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When the Light Particle Saw the Light

06.06.2024

Quantum Computing, Particle Physics

A Weizmann Institute study of photons in quantum computing made a surprising discovery: When photons collide, they create vortices

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Mouths Wide Shut: How Cellular Cleaning Out Is Kept in Check

03.06.2024

Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Autophagic organelles found to actively restrict the size of their mouths

Researchers used color-coded proteins to reveal the identity of the cells in the organoids they produced. In four organoids that simulate the embryo’s central nervous system, the magenta marks proteins associated with the development of the forebrain and the midbrain, the green, the hindbrain and the red, the center of the spinal cord

From Tip to Tail

01.06.2024

Brain & Behavior, Stem Cells, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Weizmann Institute develop the first-ever complete central nervous system on a chip; it faithfully emulates that of a human embryo, from the...

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Bacteria against Mutants

28.05.2024

Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development

A bacterial model helps reveal how our bodies prevent population explosions – and cancer

Garry Kasparov at the Weizmann Institute of Science’s honorary PhDs conferment ceremony

“In a Word: Democracy”

21.05.2024

Keynote address by Garry Kasparov at the Weizmann Institute of Science’s honorary PhDs conferment ceremony

Excellence, Resilience and Diligence: Meet the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Honorary PhD Recipients

Excellence, Resilience and Diligence: Meet the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Honorary PhD Recipients

19.05.2024

Six women and men were honored for their extraordinary contributions to society

A charred basket pattern on a jar from the time of the 586 BCE Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem (Photo: Johanna Regev)

Beating the Plateau

30.04.2024

Scientific Archaeology

Weizmann Institute researchers establish absolute chronology for Kingdom of Judah’s Jerusalem

Association of University Heads, Israel: Statement on Violent Demonstrations and Antisemitism on US Campuses – April 2024

Association of University Heads, Israel: Statement on Violent Demonstrations and Antisemitism on US Campuses – April 2024

26.04.2024

We, the presidents of the research universities in Israel, express our deep concern over the recent surge of severe violence, antisemitism, and anti-Israel sentiment across numerous leading univers

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Fish under the Influence Reveal How Psychedelics Work

21.04.2024

Brain & Behavior

A Weizmann Institute method for tracking the effects of drugs on zebrafish may help develop improved therapies for depression and other mood-related disorders

Shaping the Role of Future Physician-Scientists

Shaping the Role of Future Physician-Scientists

15.04.2024

People and Events

The Weizmann Institute establishes an MD-PhD program in a joint initiative with the Miriam and Aaron Gutwirth Fund

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“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions

A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking