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Drs. Elisabetta Boaretto and Tobias Richter. In the foreground is a Natufian hearth at Shubayqa, Jordan

Uncovering Varied Pathways to Agriculture

New dates for a 15,000-year-old site in Jordan challenge some prevailing assumptions about the beginnings of permanent settlement

Recently uncovered remains of a massive stone tower built to guard Gihon Spring – a vital water supply just downhill from the ancient city of Jerusalem

Jerusalem Tower Younger than Thought

Ultra-precise dating takes nearly 1,000 years off its age

each point in a carefully designed nematic elastomer sheet deforms along its pre-programmed direction

The Metamorphic Materials

What do unique liquid-crystal materials and wrinkle formation have in common? Dr. Hillel Aharoni investigates

Dudovich and group

Making Waves on Reentry

A new approach to measuring electrons’ quantum states looks at the tail end of their escape

Charts in the Keys of Life

Computerized analysis of playing styles could assist music therapists

Senescent Cells Bring Life to Injured Hearts

Zombie-like cells play a role in repair - if they are properly regulated

In Search of the First Enzymes

Proto-enzymes designed in the lab bound strongly to RNA and DNA, suggesting a surprising origin for these proteins

Can an Antifreeze Protein also Promote Ice Formation?

New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both

each point in a carefully designed nematic elastomer sheet deforms along its pre-programmed direction

The Metamorphic Materials

What do unique liquid-crystal materials and wrinkle formation have in common? Dr. Hillel Aharoni investigates

Nanodevices in the Macro World: Chemistry Can Bridge the Gap

A new method of surface patterning may help create defect-free electronic channels

Charts in the Keys of Life

Computerized analysis of playing styles could assist music therapists

Fast and Slow Measurement: Revealing the Shape of a Pulse

Two ultrafast pulses, measured together, create a kind of shape-revealing hologram

bacteria compete

Winners of the Evolution World Championship

The principles of test-tube evolution may guide new biotechnology research

TOOKAD®, Invented at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Gains European Approval for Prostate Cancer

The treatment, approved for use in 31 countries, is now being marketed in Germany, Italy, Israel and Mexico

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each point in a carefully designed nematic elastomer sheet deforms along its pre-programmed direction

The Metamorphic Materials

Dudovich and group

Making Waves on Reentry

Prof. Yair Reisner

Zilberstein c. 1960

The Glass Blower’s Tale

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Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked in Top 25

TOOKAD®, Invented at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Gains European Approval for Prostate Cancer

New Clinical Study Being Launched at the Weizmann Institute of Science

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