Chemistry

Structural model of an MMP-9 enzyme

The Weak Link

02.05.2008

Structural Biology

The Achille's heel of an enzyme involved in cancer metastasis is revealed

Dr. Nir Gov. The physics of fingers, hair and spines

Living Force

01.05.2008

Space & Physics, Structural Biology

Physics helps explain the formation of spines and bumps on specialized cells

Amram Masad, Dr. Boris Perlmutter, Dr. Alexander Shif, Prof. Valeri Krongauz and Drs. Judith Ratner, Lev Pinkin and Dmitry Fridland. Bright future

Local Color

01.05.2008

Organic Chemistry, Yeda Technology Transfer

Self-tinting glass has a bright future

Prof. Osnat Herzberg

Crystal Clear

01.05.2008

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

An Institute alumna returns on sabbatical

Birth of an Enzyme

Birth of an Enzyme

24.03.2008

Biochemistry, Genetics, Structural Biology

Scientists succeed in designing artificial enzymes that also undergo 'evolution in a test tube' Mankind triumphed in a recent 'competition'...

Top: The cell pulls to maintain a fixed stretch in the gel. Middle: If the gel is externally stretched, the cell can reduce the force it exerts. Bottom: If the gel is alternately stretched and relaxed, the frustrated cell cannot "decide" how much force to exert. This results in the cell orienting perpendicular to the stretch direction

Two-Way Stretch

01.10.2007

Materials Science

Cells in biomaterials respond to the speed with which the material is stretched

A(l-r) Prof. Irit Sagi, Barak Akabayov and Ariel Solomon.

Step by Step

01.10.2007

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

A technique for observing rapid enzyme movements in real time may help in developing better drugs

(l-r) Prof. Antoine Kahn, Dr. Oliver Seitz, Prof. David Cahen and Dr. Ayelet Vilan. Changing chemical bonds

Introducing Impurity

01.10.2007

Chemistry, Nanoscience, Materials Science

Doping nanomaterials improves their electrical properties

Smart Ceramics

Smart Ceramics

01.10.2007

Materials Science

Under certain conditions, a "smart" ceramic material behaves more like rubber

Prof. Lucio Frydman. Super-sensitive, ultra-fast

Symphony in a Second

01.10.2007

Particle Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science

A combined method for ultra-fast MRI promises new research possibilities

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Infected macrophages

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Ada Yonath, photographed for the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, 2008. Credit: Micheline Pelletier/Corbis

Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away

Credit: XENON Collaboration/Luigi Di Carlo

A New Window on the Universe: Solar Neutrinos Measured at Record-Low Energies

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Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away

A New Window on the Universe: Solar Neutrinos Measured at Record-Low Energies

When the Gut Can’t Forget: A New Mechanism Promoting Inflammatory Bowel Disease