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A cryo-scanning electron microscope image of a freeze-fractured chloroplast, cropped from the surrounding tissue, providing a view into the photosynthetic membranes and the protein complexes embedded within them

Into the Light

16.09.2024
Nutrition, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Will a better understanding of photosynthesis help us grow plants under artificial light?
Peyote in bloom (Photo: Guy Yosef Keren)

Cactus Dreams: Revealing the Secrets of Mescaline Making

15.08.2024
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Plants and Agriculture
Scientists tackle the thorny issue of securing a sustainable source of the psychedelic for drug development
Photo: Ben Kelmer

Local Heroes

14.01.2024
Nutrition, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Weizmann Institute of Science’s field experiments with wheat in the northern Negev symbolize hope and renewal after the October 7 attack – and...
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When Dryness Intrudes, Floods Ensue

12.12.2023
Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
New findings may improve flood warnings for millions living on the Indian subcontinent
Photo: Jonathan D. Muller

The Solar Forest

21.11.2023
Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
A new Weizmann Institute study shows that building solar farms in arid regions is a far more effective way to tackle the climate crisis than planting...
Tree roots recruit beneficial bacteria during drought. Fluorescence and bright-field imaging reveals that during drought (left) a tree root is more densely colonized by two beneficial bacteria (green and red) than after irrigation (right)

Underground Symbiosis Counters Drought

12.07.2023
Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
A new study at the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals that bacteria can help trees survive water scarcity
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Dust in the Wind: Forecasting Storms with AI

16.06.2023
Computer Vision, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
A new artificial intelligence method could improve the accuracy of dust-storm forecasting around the world
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Plant Research Reaches a New High

01.05.2023
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Plants and Agriculture
Weizmann scientists revealed the step-by-step production of cannabinoids in a South African plant, pointing to new ways of manufacturing them for...
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A Little Dusty – but Alive

14.03.2023
Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
​A Weizmann Institute study shows that some bacteria that hitch a long-distance ride on desert dust particles may touch down alive and kicking
Heavy imbalance: The biomass of humans, livestock, pets and wild mammals (Illustration: Itai Raveh)

The Weight of Responsibility: Biomass of Livestock Dwarfs That of Wild Mammals

27.02.2023
Nutrition, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Wild land mammals weigh less than 10 percent of the combined weight of humans and are outweighed by cattle and other domesticated mammals by a factor...

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