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Link Between El Nino and Rainfall in Israel Discovered

Link Between El Nino and Rainfall in Israel Discovered

24.06.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- June 24, 1996 -- El Nino, the periodic abnormal warming of surface water in the eastern equatorial Pacific, has long been notorious for the devastation it often inflicts...

Breaking Up a Super Relationship

Breaking Up a Super Relationship

14.06.1996

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel -- June 14, 1996 -- A key enzyme that acts as a "suicide weapon" causing cells to self-destruct has been discovered by Weizmann Institute researchers.

Understanding of Brain Development and Cancer Growth Also Advanced

Understanding of Brain Development and Cancer Growth Also Advanced

14.06.1996

A key enzyme that acts as a "suicide weapon" causing cells to self-destruct has been discovered by Weizmann Institute researchers.

Six Prizes to Weizmann Institute Scientists

Six Prizes to Weizmann Institute Scientists

10.06.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- June 10, 1996 -- Six outstanding Weizmann Institute scientists have just received prizes for their research work. Dr. Shimon Edelman of the Department of Applied...

Feinberg Graduate School's annual graduation ceremony held on the Weizmann Institute

Record Number of Doctoral Degrees Conferred at Feinberg Graduation Ceremony

04.06.1996

Science Education

REHOVOT, Israel -- June 4, 1996 -- A record number of doctoral degrees was conferred at the Feinberg Graduate School's annual graduation ceremony held on the Weizmann Institute campus on Sunday, June...

Alive In The Dead Sea

Alive In The Dead Sea

01.06.1996

Structural Biology

Survival is difficult anywhere, so why set up house in the Dead Sea, of all places? Although the chances of staying alive in the world's saltiest body of water are almost nil, this is precisely...

Tumor Tip-Off

Tumor Tip-Off

01.06.1996

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Diagnosing and treating neuroblastomas among the most common solid tumors occurring in young children may soon be easier thanks to a study by researchers at the Weizmann Institute and the...

Waxy Woes of Winter

Waxy Woes of Winter

01.06.1996

Remember winter? When you can't get a truck started in the morning because the engine is clogged up and your skin cream hardens if you leave it out in the cold? These and other phenomena...

Solutions Based on Polymer Technology to be Discussed at International Conference

Solutions Based on Polymer Technology to be Discussed at International Conference

07.05.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- May 7, 1996 -- New ways to combat pollution in Mediterranean countries with the aid of polymers will be discussed at the MEDNET International Conference on Environmental Impact of...

Corn Yields in Kenya Triple Thanks to New Weed-Fighting Strategy

Corn Yields in Kenya Triple Thanks to New Weed-Fighting Strategy

17.04.1996

Plants and Agriculture

REHOVOT, Israel -- April 17, 1996 -- Corn yields on experimental plots in Kenya have tripled thanks to an innovative weed-fighting strategy developed by a Weizmann Institute scientist in...

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