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A Measure of Smell

Meeting a 100-year-old challenge could lead the way to digital aromas

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Memories of a Cancer Cell

Cancer cells turn out to have memories. But these are unreliable and can end up causing trouble

Sharing Science

A postdoc talks about complicated research, living at the Institute and the joys of scientific outreach

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Cool in the Shade: How Ice Could Exist Near the Lunar Surface

Micro cold traps near the Moon’s poles could contain a ready supply of water ice

Freezing with Lasers Creates Aligned Ice Crystals

Supercooled water zapped in just the right way enabled perfect control over the process

Freezing with Lasers Creates Aligned Ice Crystals

Supercooled water zapped in just the right way enabled perfect control over the process

Ancient Hominins Used Fire to Make Stone Tools

A study of these tools suggests skilled control over heating flint to produce different forms

Sharing Science

A postdoc talks about complicated research, living at the Institute and the joys of scientific outreach

The nervous system of the worm

When Male and Female Brain Connections Break Down Differently

Depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders tend to strike one sex more than the other; and for...

Entering the Cloud “Twilight Zone”

Nearly invisible, all-but-ignored areas of thin cloud cover raise temperatures below

Using a Wrench to Hammer Nails

A step in the biochemical pathway for soapy plant compounds comes from the “wrong” set of tools

Real Issues, Virtual Debate

Students from around the world argued two sides of COVID-19 policy

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They Come for the Physics

The Schwartz/Reisman Science Education Center in Rehovot is teaching high school students to love physics

Ancient Hominins Used Fire to Make Stone Tools

A study of these tools suggests skilled control over heating flint to produce different forms

Solving the Riddle: When was Wilson's Arch, under Jerusalem's Temple Mount, Built?

Analyzing a handful of charred seeds reveals the ancient builder of an iconic structure in the Western Wall Tunnels

A Measure of Smell

Meeting a 100-year-old challenge could lead the way to digital aromas

Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked Eighth in the World for Research Quality

In Life and Earth Sciences, the Institute was ranked fourth

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Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked Eighth in the World for Research Quality

Mystery Molecule in Bacteria Is Revealed to Be a Guard

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