release
23.06.2016
Weizmann Institute scientists engineer bacteria to create sugar from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide  
chiral spin selection
Chemistry >

Spin Filters

20.06.2016
Biological molecules may hold the key to “spintronic” applications
Zebrafish blood vessels
Life Sciences >

Straight to the Gut

16.06.2016
Stem cells must get oriented before taking on new properties

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infrared silkworm
20.07.2017
Microscopic Silk Cocoons May Facilitate Drug Design
Weizmann House
03.07.2017
Weizmann House Reopens to the Public
dust storm
27.06.2017
The Dust Storm Microbiome

Weizmann in the Media

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Nature
23.07.2017

Turning point: Soft-skills sculptor

Frontline Genomics
23.07.2017

Genetic DJ: Growing Cells Remix Their Genes

Arutz Sheva
23.07.2017

Microscopic silk cocoons may facilitate drug design

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