Environment

Kenyan farmer in an experimental corn field

Uprooting Hunger in Africa

01.10.2002

Plants and Agriculture, Biotechnology

A parasite-fighting technique triples corn harvests on experimental plots

Profs. David Milstein (left) and Ronny Neumann. Chemistry goes green

Catalyzing Change

01.10.2002

Environment, Organic Chemistry

New catalysts for industrial processes that produce water as their only waste product

Kenyan farmer with corn plant stunted by Striga (witchweed) in foreground and corn with seed coating technology to the right and in the background.

New Witchweed-Fighting Method, Developed by CIMMYT and a Weizmann Institute Scientist, To Become Public in July

01.07.2002

Genetics, Plants and Agriculture

Corn harvests on experimental plots and in farmers’ fields in four East and Southern African countries have yielded striking results in long-term...

Prof. Gad Galili.

A Plant's Brainy Balancing Act

01.05.2002

Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture

Plants can't think, but a gene that affects crop nutritional values has a counterpart in the human brain

Prof. Avigdor Scherz

Light Harvesting

01.01.2002

Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Plants and Agriculture

Chlorophyll molecules have been selected by nature over billions of years of evolution to help plants and certain bacteria utilize sunlight to drive...

Dr. Einat Aharonov.

On Shaky Ground

01.10.2001

How does the Earth move? What triggers landslides?

Prof. Dan Yakir

Plants Tell It Like It Is

01.10.2001

Biochemistry, Environment, Climate

Plants might be an effective warning system for rising carbon dioxide levels

Dr. Yinon Rudich

Dust Is in the Air

01.05.2001

Environment, Climate

Dust particles have a dramatic effect on cloud formation and desertification processes

Playing the Odds

Playing the Odds

01.10.1999

Plants and Agriculture

Error-prone gene repair may be a blessing in disguise for plants

Atlas Shrugs

Atlas Shrugs

01.10.1999

Historical records of earthquakes can be found in all sorts of geological features

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