Environment

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

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

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

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

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

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

Corn Yields in Kenya Triple Thanks to New Weed-Fighting Strategy

Corn Yields in Kenya Triple Thanks to New Weed-Fighting Strategy

17.04.1996

Plants and Agriculture

REHOVOT, Israel -- April 17, 1996 -- Corn yields on experimental plots in Kenya have tripled thanks to an innovative weed-fighting strategy developed...

Special Issue: Solar Energy

Special Issue: Solar Energy

01.04.1996

The Weizmann Institute's solar research complex, known as the Canadian Institute for the Energies and Applied Research, is one of the world's most...

New Method Predicts Groundwater Levels

New Method Predicts Groundwater Levels

01.10.1995

What does the level of water in a lake reveal about groundwater supplies? A new model provides some answers

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