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Prof. Dan Yakir. On carbon dioxide's trail

Greenhouse Gas Might Green Up the Desert

01.10.2003

Environment, Climate

Insights into the "riddle of the missing carbon dioxide"

Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz

Malaria's Achilles' Heel

01.10.2003

Biochemistry, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Materials Science, Structural Biology

Uncovering the mechanism of malaria-fighting drugs

(l-r) Graduate student Alexandre Kozlov, Prof. Zeev Fraenkel, Prof. Itzhak Tserruya, Dr. Ilia Ravinovich, and graduate student Alexander Cherlin. An international experiment

After the Big Bang

01.10.2003

Particle Physics

What did the Universe look like in its first millionth of a second? Scientists may have an answer

Prof. Adi Shamir. Encryption

Code for Success

01.10.2003

Math & Computer Science

Prof. Adi Shamir receives the world's most prestigious award in computer science

Prof. Shimon Reich. Superconductors as age detectors

Lead Artifacts Disclose Their Age

01.10.2003

Materials Science, Scientific Archaeology

Turning ancient lead into a superconductor reveals it age

Archaeological Riddles

Archaeological Riddles

01.10.2003

Scientific Archaeology

Science helps uncover an archaeology fraud

Illustration: plants In Sync with the Sun

In Sync with the Sun

01.10.2003

Biochemistry, Plants and Agriculture

A plant biological clock is set to peak early in the day, before the strongest sunlight hits

Breast and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Breast and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

01.10.2003

Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A technique developed at the Institute for detecting breast and prostate cancer receives FDA clearance

A Matter of Taste

A Matter of Taste

01.10.2003

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

"Optional" genes might explain our differences in taste and smell perception

Deciphering Gaucher's Disease

Deciphering Gaucher's Disease

01.10.2003

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

New finding may lead to more effective – and affordable – treatments

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