Environment

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

A section of a ripe tomato sample showing the distribution of sucrose (orange) in the flesh and of an antioxidant (green) in the fruit skin tissue; mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) technology was used to map the molecules

Wise Plant Analysis

30.11.2016

Plants and Agriculture, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Weizmann Institute’s WeizMass and MatchWeiz help identify plant metabolites

steak and hummus

Pay as You Eat

21.11.2016

Genetics, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture

New research on the environmental cost of beef vs legumes

Dr. Flores on Tara

Institute Researcher at Sea

05.09.2016

Scientists aboard the TARA investigate marine ecology

Midge swarm and star cluster

Insect Swarms May Resemble Star Clusters

11.08.2016

Space & Physics, Theoretical Physics, Environment, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A new theory developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Stanford University uses a gravitational model to explain the collective behaviour of...

Dr Daniella Schatz

Staff Scientist: Dr. Daniella Schatz

04.08.2016

Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Environment

A viral infection in marine microorganisms has consequences for the entire planet

wheat

On the Surface of Things: Wheat and Barley

07.07.2016

Nutrition, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture

The secrets of a protective coating are revealed

illustration: CO2-eating E coli

Eating Air, Making Fuel

23.06.2016

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Environment, Energy

Weizmann Institute scientists engineer bacteria to create sugar from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

Viruses attacking alga

Fat Genes in Algal Viruses Facilitate Infection

10.05.2016

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Environment

Uncovering the virus's plans may help predict the demise of algal blooms

The mouth of a coral polyp (center): Symbiotic algae are labeled in red, pathogenic bacteria that enter through this region are labeled in blue

Coral on a Chip Cracks Coral Mysteries

16.03.2016

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Environment

Growing corals in the lab reveals their complex lives

Pages

Top Stories

Illustration by Yael Leibovitch and Simone Dell’Ariccia

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

Dendrites that developed in a tin battery, seen under an electronic microscope. Source: Shakked Schwartz and Ayan Maity

On the Way to Building Better Batteries

Weizmann Institute of Science Moves to 100% Green Electricity

Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test

Press Releases

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

Weizmann Institute of Science Moves to 100% Green Electricity

Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test