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Agriculture and Plant Genetics

Agriculture and Plant Genetics

01.01.1999

Weizmann Institute plant biologists are working on improving food crops while reducing the use of chemical fertilizers and herbicides

Theoretical and Applied Mathematics

Theoretical and Applied Mathematics

01.01.1999

In Israel's early years as a state, the Institute's mathematicians ran geophysical and seismological surveys designed to locate petroleum deposits

Computer Studies

Computer Studies

01.01.1999

WEIZAC was one of the world's first electronic computers, and the first in Israel

Mathematics and Biology

Mathematics and Biology

01.01.1999

Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered that abrupt fluctuations in temperature increase the frequency and severity of asthma attacks in children

Elementary Particles

Elementary Particles

01.01.1999

Weizmann Institute physicists are part of the world-wide quest to unravel the secrets of our physical world

Astrophysics

Astrophysics

01.01.1999

Institute scientists are participating in attempts to solve one of the major puzzles in physics today

Mesoscopic Physics: Between the Tangible and the Imaginary

Mesoscopic Physics: Between the Tangible and the Imaginary

01.01.1999

This is the phenomenon occurring in the "twilight zone" between the macroscopic world (which is visible to the eye and where Newtonian physics reigns clearly), and the microscopic world of...

Superconductors

Superconductors

01.01.1999

Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without resistance

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Physics

01.01.1999

Institute scientists contributed to understanding the structure of atomic nuclei by developing methods for the quantitative calculation of energies of nuclei in various states

Soft Materials

Soft Materials

01.01.1999

Rules of behavior of thin membranes

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