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Sweetness That Comes at a Price: Sugar Substitutes May Affect the Human Body in Unanticipated Ways

A controlled trial suggests that non-nutritive sweeteners affect the human gut microbes and may alter glucose metabolism

Optical elements required to create laser pulses that can control trapped ions. Photo: Freddy Pizanti

Israel Joins the Quantum Computing Club

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers present Israel’s first quantum compute

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

Young Weizmann Scholars Diversity and Excellence Program, class of 2021

Summertime Science

The newly established Young Weizmann Scholars program promotes undergrads from underrepresented sectors in Israeli academia

Winter storms in the Southern Hemisphere / NASA Worldview

Harder Winters, Stronger Storms

New data reveals climate change might be more rapid than predicted

Optical elements required to create laser pulses that can control trapped ions. Photo: Freddy Pizanti

Israel Joins the Quantum Computing Club

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers present Israel’s first quantum compute

Origin of Life – In an RNA Pocket

How did amino acids start bonding to form proteins? Weizmann Institute of Science researchers bring their findings to life in their lab

Prof. Jacob Sagiv

Kavli Prize Awarded to Prof. Jacob Sagiv

Research conducted by Sagiv transformed surface science and has led to applications shaping our daily lives – from medical equipment to computers and...

Human Tumors Are Prized Real Estate for Fungi, Study Finds

The findings demonstrate that fungi are living in tumors and may facilitate cancer detection, diagnosis and perhaps even treatment

Origin of Life – In an RNA Pocket

How did amino acids start bonding to form proteins? Weizmann Institute of Science researchers bring their findings to life in their lab

Winter storms in the Southern Hemisphere / NASA Worldview

Harder Winters, Stronger Storms

New data reveals climate change might be more rapid than predicted

Breakfast of Champions

A new study reveals how microscopic algae became exceptionally nutritious over time, driving evolution forward

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

Patterns of epigenetic markers revealed by EPINUC on blood nucleosomes (bright-red dots)

Putting Liquid Biopsies on Solid Ground: Cancer Diagnosis from a Milliliter of Blood

If larger studies confirm the results of a Weizmann Institute innovation, diagnosing cancer may one day be as easy as taking blood

Microbiome invaders. Illustration: Dell'Ariccia Leibovitch Architects

The Viruses That Fight Disease

A surprising precision weapon against Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis

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Deep Space Impact

Human Tumors Are Prized Real Estate for Fungi, Study Finds

Origin of Life – In an RNA Pocket

Patterns of epigenetic markers revealed by EPINUC on blood nucleosomes (bright-red dots)

Putting Liquid Biopsies on Solid Ground: Cancer Diagnosis from a Milliliter of Blood

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Human Tumors Are Prized Real Estate for Fungi, Study Finds

Putting Liquid Biopsies on Solid Ground: Cancer Diagnosis from a Milliliter of Blood

Neurons Caught Rapidly Switching Gears

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