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Growing Stronger

04.02.2019

Benefiting Humanity

A dozen students receive scholarships for mentoring kids in need

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Going for Strong Inhibition

31.01.2019

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A unique method for identifying bioactive chemical compounds produces a potential new drug molecule

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Lowering the Light Limit

28.01.2019

Lasers & Optics

A new method of ultra-high resolution microscopy relies on quantum physics and lasers

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RNA “Specialists” Activate Nerve Regeneration

24.01.2019

Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Researchers identify a "switch" that is only active when nerves are injured

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Israeli and Czech Scientists Join Forces in Advancing Drug Discovery

22.01.2019

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new "winter school" has its first session at the Weizmann Institute of Science

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All Too Human

22.01.2019

Brain & Behavior

The price we pay for our advanced brains may be a greater tendency to disorders

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Plants Blink: Proceeding with Caution in Sunlight

22.01.2019

Plants and Agriculture

Like eye’s adjustment to sudden changes in light, plants have sensitive mechanisms to protect their leaves from rapid changes in radiation

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Saturn’s Atmosphere Proves Deep, Its Rings Young

17.01.2019

Astrophysics, Planetary Science

As Cassini reached its final act, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers took part in the last phase of the 20-year mission

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No Rest for Weary Immune Cells

14.01.2019

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

An advanced method for investigating the activity of single cells could lead to better immunotherapy drugs

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Standing up to the Heat

10.01.2019

Plants and Agriculture, Climate

A new method of measuring how forests moderate the climate gets tested under extreme conditions

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