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More Bytes for the Buck

More Bytes for the Buck

01.11.1996

Math & Computer Science

To boost the storage capacity of tomorrow's computers, information is digitally recorded on optical disks and read by a laser. Scientists hoped to enhance the computers memory banks even further by...

Stopping Short

Stopping Short

01.11.1996

Plants and Agriculture

Unlike animals, plants cannot run away from danger. They have therefore evolved various mechanisms to protect themselves against environmental stresses such as heat, cold, drought, mechanical...

Fitness Test for Hormones

Fitness Test for Hormones

01.11.1996

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

From pregnancy to potency, hormones are involved in regulating basic body functions. It is, therefore, often crucial to know whether these essential substances, which may be present in extremely low...

Too Much of a Good Thing

Too Much of a Good Thing

01.11.1996

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Too Much of a Good Thing A major feature of Parkinson's disease, the brain disorder that causes muscle tremors, stiffness and weakness, is a shortage of the signal molecule dopamine in the...

System Also Used to Explain the Saltiness of the Sea of Galilee

System Also Used to Explain the Saltiness of the Sea of Galilee

31.10.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- October 31, 1996 -- A Weizmann Institute of Science groundwater sampling system, recently recognized by the US Environmental Protection Agency as useful sampling technology,...

Weizmann Institute-Led Project Receives Center of Excellence Grant

Weizmann Institute-Led Project Receives Center of Excellence Grant

20.10.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- October 20, 1996 -- A Center of Excellence research grant has been awarded to a project being coordinated by a Weizmann Institute of Science professor. The project, a study of...

Prof. Leo Sachs

Shaare Zedek Honors Weizmann Institute's Prof. Leo Sachs

17.10.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- October 17, 1996 -- Prof. Leo Sachs of the Weizmann Institute of Science has been named this year s recipient of an award for an outstanding contribution to society. Prof...

Centers of Excellence: Gene Targeting

Centers of Excellence: Gene Targeting

01.10.1996

A new Center will offer cutting edge gene targeting techniques to four research groups

Centers of Excellence: Laser Chemistry

Centers of Excellence: Laser Chemistry

01.10.1996

Laser control of chemical reactions is the focus of a new Center of Excellence

Centers of Excellence: Particle Detectors

Centers of Excellence: Particle Detectors

01.10.1996

Particle Physics

Physicsts are constructing 8,000 sq. meters of detectors in preparation for experiments in the worlds' largest particle accelerator

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