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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

separating chiral molecules illustration

Telling Left from Right by Spinning Them with Light

Using lasers to separate molecules had been predicted - but never before demonstrated

ULTRASAT illustration

Next-Gen Israeli Satellite to Seek out Cosmic Explosions and Black Holes

Weizmann Institute of Science and the Israel Space Agency of the Ministry of Science and Technology are heading this international project

separating chiral molecules illustration

Telling Left from Right by Spinning Them with Light

Using lasers to separate molecules had been predicted - but never before demonstrated

brain wave illustration

Firework Memories

Weizmann Institute scientists have uncovered a neuronal mechanism central to human free recall

How Hot Was the Ocean?

Isotopes in iron oxides laid down two billion years ago hold clues to the conditions in which they were created

Survival of the Fewest

How do a handful of marine microorganisms live through a major crash?

Why Hearts Bounce Back

Applying physics to studying heart cells reveals a spring-and-treadmill-like mechanism that keeps them beating

The Tiny Nanotube That Can

Adding to nanotubes' abilities: superconductors and solar cells

macrophage and bacteria

First Impressions Go a Long Way in the Immune System

An algorithm that predicts the immune response to a pathogen could lead to early diagnosis for such diseases as tuberculosis

Why Hearts Bounce Back

Applying physics to studying heart cells reveals a spring-and-treadmill-like mechanism that keeps them beating

All Natural Color

Phytolon, a start-up based on Weizmann Institute technology, aims to replace artificial food dyes with safe, cost-effective, stable, all-natural...

"We see a lot of clinical applications..."

Prof. Michal Sharon on how to skip costly steps in protein analysis

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separating chiral molecules illustration

Telling Left from Right by Spinning Them with Light

How Hot Was the Ocean?

brain wave illustration

Firework Memories

ULTRASAT illustration

Next-Gen Israeli Satellite to Seek out Cosmic Explosions and Black Holes

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Firework Memories

Next-Gen Israeli Satellite to Seek out Cosmic Explosions and Black Holes

Gut Microbes May Affect the Course of ALS

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