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The Dust Storm Microbiome

27.06.2017
Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Environment, Climate
Wind from the desert brings more than dust
algal bloom from space

A Blooming Desert in the Heart of the Ocean

06.04.2017
Environment, Climate
How do algal blooms spread in areas where nutrients are scarce? 
How does rock weathering affect the ocean's acidity?

First Oceans May Have Been Acidic

14.03.2017
Planetary Science, Environment, Climate
A model of ion flux in the oceans shows carbon dioxide driving ocean acidity
Tamir Klein tree group

Dr. Tamir Klein Sees the Forest and the Trees

16.01.2017
Biochemistry, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Between his lab, the greenhouses and nearby forests, Klein hopes to understand how trees adapt 
alagal bloom in the North Sea

The Winds of Viral Change

13.07.2015
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Earth Sciences, Environment, Climate
Sea breezes may play an unwitting role in the decimation of giant algal blooms
Satellite image showing a patch of bright waters associated with a bloom of phytoplankton in the Barents Sea off Norway. Image courtesy of Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Group at Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

The Ocean’s Living Carbon Pumps

21.10.2014
Life Sciences, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate
Understanding how viruses attack giant algal blooms may help us understand their role in fixing global carbon  
Convective clouds forming over the Amazon in a blanket smoke. Image: Prof. Ilan Koren

No Limits to Human Effects on Clouds

08.06.2014
Planetary Science, Environment, Climate
Weizmann Institute research shows how atmospheric particles affect cloud formation in real time  
rain

Let it Rain

16.02.2012
Environment, Energy, Climate
Added particles in the atmosphere could be affecting rainfall patterns
Dr. Ilan Koren. In the clouds. Cloud photo: Tamar Deutsch

Eat, Prey, Rain

04.10.2011
Environment, Climate, Chemistry
What do a herd of gazelles and a fluffy mass of clouds have in common?
Satellite image of a marine stratocumulus system, courtesy of NASA

Self-Organizing Clouds

01.02.2011
Environment, Energy, Climate
Some marine cloud systems reveal a puzzling pattern: a nearly perfect grid of cloud cells with hexagonal shapes

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The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap

Colder and Colder

Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)

Genomic Recycling: Ancestral Genes Take On New Roles

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The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap
18.09.2017
Colder and Colder
Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)
18.09.2017
Genomic Recycling: Ancestral Genes Take On New Roles
Cancerous tumor tissue under a microscope:
18.09.2017
Altitude Training for Cancer-Fighting Cells

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