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Left to right: Shirley Barda, Prof. Eytan Domany, Gad Getz, Erel Levine

Data Cluster Control

01.10.2000

Space & Physics, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Yeda Technology Transfer

An algorithm that clusters similar data into sets may help make sense of mountains of experimental genetic data

Prof. Leo Sachs

To Find Cures for Cancer

01.10.2000

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Nearly fifty years of research have taught Prof. Leo Sachs to expect the unexpected

Prof. Amnon Horovitz and Dr. Gilad Haran (left to right).

Unfolding the Secret of Protein Folding

01.10.2000

Structural Biology

The next big challenge: understanding how proteins fold

Dr. Gideon Schreiber.

It's a Perfect Protein Match

01.10.2000

A protein "matchmaker" can suggest genetic changes that make proteins more attractive to one another

The origin of life, as shown by a simulated model based on lipid evolution

Down to the Origins

01.10.2000

Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

A new model suggests that life may have originated in lipid assemblies

Prof. Gershon Kurizki

Is Motion an Illusion?

01.10.2000

Quantum Physics, Chemistry

If you observe something in frequent "glimpses," can you freeze its motion? In the quantum world, you might actually speed it up

A Dream House at Minimal Cost

A Dream House at Minimal Cost

01.10.2000

People and Events, Science & Culture, Time Tunnel

Erich Mendelsohn, the architect commissioned to design a residence for Dr. Chaim Weizmann, called the venture a "pipe dream"

Delving In To The Nanoscopic

Delving In To The Nanoscopic

25.09.2000

Systems Biology, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Technology & Applications

Weizmann Institute scientists develop a novel method for evaluating ultrathin films. Potential benefits include diverse microelectronic applications and a better understanding of chemical and...

Prof. Ran Raz

The Limits of Computing

02.09.2000

Math & Computer Science

Computers can solve complex problems but they are far from omnipotent. Prof. Ran Raz of the Weizmann Institute's Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department is trying to portray the limits...

Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar

Order Out of Chaos

02.09.2000

Math & Computer Science

Mathematical chaos theory tells us that it is impossible to predict the distant future in a chaotic system. By utilizing chaos theory, Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar found an orderly explanation for a...

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