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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  
Chicken vs Beef

The Real Price of Steak

21.07.2014
Environment, Plants and Agriculture
 
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  
Diatom cells expressing ROS-sensitive proteins in the nucleus (green) and chlorophyll (red)

Drift against the Tide

09.04.2014
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture
Ocean plankton turn a toxic byproduct into a sophisticated stress indicator
Profs. Sabrina Sartori and Reshef Tenne

Cooperating for a Clean Future

03.04.2014
Environment, Energy, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Visiting professor Sabrina Sartori is working to create new materials for green energy storage
Invisible Coral Flows, the winning photography entry

Seeing the Unseen

18.03.2014
Environment, Plants and Agriculture
An image tracing the unseen flow generated by small hairs on corals wins for beauty as well as science  
(l-r) Profs. Gary Hodes, Henry Snaith and David Cahen

Higher End, Lower Cost

11.03.2014
Space & Physics, Energy, Materials Science
Materials that capture the higher end of the spectrum will be the next wave of photovoltaics
green gift

So Shall You Reap

30.10.2013
Environment
An unusual gardening project is sprouting next to the Weizmann Institute
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Power Merger

08.10.2013
Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Brain & Behavior, Energy, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Nanocrystals that absorb low-energy photons and emit higher-energy ones could increase solar cell efficiency
Bacterial colonies that express different metabolites

Tuning a Genetic Orchestra

17.09.2013
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture
Getting bacteria to produce an algal substance means adjusting an entire gene network

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