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Solar Materials Found to Be Self-Healing

26.02.2018
Environment, Energy, Materials Science
These materials can bring us one step closer to a sustainable future
Illustration: Trees in Africa

Dry but Fruitful: Semi-Arid Forests Could Offset Climate Change

29.01.2018
Environment, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Planting trees in some surprising places could increase rainfall and lower atmospheric carbon
Rotem Sorek reef fish ecology

Making Larvae Count

13.12.2017
Evolution and Development, Genetics, Environment
Genetic barcodes are used to quantify crucial populations in a coral reef ecosystem  
Google Earth map displaying storm tracks in the North Atlantic region

Off Track: How Storms Will Veer in a Warmer World

13.11.2017
Planetary Science, Climate
Weizmann Institute of Science research uncovers the internal mechanisms driving storms toward the poles
Dr. Daniella Schatz and Prof. Assaf Vardi

Algae Open “Message in a Bottle” at Their Own Risk

09.11.2017
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Environment, Environment, Climate
Are tiny packages of cellular material helping the algal cells or the viruses that infect them? 
Beet-colored tomatoes

Rhapsody in Red Violet

14.08.2017
Biochemistry, Nutrition, Systems Biology, Plants and Agriculture
Pigments made by beets may help boost resistance to disease and the nutrition value of crops
tomatoes

Give Me a Break: Chromosomal Breaks Facilitate Precise Breeding in Plants

04.07.2017
Life Sciences, Stem Cells, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture
Using the plant's own DNA repair mechanisms could help breeders select the traits they want
dust storm

The Dust Storm Microbiome

27.06.2017
Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Environment, Climate
Wind from the desert brings more than dust
algal bloom from space

A Blooming Desert in the Heart of the Ocean

06.04.2017
Environment, Climate
How do algal blooms spread in areas where nutrients are scarce? 
the Paris Hilton Institute of Plastic Pollution Solutions (PHIPPS)

Pre-April Fools' Joke: An Important Announcement from PHIPPS

29.03.2017
Environment, Nanoscience
A recent scientific breakthrough in the study of hydration is to be further developed with support from the Weizmann Institute of Science

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Prof. Idit Shachar; Professor of Immunology and Head of the Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Gender Equality at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Photo: Yael Ilan

Paving the Way for the Future of Women Scientists
Electron microscopy images representing different views of the MC4 receptor bound to setmelanotide, in complex with proteins activated by the binding

The Hunger Games: Uncovering the Secret of the Hunger Switch in the Brain
Prof. Bat Sheva Eylon

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Inhibitory mouse neurons – viewed under a microscope

An Essential Balancing Act: Neurons Adapt to Stay Steady

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Electron microscopy images representing different views of the MC4 receptor bound to setmelanotide, in complex with proteins activated by the binding
15.04.2021
The Hunger Games: Uncovering the Secret of the Hunger Switch in the Brain
Smoke near Australia
18.03.2021
How Bushfire Smoke Traveled Around the World
A mouse embryo grown for 6 days outside the uterus is stained at the end point (day 11) for markers of development
17.03.2021
Advanced Mouse Embryos Grown Outside the Uterus