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Ahuva Mirelman. Fire and Light

Water, Darkness, Fire, and Light

01.10.2002

Science & Culture

Ahuva Mirelman's paintings reflect intense feelings

Nathalie Moyal Amsellem, Shahar Molshansky, Arnaud Amzallag, Sophie Snaper, and Oshrat Perets. A helping hand

The Volunteering Spirit

01.10.2002

Science & Culture

Students take action to feed the needy

Prof. Ronen Basri

The Ninth Dimension

01.09.2002

Computer Vision

Prof. Ronen Basri of the Weizmann Institute’s Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department seeks to improve the vision of computers – in particular, their ability to recognize objects...

Kenyan farmer with corn plant stunted by Striga (witchweed) in foreground and corn with seed coating technology to the right and in the background.

New Witchweed-Fighting Method, Developed by CIMMYT and a Weizmann Institute Scientist, To Become Public in July

01.07.2002

Genetics, Plants and Agriculture

Corn harvests on experimental plots and in farmers’ fields in four East and Southern African countries have yielded striking results in long-term trials of an innovative witchweed-fighting technology.

Bone Marrow Transplants May be Improved Due to the Uncovering of a Key Mechanism Responsible for Stem Cell Mobilization

Bone Marrow Transplants May be Improved Due to the Uncovering of a Key Mechanism Responsible for Stem Cell Mobilization

30.06.2002

Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists have uncovered a mechanism that enables stem cells to exit the bone marrow into the blood circulation of healthy donors as well as patients suffering from leukemia,...

The three predictions of protein-protein complex structures.

Weizmann Institute Scientists Successful in Global Experiment for the Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions

24.06.2002

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Structural Biology, Math & Computer Science

CAPRI (Critical Assessment of PRediction of Interactions) Challenge, an international experiment in which participants submit predictions of structures of protein-protein complexes prior to...

Scientists Identify A Gene Causing A Fatal Heart Condition, Common In An Israeli Bedouin Tribe

Scientists Identify A Gene Causing A Fatal Heart Condition, Common In An Israeli Bedouin Tribe

04.05.2002

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

A team of researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Sheba Medical Center has identified a gene causing polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT), a fatal heart condition....

illustration: Trillion Computers in one drop

A Trillion Computers in One Drop

01.05.2002

Biochemistry, Genetics, Chemistry, Math & Computer Science, Encryption/Decryption, Biotechnology

Trillions of microscopic biological computers vigilantly patrolling your body in search of disease? Welcome to the brave new world of computer science

Prof. Eli Waxman

A Window of Opportunity in the Sky

01.05.2002

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Particle detectors twice the size of the Eiffel Tower sunk deep in the Antarctic ice may be the next frontier in space exploration

Prof. Ada Yonath

Scientists Uncover the Exact Mode of Action of Five Antibiotic Drugs

01.05.2002

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

Scientists Uncover the Exact Mode of Action of Five Antibiotic Drugs

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