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zebrafish eye

Silver Eyes are a Triple Treat

16.07.2018

Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Biotechnology

The iris in the zebrafish has a distinctive crystal structure that both camouflages the eye and prevents unwanted light from entering

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A Genetic Test for Aging

10.07.2018

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Stem Cells

How do the mutations that accumulate in our blood cells affect our health in later years?

WIS is number nine

Weizmann Institute of Science is Ninth in the World in Research Quality

08.07.2018

The ranking puts the impact of Institute research high up in a list of the top universities and research institutes

Fluorite. Credit: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

Nanocrystals Give MRI a New Shine

28.06.2018

Molecular and Cell Biology, Nanoscience, Organic Chemistry, Yeda Technology Transfer

A “crazy idea” for using fluoride nanocrystals as magnetic resonance tracers could lead to new clinical imaging methods

Microscope image of a yeast cell showing how close mitochondria (red) are to peroxisomes (blue) and the contact sites that hold them together (green)

Tethered in the Cell

25.06.2018

Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann researchers identify new ties between the parts of a cell: physical connections that are vital for health

cell cultures grown at different densities

Game of Clones: Team Huddles for T Cells

21.06.2018

Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

When helper T cells get together, they plan an immune strategy for the long and the short term

Banerjee, Umansky, Oreg, Stern and Heiblum

Particles' Behaving Unconventionally

18.06.2018

Particle Physics

Could exotic electron states be used in quantum computing?

ants looking for the exit

Recalculating the Route: The Ant Version

14.06.2018

Theoretical Physics, Life Sciences, Evolution and Development, Environment, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A simple mathematical model explains how ants overcome obstacles in their path

Ants and circuits

Addressing the Problem of Stickiness

11.06.2018

Quantum Physics

The physics of the attraction between two mirrors in a vacuum may lead to “lubrication” for electronic circuits

spin up, spin down

Putting a Spin on Safer Drugs, Fertilizers and Pesticides

07.06.2018

Nano Physics, Nanoscience

Sorting out right- and left-handed molecules magnetically could improve industrial processes

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