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synchronized signals in the cortex

How Are Sensory Brain Cells Synchronized?

25.05.2017
Brain & Behavior
A decades-old debate on the way signals create perception is resolved
Why are Stars Spherical?

Why are Stars Spherical?

21.05.2017
Davidson Institute
It is true that most stars are spherical, but there are also some that are ‎‎“squashed”, and some that even look like a peanut or a funnel. How does this ‎happen?‎
Forgotten Breakthroughs - Women Scientists

Forgotten Breakthroughs - Women Scientists

21.05.2017
Davidson Institute
The geneticist who saved the citrus industry from collapse, the researcher who ‎was involved in the development of a drug worth billions of dollars, but gave it all ‎up for her husband's military...
The Deadly Mechanism of Amyloids

The Deadly Mechanism of Amyloids

21.05.2017
Davidson Institute
Technion researchers have found an important discovery about the process ‎through which a violent strain of bacteria kills our cells, together with surprising ‎details about the structure of the...
The Real Lungs of the Earth

The Real Lungs of the Earth

21.05.2017
Davidson Institute
Phytoplankton are microscopic sea creatures that stand at the bottom of the marine food chain, produce oxygen, are a food source and may also be involved in rainfall.
Why are Cigarettes More Addictive Nowadays?‎

Why are Cigarettes More Addictive Nowadays?‎

21.05.2017
Davidson Institute
Cigarettes are addictive there is no doubt about it, but are substances added to ‎make them more addictive? And if ingredients are added to only “improve the ‎taste”, do they in actual fact only...
Prof. Daniella Goldfarb

Prof. Daniella Goldfarb

21.05.2017
Awards and Appointments
Bird feeding station on the Weizmann Institute of Science campus

Where Have All the Birds Gone?

21.05.2017
People
In an effort to attract songbirds back, feeding stations and nesting boxes are placed throughout campus
self-assembling membrane

Self-Organization Makes for Efficient Separation

17.05.2017
Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
A new, water-based, recyclable membrane filters all types of nanoparticles
Ayelet Erez

Rare Genetic Defect May Lead to Cancer Drug

17.05.2017
Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A lack of the protein citrin slows children's growth; blocking it in cancer slows tumor growth

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