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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

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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Harder Winters, Stronger Storms

26.05.2022

Planetary Science, Environment, Climate

New data reveals climate change might be more rapid than predicted

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