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3) dormancy and 4) explosive growth

The Time-Bomb Fungus

16.11.2014
Plants and Agriculture
An up-to-date report on the war raging on the surface of your fruit
The Coral Sweepstakes

The Coral Sweepstakes

04.11.2014
Environment
High-speed films of coral reveal how tiny hairs are used for housekeeping
Clearing the Path www.iclean.org.il.

Clearing the Path

27.10.2014
Earth Sciences
A website developed at the Weizmann Institute encourages people to go out and clean up
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

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