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In Gulliver's Garden: Tiny Tomatoes Speed Genetic Engineering of Plants

In Gulliver's Garden: Tiny Tomatoes Speed Genetic Engineering of Plants

10.12.1997
Plants and Agriculture
REHOVOT, Israel - December 10, 1997 - A tiny tomato, dubbed "Micro-Tom," may mean big news for genetic engineering. The Lilliputian plant, adapted...
Ancient Stalactites Have A Tale To Tell

Ancient Stalactites Have A Tale To Tell

01.06.1997
Environment
The stalactites and stalagmites of Israel's Soreq Cave - a well-known local tourist attraction - now have another claim to fame: they provide...
Closing the Technology Gap

Closing the Technology Gap

01.05.1997
Plants and Agriculture
The new Plant Genome project aims to put Israel at the forefront of global plant gene-mapping efforts
The Sun Rises on a Pilot Power Project

The Sun Rises on a Pilot Power Project

01.05.1997
Energy
Novel solar receivers developed at the Institute will be at the heart of a planned pilot solar power plant
Genes Enabling Tomatoes to Resist Wilt Disease Discovered

Genes Enabling Tomatoes to Resist Wilt Disease Discovered

23.04.1997
Plants and Agriculture
Findings will Facilitate Tomato Breeding REHOVOT, Israel -- April 23, 1997 -- A group of genes that makes tomatoes resistant to wilt disease has...
New Solar Technology to be Implemented Under a U.S.-Israeli Agreement

New Solar Technology to be Implemented Under a U.S.-Israeli Agreement

10.03.1997
Environment
REHOVOT, Israel - March 10, 1997 - McDonnell Douglas and Israel's Ormat Industries Ltd., Rotem Industries Ltd. and the Weizmann Institute of Science...
Environmentally Friendly Building Dedicated at the Weizmann Institute

Environmentally Friendly Building Dedicated at the Weizmann Institute

13.11.1996
Environment
REHOVOT, Israel -- November 13, 1996 -- An environmentally friendly building designed to rely as little as possible on energy from polluting fossil...
Stopping Short

Stopping Short

01.11.1996
Plants and Agriculture
Unlike animals, plants cannot run away from danger. They have therefore evolved various mechanisms to protect themselves against environmental...
System Also Used to Explain the Saltiness of the Sea of Galilee

System Also Used to Explain the Saltiness of the Sea of Galilee

31.10.1996
Environment
REHOVOT, Israel -- October 31, 1996 -- A Weizmann Institute of Science groundwater sampling system, recently recognized by the US Environmental...
Fill It Up... With Hydrogen

Fill It Up... With Hydrogen

01.10.1996
Energy
World media report: Hydrogen cars of the future may use a ceramic membrane developed at the Institute

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