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The Greenest Diet: Bacteria Switch to Eating Carbon Dioxide

27.11.2019

Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Environment, Plants and Agriculture

Such bacteria may, in the future, contribute to new, carbon-efficient technologies

Taking about food

Scientists in the Kitchen

26.11.2019

A course in biomaterials gets students to investigate the ones around them

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At the End of an Arc

25.11.2019

Space & Physics, Particle Physics, Materials Science

In unique “semi-metals,” electrons dive inside and emerge into a new arc In unique “semi-metals,” electrons dive inside and emerge into a new arc

Electron crystal detection with a nanowire

Like an Electron on a Wire

21.11.2019

Particle Physics, Quantum Physics

A quantum solid, made of electrons, had been predicted but never before seen with imaging

Ed Narevicius

Getting Colder

18.11.2019

Nano Physics, Nanoscience

A magnetic trap for molecules got some to give up their heat

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Neurobiology News

12.11.2019

Brain & Behavior

Three papers by Weizmann Institute of Science neuroscientists are slated to appear in the December issue of Nature Neuroscience.

Prof. Michael and Sara Sela

I Owe My Life to the Weizmann Institute of Science

11.11.2019

People and Events

Former President, Institute Professor Michael Sela, on the inauguration of the auditorium on that bears his name on the Weizmann Institute of Science campus

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An Exception to the Rule: An Intact Sense of Smell without a Crucial Olfactory Brain Structure

06.11.2019

Brain & Behavior

A handful of left-handed women have excellent senses of smell, despite lacking olfactory bulbs

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For the First Time: A Method for Measuring Animal Personality

04.11.2019

Brain & Behavior, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Genetics

A study on mice shows animal research may need to take into account the connection between genes, behavior and personality

How similar are these two faces?

Converging Solutions: Artificial Networks Shed Light on Human Face Recognition

30.10.2019

Robotics and Machine Learning, Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development

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