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An illustration showing four modular enzyme fragments (highlighted) that Weizmann Institute’s CADENZ method can combine to generate active enzymes at a hitherto unseen rate

Building Better Enzymes – by Breaking Them Down

In a major step toward greener industry, Weizmann Institute scientists create a computational method for generating enzymes with unprecedented...

Seeing Things Differently: The Secret Life of Our Eyes

Tracking our eyes’ motion when we are faced with a visual challenge may help researchers uncover neural encoding in the brain

Jamela Abu Ayada

Discovering the Path to Discoveries

The Weizmann Institute’s program for research students from academically underrepresented groups is making things click for participants

The class of 2022

"Set Your Goals as High as Possible – and Perhaps Even Higher"

Meet the class of 2022: 124 new PhDs and 179 MSc recipients

A band of clouds above the equator, created by the rise of air within the Hadley cell and responsible for heavy rainfall in this region

Tracking the Winds of Climate Change

Why do parts of Earth become rainforests, whereas others turn into deserts? A new study exposes the far-reaching impact of human activity on a global...

The Age of Screen Enlightenment

A collaborative study of a key property of light may help double screen luminescence

The Age of Screen Enlightenment

A collaborative study of a key property of light may help double screen luminescence

The experimental set-up

A Molecular Close-Up

Weizmann Institute scientists present a new method for imaging individual electrons

Mystery Protein Points to New Immune "Smoke Detector"

Discovering a new kind of sensing complex could help develop treatments for inflammatory diseases

Why Do Cancer Patients Lose So Much Weight?

Wasting syndrome – a deadly cancer side-effect – might be diagnosed and treated early on, according to a new study

A band of clouds above the equator, created by the rise of air within the Hadley cell and responsible for heavy rainfall in this region

Tracking the Winds of Climate Change

Why do parts of Earth become rainforests, whereas others turn into deserts? A new study exposes the far-reaching impact of human activity on a global...

Plant Research Reaches a New High

Weizmann scientists revealed the step-by-step production of cannabinoids in a South African plant, pointing to new ways of manufacturing them for...

Empowering Teachers with AI

The Weizmann Institute’s Science Teaching Department brings teachers and machines together and creates AI-powered tools for personalized instruction

The Israeli delegation to EGMO. (l-r) Nicole Grossman, Noga Friedman, Tamar Pe'er, and Ya'ara Schulman. Photo credit: Future Scientists' Center

Israeli Math Olympians Top European Competition

A team of mathletes, trained at the Weizmann Institute of Science, competes and wins several distinctions at the European Girls' Mathematical...

Flint tools found at the Evron Quarry. Photo: Zane Stepka

The Heat Is On: Weizmann Institute Scientists Uncover Traces of Fire Dating Back At Least 800,000 Years

Using advanced AI techniques, the researchers discover one of the earliest pieces of evidence for the use of fire

Nahal Zin stream bed, Shutterstock

Following the Footsteps of Humankind out of Africa

Researchers returning to Boker Tachtit in Israel’s Negev illuminate an important chapter in modern humans’ origin story

A band of clouds above the equator, created by the rise of air within the Hadley cell and responsible for heavy rainfall in this region

Tracking the Winds of Climate Change

Why do parts of Earth become rainforests, whereas others turn into deserts? A new study exposes the far-reaching impact of human activity on a global...

Weizmann Institute of Science and Max Planck Society Create a Joint Postdoctoral Program

The goal: to nurture a new generation of scientists by enabling them to embark on a four-year scientific exploration at the two institutions

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A band of clouds above the equator, created by the rise of air within the Hadley cell and responsible for heavy rainfall in this region

Tracking the Winds of Climate Change

Weizmann Institute of Science and Max Planck Society Create a Joint Postdoctoral Program

Mystery Protein Points to New Immune "Smoke Detector"

Prof. Ron Blonder

Prof. Ron Blonder

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Weizmann Institute of Science and Max Planck Society Create a Joint Postdoctoral Program

Plant Research Reaches a New High

Decades-Old Mystery of Red Blood Cell Production Finally Solved

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