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Whisker Whisperers

15.05.2025

Robotics and Machine Learning, Brain & Behavior

Research reveals how mouse whiskers can “hear” the world

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Cracking the Disorder

12.05.2025

Theoretical Physics, Materials Science

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers uncover physical laws explaining why cracks in materials break their symmetry while spreading. The findings lay the groundwork for the design of more...

Fat cells

Slimming with Mitch

05.05.2025

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

Blocking Mitch, an energy-control protein, prevents fat accumulation in human cells

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Radar Knows Best: New Technology Monitors Health Remotely

28.04.2025

Robotics and Machine Learning, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Israel Prize laureate Prof. Yonina Eldar’s lab has developed a way of tracking multiple patients’ vital signs at a distance

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Wake-Up Call for Dormant Cancer

22.04.2025

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

Weizmann Institute researchers reveal how breast cancer cells enter a state of dormancy, remaining undetected for years, and why they suddenly wake up and metastasize

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Beyond Words

21.04.2025

Robotics and Machine Learning, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Study reveals the hidden musical grammar of natural speech

“Bridges of Understanding and Innovation”

“Bridges of Understanding and Innovation”

10.04.2025

Benefiting Humanity

African physicians and students joined Weizmann Institute labs, storming the frontiers of science. Meet the first participants in the new Bridges of Science Program

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The Master Switch Turning Immune Cells into Cancer Eradicators

10.04.2025

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

Researchers in Prof. Ido Amit’s lab identify a gene that reprograms macrophages into cancer-promoting cells — and show how to switch it off

Multiple Proteins Viewed as Never Before

Multiple Proteins Viewed as Never Before

01.04.2025

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

An AI-based method developed at Weizmann can exponentially increase the number of proteins imaged in tissues

Getting Cancer to Unmask Itself

Getting Cancer to Unmask Itself

27.03.2025

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

Researchers from Prof. Yardena Samuels’s lab manipulated cancer cells into making themselves visible to the immune system, creating a new approach that gives hope to patients with previously...

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