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Dust in the Wind: Forecasting Storms with AI

A new artificial intelligence method could improve the accuracy of dust-storm forecasting around the world

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...

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 “Jupiter” Hotter than the Sun

A newly discovered binary celestial system may advance our understanding of planet and star evolution under extreme conditions

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 experimental set-up

A Molecular Close-Up

Weizmann Institute scientists present a new method for imaging individual electrons

Dumpster Diving in Cancer Tissue Uncovers an Immune Evasion Mechanism

Cancer alters cellular waste-processing machinery, helping it avoid detection by the immune system

A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a human embryo at day 12 has all the compartments typical of this stage. The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta

Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells

The complete, day 14 synthetic models may open new avenues of research into infertility, drug testing and growth of tissues for transplant – as well...

Tree roots recruit beneficial bacteria during drought. Fluorescence and bright-field imaging reveals that during drought (left) a tree root is more densely colonized by two beneficial bacteria (green and red) than after irrigation (right)

Underground Symbiosis Counters Drought

A new study at the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals that bacteria can help trees survive water scarcity

Dust in the Wind: Forecasting Storms with AI

A new artificial intelligence method could improve the accuracy of dust-storm forecasting around the world

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 section of a mouse brain under the microscope. The yellow color shows the complex structure of a mature oligodendrocyte, with numerous branches that reach out to the surrounding cells

Vive la Différence: Brain Cells of Males and Females Respond Differently to Chronic Stress

A new study in mice could pave the way to personalized therapy for depression, anxiety and other stress-related disorders known to produce different...

Taking Refuge in Rehovot

Russian and Ukrainian scientists fleeing the war in Ukraine were hosted by Weizmann Institute labs during a year-long program

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Dumpster Diving in Cancer Tissue Uncovers an Immune Evasion Mechanism

A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a human embryo at day 12 has all the compartments typical of this stage. The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta

Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells

Peripheral sensory neurons in a laboratory dish

Unlocking a Secret Nerve Cell Regenerator

Surviving on an Empty Battery

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Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells

Surviving on an Empty Battery

A “Jupiter” Hotter than the Sun

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