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Humans are exposed to stress at different intensities throughout life

Stressed Out from Birth: Mice Exposed to Prenatal Stress Are Predisposed to Eating Disorders Later in Life

01.06.2017

Brain & Behavior, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute prevented the onset of eating disorders through dietary intervention

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Self-Organization Makes for Efficient Separation

17.05.2017

Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

A new, water-based, recyclable membrane filters all types of nanoparticles

Ayelet Erez

Rare Genetic Defect May Lead to Cancer Drug

17.05.2017

Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A lack of the protein citrin slows children's growth; blocking it in cancer slows tumor growth

Dr. Valery Krizhanovsky

Getting Rid of Old Cells

17.05.2017

Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Understanding why cells refuse to die may lead to treatments for age-related disease

Science on Tap 2017

Science on Tap 2017

08.05.2017

An influential initiative, creating a new urban culture that has been adopted around the globe

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Researchers Identify 6,500 Genes That Are Expressed Differently in Men and Women

03.05.2017

Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Fertility, Genetics

Genes that are mostly active in one sex or the other may play a crucial role in our evolution and health

Israel’s BDS Website: Brought to You by the Weizmann Institute of Science

25.04.2017

Israel Independence Day Special

the Paris Hilton Institute of Plastic Pollution Solutions (PHIPPS)

Pre-April Fools' Joke: An Important Announcement from PHIPPS

29.03.2017

Environment, Nanoscience

A recent scientific breakthrough in the study of hydration is to be further developed with support from the Weizmann Institute of Science

How does rock weathering affect the ocean's acidity?

First Oceans May Have Been Acidic

14.03.2017

Planetary Science, Environment, Climate

A model of ion flux in the oceans shows carbon dioxide driving ocean acidity

Circum-stellar shell

Explosive Material: The Making of a Supernova

14.03.2017

Space & Physics, Astrophysics

Pre-supernova stars may show signs of instability for months before the big explosion

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