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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
A band of clouds above the equator, created by the rise of air within the Hadley cell and responsible for heavy rainfall in this region

Tracking the Winds of Climate Change

29.05.2023
Planetary Science, Environment, Benefiting Humanity
Why do parts of Earth become rainforests, whereas others turn into deserts? A new study exposes the far-reaching impact of human activity on a global...
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Plant Research Reaches a New High

01.05.2023
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Plants and Agriculture
Weizmann scientists revealed the step-by-step production of cannabinoids in a South African plant, pointing to new ways of manufacturing them for...
Moshe Buchalter, head of the Surplus Goods Section at Weizmann’s Operations Division

Sustainable Science

07.04.2023
Environment
A new initiative at the Weizmann Institute puts used gear back in business
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A Little Dusty – but Alive

14.03.2023
Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
​A Weizmann Institute study shows that some bacteria that hitch a long-distance ride on desert dust particles may touch down alive and kicking
Heavy imbalance: The biomass of humans, livestock, pets and wild mammals (Illustration: Itai Raveh)

The Weight of Responsibility: Biomass of Livestock Dwarfs That of Wild Mammals

27.02.2023
Nutrition, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Wild land mammals weigh less than 10 percent of the combined weight of humans and are outweighed by cattle and other domesticated mammals by a factor...
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Answering a Question That Has Bugged Ecologists for Decades

03.02.2023
Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Researchers have produced the first global estimate of the combined weight of all land insects and related arthropods 
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Look on the Bright Side of Earth

23.01.2023
Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Environment, Climate
Why do Earth’s hemispheres look equally bright when viewed from space? Weizmann Institute scientists offer a solution to this 50-year-old mystery
An illustration showing four modular enzyme fragments (highlighted) that Weizmann Institute’s CADENZ method can combine to generate active enzymes at a hitherto unseen rate

Building Better Enzymes – by Breaking Them Down

12.01.2023
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Evolution and Development, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology
In a major step toward greener industry, Weizmann Institute scientists create a computational method for generating enzymes with unprecedented...

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Dumpster Diving in Cancer Tissue Uncovers an Immune Evasion Mechanism

A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a human embryo at day 12 has all the compartments typical of this stage. The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta

Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells

Peripheral sensory neurons in a laboratory dish

Unlocking a Secret Nerve Cell Regenerator

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A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a human embryo at day 12 has all the compartments typical of this stage. The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta
06.09.2023
Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells
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