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Smoke near Australia

How Bushfire Smoke Traveled Around the World

18.03.2021
Environment, Climate
A study uncovers how some Australian fires produced a spreading stratospheric haze rivaling that of a volcanic eruption
Entering the Cloud “Twilight Zone”

Entering the Cloud “Twilight Zone”

26.11.2020
Climate
Nearly invisible, all-but-ignored areas of thin cloud cover raise temperatures below
root

The Soil Talks Back

07.05.2020
Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate
Learning to decipher this language might help grow better crops or increase production of plant-based drugs
hot water

How Hot Was the Ocean?

19.08.2019
Environment, Climate
Isotopes in iron oxides laid down two billion years ago hold clues to the conditions in which they were created
diatoms

Survival of the Fewest

08.08.2019
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
  How do a handful of marine microorganisms live through a major crash?
Ice formation

Can an Antifreeze Protein also Promote Ice Formation?

14.03.2019
Chemistry, Climate
New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both
Yatir station

Standing up to the Heat

10.01.2019
Plants and Agriculture, Climate
A new method of measuring how forests moderate the climate gets tested under extreme conditions
satellites

CT for Clouds: A Fleet of Micro-Satellites Will See into the Smallest Clouds

17.12.2018
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Environment, Climate
An Israeli-German mission to launch a formation of ten tiny satellites that use medically-inspired CT algorithms to answer climate questions wins a €...
Fragments of phytoplankton outer shell

In Passing, Plankton Reach the Clouds

25.10.2018
Planetary Science, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate
When viral infection wipes out an algal bloom, fragments may turn airborne, increasing clouds and cooling the surface below
Illustration: Trees in Africa

Dry but Fruitful: Semi-Arid Forests Could Offset Climate Change

29.01.2018
Environment, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Planting trees in some surprising places could increase rainfall and lower atmospheric carbon

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Microscopic image of cultured human lung cells infected with SARS-CoV-2

The Triple Threat of Coronavirus

A mosquito on a notebook. Photo by Dr. Jonas Wietek

Brain Research Gets a Boost from Mosquitos

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Microscopic image of cultured human lung cells infected with SARS-CoV-2
11.05.2021
The Triple Threat of Coronavirus
A mosquito on a notebook. Photo by Dr. Jonas Wietek
11.05.2021
Brain Research Gets a Boost from Mosquitos
MBZUAI President, Professor Eric Xing and President of the Weizmann Institute, Professor Alon Chen in Abu Dhabi
03.05.2021
A Senior Delegation from the Weizmann Institute of Science Visits MBZUAI Campus in Abu Dhabi