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A bowtie-shaped nanoparticle

Building a Better Bowtie

30.06.2016

Nano Physics, Quantum Physics, Nanoscience

Bowtie-shaped nanostructures may advance the development of quantum devices

Ronen Mir and physics teachers

First Class of the Schwartz/Reisman Science Education Center, Rehovot, Graduates

30.06.2016

Space & Physics, Science Teaching

The students finished three years of a unique physics program

microglia

Disrupted Immunity in the Fetal Brain Is Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders

27.06.2016

Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute findings in mice may help explain how viral infection during pregnancy raises the risk of autism and schizophrenia in the offspring

illustration: CO2-eating E coli

Eating Air, Making Fuel

23.06.2016

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Environment, Energy

Weizmann Institute scientists engineer bacteria to create sugar from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

chiral spin selection

Spin Filters

20.06.2016

Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Biological molecules may hold the key to “spintronic” applications

Zebrafish blood vessels

Straight to the Gut

16.06.2016

Biochemistry, Cancer, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Stem cells must get oriented before taking on new properties

aqueous humor ion pump

Blocking Pumps in the Eye To Block Glaucoma

13.06.2016

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new compound targets just one version of an ion pump, avoiding side effects

Barbara Liskov and Daniela Goldfarb

Barbara Liskov, Weizmann Women and Science Award

09.06.2016

Math & Computer Science

People and Events

“I didn’t even know computers existed”

Bruce Lefker and Berta Strulovici

Weizmann Institute of Science Announces Visiting Scientist Agreement with Pfizer Inc.

05.06.2016

Technology & Applications, Yeda Technology Transfer, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

People and Events

The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd., its commercial arm, an

Eran Segal and group

Ribosomes Recruited at the Beginning – and End

02.06.2016

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Fertility, Genetics

The finding changes our understanding of protein production

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When the Body Remembers the Tumor

A Glimpse at the Origins of Life Through a Deceptive Mirror

Novel Molecular Marker May Improve Prostate Cancer Treatment