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Look on the Bright Side of Earth

23.01.2023
Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Environment, Climate
Why do Earth’s hemispheres look equally bright when viewed from space? Weizmann Institute scientists offer a solution to this 50-year-old mystery
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Born Ready for Pressure

18.01.2023
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development
Stress-resilient fish are born that way; their immune system reveals why
An illustration showing four modular enzyme fragments (highlighted) that Weizmann Institute’s CADENZ method can combine to generate active enzymes at a hitherto unseen rate

Building Better Enzymes – by Breaking Them Down

12.01.2023
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Evolution and Development, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology
In a major step toward greener industry, Weizmann Institute scientists create a computational method for generating enzymes with unprecedented efficiency  
Seeing Things Differently: The Secret Life of Our Eyes

Seeing Things Differently: The Secret Life of Our Eyes

26.12.2022
Math & Computer Science, Robotics and Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Brain & Behavior
Tracking our eyes’ motion when we are faced with a visual challenge may help researchers uncover neural encoding in the brain
Electrons on the Run

Electrons on the Run

23.12.2022
Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics
On chirality, tunneling and light fields
Tiny droplets formed by peptides and RNA, viewed under a microscope

Life’s Mysteries Converge in a Droplet

06.12.2022
Organic Chemistry, Evolution and Development
Recreating conditions that may have existed before the dawn of life, researchers watched droplets give rise to possible precursors of today’s proteins  
Mucin (magenta) in the inner lining of a mouse colon, viewed under a microscope

Slippery Chaperone: Intestinal Mucus Takes Charge of Copper

01.12.2022
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Nutrition
Proteins in our “smart slime” take in potentially toxic ions and deliver them safely to cells, Weizmann Institute researchers have shown
Prof. Atan Gross and the Austrian dancer Olivia Hild. Photos: Roya Meydan

A New Scientific Movement

21.11.2022
On Campus
The Weizmann Institute’s Prof. Atan Gross uses science and dance to inspire researchers – and fight Parkinson’s
Down to the Synapse: Connecting Brain Circuits to Behavior

Down to the Synapse: Connecting Brain Circuits to Behavior

15.11.2022
Brain & Behavior
By flipping a single synaptic connection in a neural circuit, the researchers caused male worms to behave like females in response to a painful cue
A glimpse into Bina offices

Your Applied Research Journey Starts Here

31.10.2022
Technology & Applications, Yeda Technology Transfer, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
Equipped with a team of industry experts, innovation hub Bina invites Weizmann Institute scientists to examine the applicative potential of their research. “This is an open call to all researchers...

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Close-up diagram of the quantum twisting microscope in action. Electrons tunnel from the probe (inverted pyramid at the top) to the sample (bottom) in several places at once (green vertical lines), in a quantum coherent manner
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