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Iron pyrite. Photo: Thinkstock

Fools’ Gold Found to Regulate Oxygen

23.07.2012
Planetary Science, Environment, Chemistry
The sulfur-based chemistry of iron pyrite may play a major role in atmospheric oxygen concentrations  
Illustration depicting particle collisions

A New Particle Has Been Discovered – Chances Are, It Is the Higgs Boson

03.07.2012
Particle Physics
The long and complicated journey to detect the Higgs boson, which started with one small step about 25 years ago, might finally have reached its goal. This was reported by LHC particle accelerator scientists today at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, CERN, near Geneva.
online Interface magazine application for iPad and Android tablet devices

Weizmann Institute of Science Launches Apps for iPad and Android Tablet Devices

26.06.2012
Technology & Applications
The Weizmann Institute of Science has announced the launch of two new applications for iPad and Android tablet devices – one for its quarterly Hebrew magazine Hamachon, and another for its online Interface magazine (English). These are among the very first digital magazines in Israel.  
Living Microprocessor Tunes in to Feedback

Living Microprocessor Tunes in to Feedback

12.06.2012
Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Math & Computer Science
What keeps the machinery for chopping functional pieces out of certain long RNA strands from cutting up the wrong kinds of RNA?  
Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger

12.06.2012
Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A small molecule developed at the Weizmann Institute prevents a cancer-causing message from entering the cell nucleus  
money on the brain illustration

Losing Money, Emotions and Evolution

12.06.2012
Brain & Behavior
Mildly stressful situations can affect our perceptions in the same way as life-threatening ones  
Canadian Institute for the Energies and Applied Research

Weizmann Institute Solar Technology to Convert Greenhouse Gas into Fuel

07.06.2012
Energy, Yeda Technology Transfer
An Australian company will develop the technology to reduce coal emissions
rewriting DNA illustration

Rewriting DNA to Understand What it Says

31.05.2012
Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Math & Computer Science, Biotechnology
New Weizmann Institute technology speeds up DNA “rewriting” and measures the effects of the changes in living cells  
Leukemia cells. Image: Wikimedia commons, NIH

Why Chemotherapy Fails

29.05.2012
Biochemistry, Cancer, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Research led by Weizmann Institute scientists shows why leukemia often returns  
PON1 molecular structure. From the lab of Prof. Dan Tawfik

Defending Against Chemical Acts of Terrorism

19.04.2012
Biochemistry
     

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