Brain & Behavior

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Whisker Whisperers

15.05.2025

Robotics and Machine Learning, Brain & Behavior

Research reveals how mouse whiskers can “hear” the world

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They’d Rather Die: The Lesson That Male Roundworms Refuse to Learn

20.03.2025

Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development

Researchers found that male worms do not learn from experience as well as females do – and discovered the neural receptor responsible, which also...

Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test

Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test

23.12.2024

Robotics and Machine Learning, Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development

Cooperation worked better for ants than for humans in a Weizmann Institute experiment

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Peeling Back the Layers of Brain Tumors

29.08.2024

Brain & Behavior, Cancer

Weizmann scientists have mapped common types of brain tumors at unprecedented resolution – and identified a possible reason why some patients fail to...

Peyote in bloom (Photo: Guy Yosef Keren)

Cactus Dreams: Revealing the Secrets of Mescaline Making

15.08.2024

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Plants and Agriculture

Scientists tackle the thorny issue of securing a sustainable source of the psychedelic for drug development

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Finding Immune Cells under Our Very Noses

31.07.2024

Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Antibody-producing cells discovered inside the nasal conchae may help develop new nasal vaccinations and treatments for allergies and nervous system...

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The Constant Gardener

10.06.2024

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Weizmann Institute researchers have discovered a protein that prunes nerve endings, regulating sensitivity to pain

Researchers used color-coded proteins to reveal the identity of the cells in the organoids they produced. In four organoids that simulate the embryo’s central nervous system, the magenta marks proteins associated with the development of the forebrain and the midbrain, the green, the hindbrain and the red, the center of the spinal cord

From Tip to Tail

01.06.2024

Brain & Behavior, Stem Cells, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Weizmann Institute develop the first-ever complete central nervous system on a chip; it...

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Fish under the Influence Reveal How Psychedelics Work

21.04.2024

Brain & Behavior

A Weizmann Institute method for tracking the effects of drugs on zebrafish may help develop improved therapies for depression and other mood-related...

Social Hierarchy: Even for Mice, It’s Complicated

Social Hierarchy: Even for Mice, It’s Complicated

03.04.2024

Brain & Behavior

Studying wild mice in near-natural conditions reveals different strategies used by females and males in forming social hierarchies

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