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Rethinking Longevity: Genes Matter More than We Thought

Weizmann Institute study finds genetic contribution to human lifespan is about 50 percent – more than double previous estimates

The “ticking” of a circadian clock inside a human cell over the course of 24 hours. A fluorescent marker allows scientists to tell “what time it is” at any given moment

New Study Reveals that Sex Hormones Reset Our Body Clocks

The findings may shed new light on disruptions to the circadian clocks during menstruation, pregnancy and menopause

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

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute

Before the Aliens, the Amino Acids

A Weizmann-led team proposes a simple but powerful new method for detecting traces of alien biology, whether on Jupiter’s icy moons, in meteorites or...

A Glimpse at the Origins of Life Through a Deceptive Mirror

Scientists may have solved a 150-year-old puzzle about why life favors one mirror-image molecule over another

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute

Before the Aliens, the Amino Acids

A Weizmann-led team proposes a simple but powerful new method for detecting traces of alien biology, whether on Jupiter’s icy moons, in meteorites or...

A Glimpse at the Origins of Life Through a Deceptive Mirror

Scientists may have solved a 150-year-old puzzle about why life favors one mirror-image molecule over another

One Plant, Three Kingdoms, Five Trips

Weizmann Institute scientists decipher how a well-known psychedelic substance is created, then engineer a plant to produce several psychedelics at...

Pandemic in Fast Forward

Israeli and Czech scientists recreated the coronavirus’s evolutionary journey in a test tube – revealing the conditions that can produce highly...

One Plant, Three Kingdoms, Five Trips

Weizmann Institute scientists decipher how a well-known psychedelic substance is created, then engineer a plant to produce several psychedelics at...

The Moon’s Dark Secret: Shadowed Cold Traps Could Unlock the Mystery of Lunar Ice

New evidence suggests that ice has been accumulating on the Moon for 1.5 billion years – and reveals the most promising places to find it

Marcel Frailich Kaplun

Everyone Knew It When Marcel Entered a Room

Dr. Marcel Frailich Kaplun, murdered by Hamas terrorists on her kibbutz, was a passionate educator and a beloved figure at the Weizmann Institute of...

Empowering Teachers with AI

The Weizmann Institute’s Science Teaching Department brings teachers and machines together and creates AI-powered tools for personalized instruction

Excavations at the Siloam Dam. Credit: Dr. Johanna Regev / Scientific Archaeology Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science

Carbon-14 Dating Unlocks Ancient Jerusalem’s Water Secret: Monumental Siloam Dam Was Built in 800 BCE to Face a Climate Crisis

Evidence points to sweeping urban planning as early as the 9th century BCE

A charred basket pattern on a jar from the time of the 586 BCE Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem (Photo: Johanna Regev)

Beating the Plateau

Weizmann Institute researchers establish absolute chronology for Kingdom of Judah’s Jerusalem

One Plant, Three Kingdoms, Five Trips

Weizmann Institute scientists decipher how a well-known psychedelic substance is created, then engineer a plant to produce several psychedelics at...

Weizmann School of Science presents: the class of 2026

“Be Scientists and Be Human Beings”

Weizmann Institute of Science celebrates 124 new PhD graduates – more than 20 percent of them international students – and 227 master’s degree...

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One Plant, Three Kingdoms, Five Trips

Weizmann School of Science presents: the class of 2026

“Be Scientists and Be Human Beings”

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute

Before the Aliens, the Amino Acids

Pandemic in Fast Forward

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One Plant, Three Kingdoms, Five Trips

“Be Scientists and Be Human Beings”

Before the Aliens, the Amino Acids

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