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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

How does rock weathering affect the ocean's acidity?

First Oceans May Have Been Acidic

14.03.2017

Planetary Science, Environment, Climate

A model of ion flux in the oceans shows carbon dioxide driving ocean acidity

Arabidopsis leaves with and without cholesterol

High Cholesterol Is Good News – in Plants

20.02.2017

Biochemistry, Nutrition, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Plants and Agriculture

The biochemical steps to making cholesterol in plants turn out to be surprisingly similar to those in animals

chiral molecules select electron spins

Controlling Electron Spin for Efficient Water Splitting

13.02.2017

Nano Physics, Quantum Physics, Energy, Nanoscience, Materials Science

The method could lead to solar-based production of hydrogen for fuel

green rust in the lab

A Rusty Green Early Ocean?

26.01.2017

A Weizmann lab recreates a primary mechanism by which today's ore deposits originally formed

Tamir Klein tree group

Dr. Tamir Klein Sees the Forest and the Trees

16.01.2017

Biochemistry, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate

Between his lab, the greenhouses and nearby forests, Klein hopes to understand how trees adapt

Wild faba

In Search of the Wild Fava Bean

07.12.2016

Plants and Agriculture, Scientific Archaeology

Seeds from a site in Northern Israel are the ancestors of today's fava beans

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