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NOR logic gate. If two transcriptionfactors are missing, green light is emitted

A Genetic Device Performs DNA Diagnosis

07.02.2013

Biochemistry, Math & Computer Science

A biological device made of DNA inserted into a bacterial cell works like a tiny diagnostic computer

Making the video: (l-r) Johnny Goldstein and Ivri Lider at the top of the Institute's Koffler Accelerator

Touching Something No One Found

28.01.2013

Space & Physics

People and Events, Science & Culture

Weizmann Institute’s physics alumni reunion gives rise to a new video clip, in an unusual collaboration between Institute physicists and the pop group TYP

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Israeli Researchers to Participate in European Commission Flagship

27.01.2013

Brain & Behavior, Science Teaching

The European Commission has officially announced the selection of the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of its two Future Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship projects.

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Circular Reasoning

09.01.2013

Space & Physics

A study of linkages between words in the dictionary reveals something about the basic structure of language

Sculpture: Igor Mitoraj

When the Network is Defective

09.01.2013

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Factors that direct the formation of the heart and face must network during embryonic development

Volunteers had "whiskers"attached to their fingers

Learning a New Sense

09.01.2013

Brain & Behavior

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

white smell illustration

The Smell of White

09.01.2013

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute scientists apply the principles of white color and white noise to create a white smell

Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar

A Fragile Equilibrium

16.12.2012

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

A mathematical model may lead to safer chemotherapy

Drs. Yotam Drier (left) and Gad Getz at the Broad Institute

Cancer at a Breaking Point

16.12.2012

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A unique collaboration is helping map out the genetics of cancer

(l-r) Yoav Lahini, Mor Verbin, Yaacov Kraus, Oded Zilberberg and Zohar Ringel

Materials on the Edge

11.12.2012

Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics

What happens when five physics students from four different labs put their heads together?

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