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Weizmann Institute of Science Launches the Michael Sela Prize in Biomedical Sciences

08.09.2025
Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology
The 2025 laureates – Profs. Francis S. Collins, Leroy (Lee) Hood and Eric S. Lander – are honored for pioneering work that has reshaped our...
The Human Phenotype Project

Meet Your Digital Twin

15.07.2025
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Personalized Medicine, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
This AI Model Can Predict Your Future Health – and Help You Change It
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A New Blood Test May Detect Leukemia Risk and Replace Bone Marrow Sampling

27.06.2025
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
Just days after their labs were damaged in the Iranian attack, Profs. Liran Shlush and Amos Tanay publish a study expected to advance the field of...
“Bridges of Understanding and Innovation”

“Bridges of Understanding and Innovation”

10.04.2025
Benefiting Humanity
African physicians and students joined Weizmann Institute labs, storming the frontiers of science. Meet the first participants in the new Bridges of...
Gal Raviv

Seeding the Passion

13.02.2025
Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Benefiting Humanity
A plant sanctuary established in the Weizmann Institute greenhouses holds valuable lessons for survival and helps to instill a love for plant...
Dendrites that developed in a tin battery, seen under an electronic microscope. Source: Shakked Schwartz and Ayan Maity

On the Way to Building Better Batteries

09.01.2025
Nano Physics, Materials Science, Energy, Benefiting Humanity
Weizmann researchers untangle the tiny strands of lithium that develop inside rechargeable batteries, limit their use and pose a serious fire hazard
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Crystalizing Our Comprehension of Malaria

28.10.2024
Nanoscience, Organic Chemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A definitive atomic structure of the heme crystals made by malaria parasites could lead to better antimalarial drugs
Class of 2024

“You Are Our Hope!”

11.09.2024
Benefiting Humanity
At the end of an unbearably difficult year, the Weizmann Institute greeted 384 new alumnae and alumni – 57 of whom are overseas research students....
Plastic Fantastic: Green, Strong and Edible

Plastic Fantastic: Green, Strong and Edible

05.09.2024
Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Technology & Applications, Benefiting Humanity
Weizmann Institute researchers have created a biodegradable composite material that might help battle the global plastic-waste crisis
(l-r) Dr. Anat Bahat and Prof. Rivka Dikstein

Toward a Treatment for Huntington’s Disease

26.02.2024
Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered two small molecules that can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice, slowing and even reversing the...

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Between Flood and Drought: The Metric That Could Better Explain What Happens to Water in the Age of Climate Change

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Gut Microbes Actively Support Immunity in People Living with HIV

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From Cancer to Alzheimer’s: Engineered Immune Cells Reduce Plaques in the Brain

Prof. Igal Talmi, 1925–2026

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