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Satellite image showing a patch of bright waters associated with a bloom of phytoplankton in the Barents Sea off Norway. Image courtesy of Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Group at Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

The Ocean’s Living Carbon Pumps

21.10.2014

Life Sciences, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate

Understanding how viruses attack giant algal blooms may help us understand their role in fixing global carbon

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Reading a Biological Clock in the Dark

21.10.2014

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science

Proper coordination between our gut bacteria and our biological clocks may be crucial for preventing obesity and glucose intolerance

YEDA-XL-Protein GmbH Agreement

YEDA-XL-Protein GmbH Agreement

21.10.2014

Biochemistry, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Made at the Institute

Combining two technologies makes a drug compound stronger and longer-lasting

receptors day and night

Tumors Might Grow Faster at Night

06.10.2014

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Weizmann Institute scientists reveal that a hormone that keeps us alert also suppresses the spread of cancer

Immunofluorescence microscope image of the choroid plexus. Epithelial cells are in green and chemokine proteins (CXCL10) are in red

Scientists Identify the Signature of Aging in the Brain

29.09.2014

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

Weizmann Institute researchers suggest that the brain's “immunological age” is what counts

Fluid-filled structures in the placenta: maternal and fetal blood vessels and embryo-derived trophoblast cells infiltrating the mother's vasculature

Untangling the Maze

29.09.2014

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new MRI technique reveals how the mother's blood flow and that of the fetus meet in the placenta

Waves of the Future

Waves of the Future

29.09.2014

Space & Physics

"Tractor beams" – waves that pull, rather than push – have been created in the lab

Measuring the response to novelty: A mouse repeatedly touches the object and pulls away (nose and whisker contacts are color-coded; d is the distance of the snout from the object)

Curiosity and Constraint

22.09.2014

Brain & Behavior

A mathematical model shows how our brains may take in novelty

Paradox Alice in Wonderland

Sending a Mixed Message

22.09.2014

Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Mathematics

Why do biological systems use the same signaling molecule for opposite purposes?

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Gut Bacteria, Artificial Sweeteners and Glucose Intolerance

17.09.2014

Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science

A new study reveals that certain gut bacteria may induce metabolic changes following exposure to artificial sweeteners

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