Environment

green gift

So Shall You Reap

30.10.2013

An unusual gardening project is sprouting next to the Weizmann Institute

Power Merger

Power Merger

08.10.2013

Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Brain & Behavior, Energy, Nanoscience, Materials Science

Nanocrystals that absorb low-energy photons and emit higher-energy ones could increase solar cell efficiency

Bacterial colonies that express different metabolites

Tuning a Genetic Orchestra

17.09.2013

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture

Getting bacteria to produce an algal substance means adjusting an entire gene network

colorful roots

Getting to the Root of the Problem

15.09.2013

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

Detailed profiles of hundreds of substances produced in different plant cell types can help improve crops – and our health

potato sprout. Image: Thinkstock

The Pathway to Potato Poisons

31.07.2013

Molecular and Cell Biology, Plants and Agriculture

Revealing the gene network for producing the toxin in green potatoes may help improve crops

Biosphere-Atmosphere Mobile Research Lab

Exchange Rates

02.07.2013

A method devised by Institute scientists may help researchers get a grip on CO2 absorption by plants

what determines how big a plant will grow

Limits to Growth

12.06.2013

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture

Most of the many factors for determining leaf size turn out to put on the brakes, rather than promote growth

Image from the Voyager II flyby of Neptune in August 1989 (NASA). In the middle is the Great Dark Spot, accompanied by bright, white clouds that undergo rapid changes in appearance. To the south of the Great Dark Spot is the bright feature that Voyager scientists nicknamed "Scooter." Still farther south is the feature called "Dark Spot 2," which has a bright core. As each feature moves eastward at a different velocity, they are rarely aligned this way. Wind velocities near the equator are westward, reaching

Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep

16.05.2013

Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Environment

Weizmann Institute researchers and their colleagues set an upper limit for the thickness of jet streams on Uranus and Neptune

Cellulose fibers in the plant cell wall magnified 50,000 times by an atomic force microscope

Bringing Down Walls

17.04.2013

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Energy, Plants and Agriculture

Observing the breakdown of the tough material in plant cell walls may lead to better biofuel production

Alternative Energy Research Initiative (AERI)

New Grant to Fuel Solar Energy Research

24.10.2012

Particle Physics, Environment, Energy, Materials Science, Benefiting Humanity

The Helmsley Charitable Trust will fund joint research between the Weizmann Institute and the Technion

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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

Prof. Bat Sheva Eylon

Inhibitory mouse neurons – viewed under a microscope

An Essential Balancing Act: Neurons Adapt to Stay Steady

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The Hunger Games: Uncovering the Secret of the Hunger Switch in the Brain

How Bushfire Smoke Traveled Around the World

Advanced Mouse Embryos Grown Outside the Uterus