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Prof. Haim Garty

Hometown Boy

01.10.1999
People and Events›Made at the Institute
Prof. Haim Garty's relationship with the Institute began at age 2, when his family immigrated from Bulgaria to Rehovot
Prof. Ron Naaman

How Does It Work?

01.10.1999
People and Events›Made at the Institute
Prof. Ron Naaman recalls the days when a child could pry apart a radio to see how it works
Prof. Jacob Klein

Pursuing Polymers

01.10.1999
People and Events›Made at the Institute
Prof. Jacob Klein hadn't intended to study science when he was accepted to Cambridge University
Prof. Yehiel Zick

Resisting Insulin Resistance

01.10.1999
People and Events›Made at the Institute
Prof. Yehiel Zick's career as a scientist began with a high-school research project on hemoglobin
Prof. Itamar Procaccia

To the Library, and Back

01.10.1999
People and Events›Made at the Institute
Prof. Itamar Procaccia's interests in art, poetry and Zen mesh with his research into chaotic phenomena

"Self-Healing" Discovered in a Solar Cell Material

01.07.1999
People and Events›Events›Conferences
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
People and Events›Events›Conferences
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.  
Dr. Anna Weizmann in her lab. Photo: Wallace Litwin

A Photo Opportunity Made in Heaven

01.05.1999
People and Events›Science & Culture
A remarkable photo of Anna Weizmann was recently donated by the photographer, along with other prints, to the Weizmann Archives
Dr. Naomi Balaban

Outwitting the Enemy

01.10.1998
People and Events›Made at the Institute
Dr. Naomi Balaban proposes fighting bacteria with disinformation
Laub International Science Youth Village

A Summer of Discovery for Budding Scientists from Around the World

14.07.1998
People and Events›Science Education
By Erica Zeitlin  

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