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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

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New Circuit Made of DNA Has Everything Wired In

03.09.2024

Nanoscience, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Technology & Applications, Biotechnology

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers were thrilled when they managed to observe the birth of a protein made by a single DNA molecule: No one had...

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Surprising New Material Gets the Lead Out

22.08.2024

Materials Science, Environment, Technology & Applications

Weizmann Institute ceramic could replace lead-based electronic components

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Sticking a Pin in Cancer

12.07.2024

Structural Biology, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new cellular mechanism for identifying unraveled proteins may serve as a target for cancer therapies

Phagophore

Mouths Wide Shut: How Cellular Cleaning Out Is Kept in Check

03.06.2024

Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Autophagic organelles found to actively restrict the size of their mouths

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Proteins without Parents

14.02.2024

Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Evolution and Development

Using three AI protein prediction tools, a Chinese-Israeli study uncovers new wrinkles in the folding story of “orphan” proteins

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Moonshot Provides Blueprint for Future Pandemic Drugs

10.11.2023

Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

An open-access format for drug discovery is helping design medications against potential viral threats

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The Age of Screen Enlightenment

21.04.2023

Particle Physics, Theoretical Physics, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

A collaborative study of a key property of light may help double screen luminescence

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A Molecular Close-Up

13.02.2023

Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science

Weizmann Institute scientists present a new method for imaging individual electrons

Tiny droplets formed by peptides and RNA, viewed under a microscope

Life’s Mysteries Converge in a Droplet

06.12.2022

Organic Chemistry, Evolution and Development

Recreating conditions that may have existed before the dawn of life, researchers watched droplets give rise to possible precursors of today’s...

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