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The two faces of BID. When duty calls, it leaves the cell nucleus to initiate cell suicide. Illustration: Elite Avni

Meeting Places

23.04.2012

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

How does one protein direct two different life-or-death activities in the cell?

PON1 molecular structure. From the lab of Prof. Dan Tawfik

Defending Against Chemical Acts of Terrorism

19.04.2012

Profs. Bernardo Vidne and Talila Volk. From human hearts to fruit fly hearts

Heart and Mind

02.04.2012

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Science Teaching

People, Science Education

After a career as a top cardiac surgeon, Prof. Bernardo Vidne decided to get a Ph.D. in science

Work of art: A portion of a plant cell

Darkness at Noon

02.04.2012

Biochemistry, Plants and Agriculture

A stunning scientific image reveals how plants cope with sudden changes in light intensity

Tube map for plants

The Vitamin Map

02.04.2012

Biochemistry, Plants and Agriculture, Math & Computer Science

Plant breeders may soon be using “Underground maps” to improve their crops

Earthquake damage: occurs when ruptures propagate at the speed of sound

The Science of the Slow Slip

25.03.2012

Space & Physics, Environment, Materials Science

What distinguishes slow, silent earthquakes from the big shaking kind?

Left: Natural control mechanism blocks the enzyme's zinc active site. Right: Novel antibody works as effectively as the natural control mechanism

Immune System Tricks

19.03.2012

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

A synthetic molecule causes a useful immune response in mice

Dr. Elisabetta Boaretto and Prof. Stephen Weiner

New Center Looks to the Past

19.03.2012

Scientific Archaeology

A new Israel-German center combines hi-tech science with archaeology

The "Before image" of Visual Summarization

Weizmann Invention: Visual Summarization

19.03.2012

Math & Computer Science, Technology & Applications, Yeda Technology Transfer

The new method could put an end to fuzzy, cropped thumbnail images

Wild type yeast cells (l) exhibit changes in the membrane pump proteins under different nutrient conditions, while yeast engineered to avoid repressing one transporter type (r) show no change

Doubly Prepared

19.03.2012

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Why do cells keep two pump systems for nutrient uptake?

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