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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
El Niňo Is Good News For Israel

El Niňo Is Good News For Israel

01.10.1996
Environment
World media report: Destructive storms in South America may spell needed rain for the Middle East
An Open and Shut Case

An Open and Shut Case

01.08.1996
Plants and Agriculture
Some plants may have an easier time "waking up" than many people do, thanks to a built-in biological clock that causes them to open their leaves in...
Link Between El Nino and Rainfall in Israel Discovered

Link Between El Nino and Rainfall in Israel Discovered

24.06.1996
Environment
REHOVOT, Israel -- June 24, 1996 -- El Nino, the periodic abnormal warming of surface water in the eastern equatorial Pacific, has long been...
Solutions Based on Polymer Technology to be Discussed at International Conference

Solutions Based on Polymer Technology to be Discussed at International Conference

07.05.1996
Environment
REHOVOT, Israel -- May 7, 1996 -- New ways to combat pollution in Mediterranean countries with the aid of polymers will be discussed at the MEDNET...

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