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Illustration: attaching plastic “whiskers” to the fingers of blindfolded volunteers and asking them to carry out a location task

Learning a New Sense

05.11.2012

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute scientists observe as humans learn to sense like a rat, with ”whiskers”

Alternative Energy Research Initiative (AERI)

New Grant to Fuel Solar Energy Research

24.10.2012

Particle Physics, Environment, Energy, Materials Science, Benefiting Humanity

The Helmsley Charitable Trust will fund joint research between the Weizmann Institute and the Technion

Prostaglandins guard stem cells by increasing the production of an inhibitory factor in the mesenchymal bone marrow cells. Mesenchymal cells are marked with a green protein (left); the inhibitory factor is red (center). Combined image (right): Treatment with prostaglandins (bottom) increases the secretion of the inhibitory factor

Stem Cell Bodyguards

22.10.2012

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Insights into rare immune cells that keep blood stem cells in a youthful state may lead to better treatments

Rejecting Arsenate

Rejecting Arsenate

22.10.2012

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms

Institute scientists reveal how bacteria living in toxic environments identify and expel the poison

Immune Cells Make Flexible Choices

Immune Cells Make Flexible Choices

22.10.2012

Immunology, Genetics

Certain immune cell receptors are more common than mere chance would dictate. New research shows why

The experimental system: two supersonic valves followed by two skimmers. The blue beam passes through a curved magnetic quadrupole guide, and the merged beam (purple) enters a quadrupole mass spectrometer. B is a front view of the quadrupole guide

Weizmann Institute Scientists Observe Quantum Effects in Cold Chemistry

12.10.2012

Space & Physics, Quantum Physics, Chemistry

At close to absolute zero, chemical reactions take on new features

Prof. Victor Zalgaller

Life Begins at 80

27.09.2012

People and Events

At age 80, Prof. Victor Zalgaller dreamed the proof for a geometrical theorem

Alex Nerush

The Gentle Way

24.09.2012

People, On Campus

An Israeli Judo Youth champion takes on chemistry

spinning illustration

Spin Doctors

13.09.2012

Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Chemistry

Spinning molecular gas vortices might have a number of practical applications

cell and numbers. Image: Thinkstock

Weizmann Institute’s Mathematical Model May Lead to Safer Chemotherapy

12.09.2012

Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The study explains why certain patients develop severe infections after chemotherapy and points to ways of averting this side-effect

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