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Answering a Question That Has Bugged Ecologists for Decades

03.02.2023
Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Researchers have produced the first global estimate of the combined weight of all land insects and related arthropods 
An illustration showing four modular enzyme fragments (highlighted) that Weizmann Institute’s CADENZ method can combine to generate active enzymes at a hitherto unseen rate

Building Better Enzymes – by Breaking Them Down

12.01.2023
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Evolution and Development, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology
In a major step toward greener industry, Weizmann Institute scientists create a computational method for generating enzymes with unprecedented...
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Bacteria and Plants Fight Alike

01.12.2021
Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Environment, Plants and Agriculture
A bacterial mechanism for sensing infection may help boost plant defenses
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GORKY Protein Turns Bitter Tomatoes Sweet

29.04.2021
Genetics, Plants and Agriculture
A huge new database helps reveal tomato riddles and may facilitate the breeding of delicious, disease-resistant tomatoes
Plant Microbiome Project Connects Students to Real-Time Research

Plant Microbiome Project Connects Students to Real-Time Research

31.12.2020
Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Science Teaching
High school students are out in the field, expanding our knowledge of an invisible ecosystem
Using a Wrench to Hammer Nails

Using a Wrench to Hammer Nails

08.09.2020
Systems Biology, Plants and Agriculture
A step in the biochemical pathway for soapy plant compounds comes from the “wrong” set of tools 
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Can't See the Fungi for the Trees: The Forest's Hidden Helpers

30.06.2020
Environment, Plants and Agriculture
Underground fungal networks transfer carbon between neighboring trees, even of different species
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In the Grove

25.06.2020
Environment, Plants and Agriculture
Dr. Rafat Qubaja's work on campus trees shows even small groves can help mitigate climate change
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The Greenest Diet: Bacteria Switch to Eating Carbon Dioxide

27.11.2019
Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Environment, Plants and Agriculture
Such bacteria may, in the future, contribute to new, carbon-efficient technologies 
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Blocking Resistance Could Reduce Insecticide Use

28.10.2019
Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Organic Chemistry
Researchers screened thousands of compounds with a unique computer algorithm, finding one that may allow farmers to significantly cut insecticide use

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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

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Weizmann Institute of Science Moves to 100% Green Electricity

Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test

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Illustration by Yael Leibovitch and Simone Dell’Ariccia
20.01.2025
We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health
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Weizmann Institute of Science Moves to 100% Green Electricity
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Ants vs. Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test