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Capturing the Voices of the Past
01.05.2003
Scientific Archaeology
A unique program aims to produce a new type of archaeologist
Prestigious Award in Computer Science to Weizmann Institute's scientist
15.04.2003
People
How Humans Lost Their Scents
01.03.2003
Genetics
In at least one type of endeavor, humans can’t even begin to compete with their best friends. Dogs can be trained to sniff out drugs and explosives or to track down a crime suspect by...
Experiment May Help Size Up Neutrinos
01.03.2003
Particle Physics
Our planet is bombarded every second with a large number of chargeless, seemingly massless, particles that originate in nuclear fusion reactions that power the sun. They're called neutrinos....
First Sightings of Individual Proteins as They Fold
01.03.2003
Space & Physics
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Biochemistry
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Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Proteins, it appears, have taken Frank Sinatra's "I Did It My Way" close to heart. A new study published in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals how...
Tiny Computing Machine Fueled by DNA
24.02.2003
Biochemistry
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Math & Computer Science
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Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Fifty years after the discovery of the structure of DNA, a new use has been found for this celebrated molecule: fuel for molecular computation systems. The search, conducted by scientists at the...
X-Rays Yield Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Drug
24.02.2003
Biochemistry
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Brain & Behavior
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Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
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Structural Biology
A team of Weizmann scientists has gained new insight into the effects of a newly approved drug, rivastigmine, in treating Alzheimer’s disease, a debilitating brain disease causing memory loss in...
NMR - The Movie
24.02.2003
Space & Physics
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Chemistry
Ten construction workers will often get a job done faster than one. But in digging a deep well, for instance, ten workers are a waste of human resources: the diggers can't work simultaneously,...
Sperm Use Heat Sensors to Find the Egg
31.01.2003
Biochemistry
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Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
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Fertility
Much like guided missiles that sense the heat of a plane's engine, sperm are guided to the fertilization site by temperature, reports a Weizmann Institute study published in the current issue of...
Radiation-Resistant Organism Reveals Its Defense Strategies
09.01.2003
Space & Physics
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Viruses & Microorganisms
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Organic Chemistry
The secret to its strength is a ring Weizmann Institute scientists have found what makes the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans the most radiation-resistant organism in the world: The...
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