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Sweetness That Comes at a Price: Sugar Substitutes May Affect the Human Body in Unanticipated Ways

18.08.2022

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A controlled trial suggests that non-nutritive sweeteners affect the human gut microbes and may alter glucose metabolism

Optical elements required to create laser pulses that can control trapped ions. Photo: Freddy Pizanti

Israel Joins the Quantum Computing Club

22.03.2022

Quantum Computing, Quantum Physics

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers present Israel’s first quantum compute

Prof. Eilam Gross

When Particle Physics and Artificial Intelligence Collide

20.09.2021

Robotics and Machine Learning, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics

A research pivot by Weizmann Institute scientists uses artificial intelligence to unravel the mysteries of colliding particles

(l-r) Dr. Ofer Firstenberg and Roy Shaham. Engineering spins

Spinning the Threads of Quantum Memory

26.08.2021

Quantum Computing, Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics

A unique nuclear property propels quantum computing into new research and applicative directions

(l-r) Prof. Amos Tanay, Dr. Yoav Mayshar, Dr. Markus Mittnenzweig and Dr. Yonatan Stelzer. Orchestrated ensembles

Life’s Moving Picture

29.07.2021

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Reconstructing the intricate process of embryonic development one cellular frame at a time

The Israeli delegation to EGMO. (l-r) Nicole Grossman, Noga Friedman, Tamar Pe'er, and Ya'ara Schulman. Photo credit: Future Scientists' Center

Israeli Math Olympians Top European Competition

31.05.2021

Math & Computer Science, Science Teaching

A team of mathletes, trained at the Weizmann Institute of Science, competes and wins several distinctions at the European Girls' Mathematical...

Dr. Efi Efrati and Dr. Luiz Da Silva

Solving a Plant Cell "Parking Garage" Puzzle

26.05.2021

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Theoretical Physics, Materials Science, Structural Biology, Biochemistry

Biological organelles may be messy and crowded, but sometimes only an exact mathematical description will do

MBZUAI President, Professor Eric Xing and President of the Weizmann Institute, Professor Alon Chen in Abu Dhabi

A Senior Delegation from the Weizmann Institute of Science Visits MBZUAI Campus in Abu Dhabi

03.05.2021

Math & Computer Science, Computer Vision, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Astrophysics, Personalized Medicine, Genetics, Technology & Applications, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology

The two parties discussed their new collaboration initiative to advance the field of artificial intelligence research

Slow Synchronization Keeps Heart Cells Beating in Time

Slow Synchronization Keeps Heart Cells Beating in Time

22.04.2021

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Theoretical Physics

For a beating heart cell, noise is a problem. Researchers showed that single cells can regulate their inner noise

When the Beads Line Up

When the Beads Line Up

05.04.2021

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Conserved elements reveal vital spots in the noncoding, regulatory, portions of the genome

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