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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
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

Ayelet Erez
Life Sciences >

Rare Genetic Defect May Lead to Cancer Drug

Press Release
17.05.2017
A lack of the protein citrin slows children's growth; blocking it in cancer slows tumor growth
Dr. Valery Krizhanovsky
Life Sciences >

Getting Rid of Old Cells

Press Release
17.05.2017
Understanding why cells refuse to die may lead to treatments for age-related disease
disease chart
Life Sciences >

MalaCards and GeneHancer Open New Directions in Medical Research

11.05.2017
New developments in genetic databases will make it easier than ever to identify the molecular basis of disease
neuron migration
Life Sciences >

Double Duty: Immune Proteins Discovered Aiding Brain Development

10.05.2017
The proteins help embryonic neurons reach their destination 
Lamarck and Darwin playing chess. Illustration: Maya Shleifer
Life Sciences >

Adaptation by Natural Improvisation

08.05.2017
A new mathematical model demonstrates how “fitness” can emerge within a lifetime
Science on Tap 2017
Science & Culture >

Science on Tap 2017

Press Release
08.05.2017
An influential initiative, creating a new urban culture that has been adopted around the globe 
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People and Events >
Awards and Appointments >

Israel Prize Awarded to Prof. Yosef Yarden

04.05.2017
The Prize acknowledges Yarden's life-saving cancer research
man,woman,dna
Life Sciences >

Researchers Identify 6,500 Genes That Are Expressed Differently in Men and Women

Press Release
03.05.2017
Genes that are mostly active in one sex or the other may play a crucial role in our evolution and health  
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Israel’s BDS Website: Brought to You by the Weizmann Institute of Science

Press Release
25.04.2017
Israel Independence Day Special
Left: normal nerve cells; right cells genetically engineered to neutralize MTCH2. Fluorescent proteins reveal the calcium uptake in the mitochondria of these cells. The genetically engineered cells reveal dramatically less calcium uptake – evidence of the crucial role this gene plays in mitochondria function
Life Sciences >

Balancing the Brain’s Calcium

23.04.2017
Understanding how a gene studied in one lab affects the basic element researched in another may reveal what goes wrong in Alzheimer's 
degraded collagen
Life Sciences >

Paying Attention to the Packaging

19.04.2017
A series of studies has shown that the connective tissue surrounding our cells plays a very active role in human health and disease 
algal bloom from space
Earth Sciences >

A Blooming Desert in the Heart of the Ocean

06.04.2017
How do algal blooms spread in areas where nutrients are scarce? 
Physicists
Space & Physics >

Neutral Particles Pack Heat

03.04.2017
Proving a 20-year-old theory, scientists show that imaginary particles carry the same energy as real ones
Weizmann and Neuberg
People >
Time Tunnel >

Swept Up in the Currents of History

26.03.2017
Weizmann and Neuberg, friends on two sides of a conflict

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WIS is number nine
08.07.2018
Weizmann Institute of Science is Ninth in the World in Research Quality
Inside the XENON1tT water shield
30.05.2018
XENON1T Team Sets Limits
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30.05.2018
Passing it On, Thanks to Perach

Weizmann in the Media

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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

Science
17.07.2018

Ghostly particle caught in polar ice ushers in new way to look at the universe

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