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microbiome influences

Genetics or Lifestyle: What Is It That Shapes our Microbiome?

27.02.2018
Nutrition, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
A study brings new hope for improving our health
organoid with folds

“Brain on a Chip” Reveals How the Brain Folds

19.02.2018
Lasers & Optics, Theoretical Physics, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development
Keeping the tiny "brains" flat enabled researchers to follow the process of wrinkling, step by step 
Phages attacking a bacterium_lab of Rotem Sorek

Bacterial Immune Systems Take the Stage

25.01.2018
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Genetics
Multiple new and unusual bacterial defense mechanisms could lead to new biotech tools
Bats use social maps

Mapping the Social Landscape

11.01.2018
Brain & Behavior
A new study on bats reveals the cells that link our social connections to our internal spatial maps 
Rotem Sorek reef fish ecology

Making Larvae Count

13.12.2017
Evolution and Development, Genetics, Environment
Genetic barcodes are used to quantify crucial populations in a coral reef ecosystem  
malaria vesicles

How Malaria Tricks the Immune System

07.12.2017
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer
The new study suggest a possible defense in the battle against this deadly disease
Drs. Elisabetta Boaretto and Tobias Richter. In the foreground is a Natufian hearth at Shubayqa, Jordan

Uncovering Varied Pathways to Agriculture

05.12.2017
Scientific Archaeology
New dates for a 15,000-year-old site in Jordan challenge some prevailing assumptions about the beginnings of permanent settlement
the smell of fear: skydivers

Autism and the Smell of Fear

27.11.2017
Brain & Behavior
Odors that carry social cues seem to affect volunteers on the autism spectrum differently 
Google Earth map displaying storm tracks in the North Atlantic region

Off Track: How Storms Will Veer in a Warmer World

13.11.2017
Planetary Science, Climate
Weizmann Institute of Science research uncovers the internal mechanisms driving storms toward the poles
artist's illustration: merging neutron stars

Crashing Neutron Stars Observed for the First Time

16.10.2017
Astrophysics, Theoretical Physics
Weizmann Institute scientists help confirm and analyze the star merger

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