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Turning Weakness into Strength for Protein Production Control

23.05.2019

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The new method may enable quality control without costly purification procedures

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Nanodevices in the Macro World: Chemistry Can Bridge the Gap

20.05.2019

Materials Science

A new method of surface patterning may help create defect-free electronic channels

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The Hippo Pathway Keeps Cancer at Bay

16.05.2019

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

What happens when genes in a cancer-preventing pathway are absent?

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Winners of the Evolution World Championship

13.05.2019

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Biotechnology

The principles of test-tube evolution may guide new biotechnology research

Fast and Slow Measurement: Revealing the Shape of a Pulse

Fast and Slow Measurement: Revealing the Shape of a Pulse

07.05.2019

Lasers & Optics, Quantum Physics, Mathematics

Two ultrafast pulses, measured together, create a kind of shape-revealing hologram

Holocaust Survivor, Itzhak Roger Gershon

Holocaust Survivor, Itzhak Roger Gershon

02.05.2019

People and Events

Gershon, who worked for many years in the Institute's gardening and grounds, recalled his experience on Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Scientists Report the Rarest Decay Process Ever Measured

02.05.2019

Space & Physics, Quantum Physics

Detector searching for dark matter produces a startling discovery

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TOOKAD®, Invented at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Gains European Approval for Prostate Cancer

29.04.2019

Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The treatment, approved for use in 31 countries, is now being marketed in Germany, Italy, Israel and Mexico

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CEST la vie: High-Powered Magnets Improve Early Detection of Cancer in Rats

17.04.2019

Chemistry, Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The method revealed tissue disruptions that cannot be seen by other means

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Host and Virus Face Off over RNA Modification

11.04.2019

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

What happens when a mechanism meant to protect the cell gets exploited by bad-mannered viruses?

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