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Prof. Leo Sachs

Weizmann Institute Professor Leo Sachs Wins Harvard Medical School's Warren Alpert Foundation Prize

18.03.1997

REHOVOT, Israel -- March 18, 1997 -- Prof. Leo Sachs of the Weizmann Institute of Science has been awarded Harvard Medical School's Warren Alpert Foundation Prize. Given "in recognition of...

New Solar Technology to be Implemented Under a U.S.-Israeli Agreement

New Solar Technology to be Implemented Under a U.S.-Israeli Agreement

10.03.1997

REHOVOT, Israel - March 10, 1997 - McDonnell Douglas and Israel's Ormat Industries Ltd., Rotem Industries Ltd. and the Weizmann Institute of Science, through its commercial arm, Yeda Research and...

Prof. Haim Harari

Weizmann Institute President Appointed Special Advisor to Madame Edith Cresson

06.03.1997

REHOVOT, Israel -- March 6, 1997 -- Mme Edith Cresson, former Prime Minister of France and currently a member of the European Commission with responsibility for science, research and technological...

New Method for the Separation of Isotopes

New Method for the Separation of Isotopes

23.02.1997

First Practical Application of a Textbook Concept Bridging the Gap Between Classical and Quantum Physics REHOVOT, Israel -- February 23, 1997 -- A Weizmann Institute of Science...

Key Step in Activating Immune System Discovered

Key Step in Activating Immune System Discovered

06.02.1997

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel - February 6, 1997 - A gene that plays a key role in activating the immune system -- and perhaps also in spurring on the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS -- has been...

The Watery Birth of Stars

The Watery Birth of Stars

01.02.1997

Logically, stars should not exist. They are born when clouds of interstellar gas collapse inwardly under their own weight, growing denser and hotter until nuclear fusion causes them to emit energy...

Pacman in the Brain: Protein Chews up Vital Memory Chemical

Pacman in the Brain: Protein Chews up Vital Memory Chemical

01.02.1997

Brain & Behavior

What does the human brain have in common with a popular video game and a carnivorous flower? At least one thing, it turns out. A team from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science and France's Pasteur...

Prof. Ruth Arnon

'Women of Distinction' Award to Two Weizmann Institute Scientists

28.01.1997

REHOVOT, Israel -- January 28, 1997 -- This week, two scientists from Israel's Weizmann Institute were honored for an achievement that bears on the lives of many people throughout the world. Prof...

On the Surface of Things

On the Surface of Things

02.01.1997

Materials Science

From pens to pans, from hard disks to compact discs, an increasing number of products are made of polymers, giant complex molecules with repeating structural units. Different polymers...

Study Shows How Ancient Chinese Herb May Act As Alzheimer Drug

Study Shows How Ancient Chinese Herb May Act As Alzheimer Drug

01.01.1997

REHOVOT, Israel -- January 1, 1997 -- A new Weizmann Institute study shows exactly how a substance derived from a moss long used in Chinese folk medicine blocks a brain enzyme that may be...

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