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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...
Uncrackable: Scorpions and Sponges Inspire Sustainable Design

Uncrackable: Scorpions and Sponges Inspire Sustainable Design

10.10.2024
Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Environment, Climate
A Weizmann Institute study of super-tough organisms reveals strategies for creating more sustainable, resilient human-made materials
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Hunting Down Giant Viruses That Attack Tiny Algae

30.09.2024
Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Environment, Climate
A mysterious menace lurks in the oceans, threatening algal blooms. Weizmann Institute researchers have developed a new way to track the culprit –...
Photo credit: NASA

Stormy Findings and Hot Discoveries

19.09.2024
Environment, Climate
How humans are affecting the Northern Hemisphere’s wind patterns
A cryo-scanning electron microscope image of a freeze-fractured chloroplast, cropped from the surrounding tissue, providing a view into the photosynthetic membranes and the protein complexes embedded within them

Into the Light

16.09.2024
Nutrition, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Will a better understanding of photosynthesis help us grow plants under artificial light?
Photo: Ben Kelmer

Local Heroes

14.01.2024
Nutrition, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Weizmann Institute of Science’s field experiments with wheat in the northern Negev symbolize hope and renewal after the October 7 attack – and...
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When Dryness Intrudes, Floods Ensue

12.12.2023
Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
New findings may improve flood warnings for millions living on the Indian subcontinent
Photo: Jonathan D. Muller

The Solar Forest

21.11.2023
Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
A new Weizmann Institute study shows that building solar farms in arid regions is a far more effective way to tackle the climate crisis than planting...
Tree roots recruit beneficial bacteria during drought. Fluorescence and bright-field imaging reveals that during drought (left) a tree root is more densely colonized by two beneficial bacteria (green and red) than after irrigation (right)

Underground Symbiosis Counters Drought

12.07.2023
Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
A new study at the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals that bacteria can help trees survive water scarcity
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Dust in the Wind: Forecasting Storms with AI

16.06.2023
Computer Vision, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
A new artificial intelligence method could improve the accuracy of dust-storm forecasting around the world

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