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Prof. Daniel Zajfman presents award to Karl-Ludwig Kley

Karl-Ludwig Kley Receives Weizmann Award in the Sciences and Humanities

16.02.2016

The Weizmann Institute conferred the renowned Weizmann Award in the Sciences and Humanities to Karl-Ludwig Kley, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Merck.

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Calculating Whiskers Send Precise Information to the Brain

28.01.2016

Brain & Behavior

Organs that sense through movement are more complex than thought

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Germs, Humans and Numbers

28.01.2016

Nutrition, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms

The number of bacteria in our bodies has been revised downward

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Science Education Week Coming Up

28.01.2016

Science Teaching

More than 60 events are planned for the special week, in the Weizmann Institute campus and area, and all around the country.

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Tiny “Flasks” Speed Up Chemical Reactions

07.01.2016

Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Self-assembling nanosphere clusters may improve everything from drug synthesis to drug delivery

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Israeli Instrument Bound for Jupiter

07.01.2016

Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Technology & Applications

Weizmann Institute scientists are planning an experiment for a mission to the giant planet

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Your Symptoms? Evolution’s Way of Telling You to Stay Home

07.01.2016

Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Research suggests that our selfish genes are behind the aches and fever

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Weizmann Institute Drug, TOOKAD® Soluble, Approved for Prostate Cancer Therapy in Mexico

04.01.2016

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Capturing a single photon from a pulse of light:

Tapping Particles of Light

24.11.2015

Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Chemistry, Nanoscience, Quantum Computing

Weizmann Institute scientists single out individual photons

Mutations shed light on cancer

Rare Disease is a Lens on Cancer

24.11.2015

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

In children, lack of a protein causes a dangerous disease. Why do cancer cells suppress the same protein?

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