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Ova in the early stages of their development in a segment of a fruit fly’s ovary

Bacterial Energizers

17.06.2021

Life Sciences, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Fertility

Energy production in the mitochondria was found to be regulated by microbes residing in the depths of the bowels

Nahal Zin stream bed, Shutterstock

Following the Footsteps of Humankind out of Africa

14.06.2021

Scientific Archaeology

Researchers returning to Boker Tachtit in Israel’s Negev illuminate an important chapter in modern humans’ origin story

"evolve: when science meets dance". Photo: Ami Jacobs

The Dance of Science

13.06.2021

People and Events

An original dance performance is set to debut at the end of the month following a yearlong creative exchange between resident choreographer and scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science

Yellow and red, showing the most frequently scanned areas, reveal the differences in scanning strategies employed by the sighted people (left) and the blind (right) while using ASenSub

Sight through Touch: The Secret Is in the Hand Movements

08.06.2021

Brain & Behavior

Recreating the “feel” of an object as participants move their fingers enables them to use their ingrained sensing strategies

Pride awareness event at the Weizmann Institute of Science; Summer of 2018

Pride 2021: Science over the Rainbow

06.06.2021

People and Events

Promoting equality and gender-forward thinking at the Weizmann Institute of Science

The Israeli delegation to EGMO. (l-r) Nicole Grossman, Noga Friedman, Tamar Pe'er, and Ya'ara Schulman. Photo credit: Future Scientists' Center

Israeli Math Olympians Top European Competition

31.05.2021

Math & Computer Science, Science Teaching

A team of mathletes, trained at the Weizmann Institute of Science, competes and wins several distinctions at the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad

The Egyptian fruit bat

Right Off the Bat: Navigation in Extra-Large Spaces

27.05.2021

Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior

Bats navigating in an innovative extra-large experimental setup reveal an unknown neuronal code

Dr. Efi Efrati and Dr. Luiz Da Silva

Solving a Plant Cell "Parking Garage" Puzzle

26.05.2021

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Theoretical Physics, Materials Science, Structural Biology, Biochemistry

Biological organelles may be messy and crowded, but sometimes only an exact mathematical description will do

Avocado - a fruit abundant with beta-sitosterol. Photo credit: Shutterstock

A Natural Food Supplement May Relieve Anxiety

18.05.2021

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Mice receiving the plant-derived substance were less anxious than the controls

Microscopic image of cultured human lung cells infected with SARS-CoV-2

The Triple Threat of Coronavirus

11.05.2021

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Genetics

A new study exposes how SARS-CoV-2 tampers with the cell's hardware to outsmart the immune system

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