Environment

illustration: enjoying the sunlight

Solar Energy

01.05.2004

Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

In contrast to fossil fuels, the sun provides a clean, cost-free, and virtually inexhaustible source of energy.

Illusteration: Looking Back on the Institute’s environmental studies

Looking Back, Seeing the Future

01.05.2004

Environment, Environment, Energy, Chemistry, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

We offer here a brief history of the Institute’s environmental studies and a look at the future generation of environmental researchers trained at...

How sloppiness in plants speeds up evolution and creates new species

Evolution's Fast Track

01.11.2003

Evolution and Development, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture

How sloppiness in plants speeds up evolution and creates new species.

Dr. Einat Aharonov

Earth's Innermost Secrets

01.11.2003

Space & Physics, Environment, Math & Computer Science

Computer models can provide a better understanding of water and lava flow within the earth

Higher Yields, Lower Pollution

Higher Yields, Lower Pollution

01.10.2003

Biochemistry, Environment, Plants and Agriculture

A common soil microorganism is helping "fight fungus with fungus"

Prof. Dan Yakir. On carbon dioxide's trail

Greenhouse Gas Might Green Up the Desert

01.10.2003

Environment, Climate

Insights into the "riddle of the missing carbon dioxide"

Illustration: plants In Sync with the Sun

In Sync with the Sun

01.10.2003

Biochemistry, Plants and Agriculture

A plant biological clock is set to peak early in the day, before the strongest sunlight hits

Prof. Dan Yakir

Greenhouse Gas Might Green Up the Desert

12.05.2003

Environment, Plants and Agriculture

Weizmann Institute study suggests that rising carbon dioxide levels might cause forests to spread into dry environments

Bring On the Rain

Bring On the Rain

01.05.2003

Space & Physics, Climate

A new formula for predicting rain factors in whirling droplets

Deinococcus radiodurans

Lord of the Ring

01.05.2003

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Plants and Agriculture, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology

What gives a bacterium the ability to withstand 3000 times more radiation than humans?

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