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Weizmann Institute Scientists Develop a Unique Approach for Splitting Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen

Weizmann Institute Scientists Develop a Unique Approach for Splitting Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen

06.04.2009
Energy, Organic Chemistry
The design of efficient systems for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, driven by sunlight is among the most important challenges facing...
DNA invades the host cell through a star-shaped opening

Large-Scale Invasion

01.11.2008
Viruses & Microorganisms, Structural Biology
A giant virus must be efficient to get its DNA into the host cell
The enzyme’s structure (blue), revealed via X-ray crystallography, closely matches its computer design (gray). The yellow structure in the center is the substrate molecule the enzyme acts upon

Winning Design

01.10.2008
Biochemistry, Structural Biology
Evolution in a test tube takes enzyme design to a new level
Dr. Boris Rybtchinski.

Paint Power

01.10.2008
Energy, Organic Chemistry
The future of solar energy might lie in light-absorbing paints
The ISPC team: Standing (l-r) Dr. Harry Mark Greenblatt, Dr. Jaime Prilusky, Prof. Yigal Burstein, Prof. Israel Silman, Dr. Tamar Unger, Dr. Orly Dym, Dr. Yoav Peleg and Anat Kats. Middle (l-r) David Mualem, Anna Branzburg-Mualem, ISPC Head Prof. Joel L. Sussman, Prof. Gideon Schreiber, Meital Rubin-Yona and Ada Dantes. Front (l-r) Dr. Shira Albeck, Rani Bravdo, Reut Rotem-Bernehim, Moshe Ben David and Bracha Vakni.

By Its Shape

01.10.2008
Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Structural Biology
The Israel Structural Proteomics Center deciphers over 40 proteins in five years
A nanotube serpentine observed by scanning electron microscopy

Order Through Chaos

01.10.2008
Nanoscience, Materials Science
Snaking nanotubes might be used to  create any number of tiny devices
Prof. Irit Sagi

Designer Drugs

31.08.2008
Cancer, Structural Biology
This antibody might be used to create a new drug against metastatic cancer and autoimmune diseases
What We Are Doing About: Alternative Energy

What We Are Doing About: Alternative Energy

01.07.2008
Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
Creating environmentally friendly fuel from trash might be the ultimate recycling feat  
Weizmann Institute Scientists Show: Quantum Systems Could Flout Physics Law

Weizmann Institute Scientists Show: Quantum Systems Could Flout Physics Law

02.06.2008
Space & Physics, Quantum Physics, Chemistry
  Scientists in the Weizmann Institute’s Faculty of Chemistry, together with colleagues in Germany, have made a startling prediction: Simply '...
Invasion Strategy of the World's Largest Virus

Invasion Strategy of the World's Largest Virus

29.05.2008
Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Organic Chemistry
Weizmann Institute scientists reveal the invasion strategy of the world’s largest virus   A Weizmann Institute study provides important new...

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