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The Soil Talks Back

07.05.2020
Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate
Learning to decipher this language might help grow better crops or increase production of plant-based drugs
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Marine Biomass: The Life that Stays Small, Lives Fast, Dies Young

23.01.2020
Evolution and Development, Environment, Environment
A new census asks why the oceans have so little biomass compared to land, and shows how small marine producers pull their weight
no sugar added

The Greenest Diet: Bacteria Switch to Eating Carbon Dioxide

27.11.2019
Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Environment, Plants and Agriculture
Such bacteria may, in the future, contribute to new, carbon-efficient technologies 
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Blocking Resistance Could Reduce Insecticide Use

28.10.2019
Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Organic Chemistry
Researchers screened thousands of compounds with a unique computer algorithm, finding one that may allow farmers to significantly cut insecticide use
hot water

How Hot Was the Ocean?

19.08.2019
Environment, Climate
Isotopes in iron oxides laid down two billion years ago hold clues to the conditions in which they were created
diatoms

Survival of the Fewest

08.08.2019
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
  How do a handful of marine microorganisms live through a major crash?
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All Natural Color

15.07.2019
Biochemistry, Plants and Agriculture, Yeda Technology Transfer
Phytolon, a start-up based on Weizmann Institute technology, aims to replace artificial food dyes with safe, cost-effective, stable, all-natural...
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The Tiny Nanotube That Can

30.06.2019
Nanoscience, Materials Science, Energy
Adding to nanotubes' abilities: superconductors and solar cells 
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In Search of the First Enzymes

01.04.2019
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Plants and Agriculture
Proto-enzymes designed in the lab bound strongly to RNA and DNA, suggesting a surprising origin for these proteins
Ice formation

Can an Antifreeze Protein also Promote Ice Formation?

14.03.2019
Chemistry, Climate
New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both

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Heavy imbalance: The biomass of humans, livestock, pets and wild mammals (Illustration: Itai Raveh)
27.02.2023
The Weight of Responsibility: Biomass of Livestock Dwarfs That of Wild Mammals
Close-up diagram of the quantum twisting microscope in action. Electrons tunnel from the probe (inverted pyramid at the top) to the sample (bottom) in several places at once (green vertical lines), in a quantum coherent manner
22.02.2023
The Quantum Twisting Microscope: A New Lens on Quantum Materials