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Weizmann Institute of Science Doctoral Candidate Yaakov Benenson Named One of the World’s Top Young Innovators

20.09.2004

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Benenson to be honored September 29-30 at Technology Review’s Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT

In Memory of Ilan Ramon

In Memory of Ilan Ramon

01.05.2004

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Six middle-school students win a trip to NASA space camp

Dr. Moshe Rishpon, festival director, tries out the "Segway"

From Soap Bubbles to Dinosaurs

01.10.2003

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Brainteasing festival draws big and small

Christopher Reeve Meets with Elad Wassa, who survived the May 19, 2002 terrorist attack in Netanya. Mr. Reeve is in Israel for a four-day visit.

Christopher Reeve comes to Weizmann Institute

29.07.2003

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"The curiosity and thirst for knowledge of the scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science bring hope for a better scientific and medical future."

Kenyan farmer in an experimental corn field

Uprooting Hunger in Africa

01.10.2002

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A parasite-fighting technique triples corn harvests on experimental plots

"Self-Healing" Discovered in a Solar Cell Material

01.07.1999

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Self-healing is normally the province of living creatures, but now a Weizmann Institute-led research team has discovered that it can occur in a semiconductor. This finding, presented in June at the European Materials Research Conference in Strasbourg and soon to be published in the scientific journal Advanced Materials, may help create better solar cells and other electronic devices.

Weizmann Institute Scientist Designs The First General-Purpose Mechanical Computing Device To Serve As The Basis For A Biological Computer

Weizmann Institute Scientist Designs The First General-Purpose Mechanical Computing Device To Serve As The Basis For A Biological Computer

15.06.1999

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The first general-purpose mechanical computer designed for biomolecular and pharmaceutical applications has been developed by Prof. Ehud Shapiro of the Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department at the Weizmann Institute of Science. The mechanical computer will be presented today at the Fifth International Meeting on DNA-Based Computers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Feinberg Graduate School Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary

12.06.1998

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By Nofit Milstein

'Green' Approach May Significantly Improve Cancer Therapy

'Green' Approach May Significantly Improve Cancer Therapy

03.02.1998

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REHOVOT, Israel - February 3, 1998 - A promising cancer therapy which destroys tumors by exposing them to light may be significantly improved thanks to new materials developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Institute scientists reported on the new development at the Conference on Chemical Modifiers of Cancer Treatment in Clearwater, Florida, on January 28-31.

Getting to Know Our Neighbors

Getting to Know Our Neighbors

01.10.1996

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