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SEM image of a logic circuit based on 14 nanowires

Guided Growth of Nanowires Leads to Self-Integrated Circuits

31.07.2013
Space & Physics, Nanoscience
Teaching nanowires self-control from the outset enabled Weizmann Institute scientists to produce complex electronic nanocomponents  
Gene Decoding Obeys Road Traffic Rules

Gene Decoding Obeys Road Traffic Rules

31.07.2013
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics
Keeping a proper distance between "vehicles" along a gene "track" results in more efficient production of small RNA molecules  
potato sprout. Image: Thinkstock

The Pathway to Potato Poisons

31.07.2013
Molecular and Cell Biology, Plants and Agriculture
Revealing the gene network for producing the toxin in green potatoes may help improve crops  
The Israeli Math Olympiad Team. Top: (l-r) Ofer Grossman, Nitzan Tur, Omri Solan, Amotz Oppenheim, Yoav Kraus andTom Kalvari. Bottom: Coaches Dan Carmon, Ilya Gringlaz and Lev Radzivilovsky

Israeli Team Takes Medals in Math Olympiad

28.07.2013
Israeli teens ranked 13th among 97 countries  
(left) Field photograph of two skeletons (adult on left, adolescent on right) during excavation. Photo: E. Gerstein, Haifa University (right) Reconstruction of the double burial at the time of inhumation. The bright veneer inside the grave on the right is partially covered by green plants

Oldest Use of Flowers in Grave Lining

10.07.2013
Scientific Archaeology
Radiocarbon dating at the Weizmann Institute determines the age of flowery graves.  A new accelerator will help solve long-standing archaeological mysteries  
The day after effect of brain activation: The brain image at the back presents spontaneous (resting state) patterns before an fMRI-based neurofeedback training session. The front brain image presents spontaneous (resting state) patterns a day after the training session, illustrating the long-term trace of the training

Past Brain Activation Revealed in Scans

25.06.2013
Brain & Behavior
Weizmann Institute scientists discover that spontaneously emerging brain activity patterns preserve traces of previous cognitive activity  
mouse house

Mice in a “Big Brother” Setup Develop Social Structures

17.06.2013
Space & Physics, Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Weizmann Institute research into mouse social behavior finds signs of leadership and reveals “autistic” mouse society  
Image from the Voyager II flyby of Neptune in August 1989 (NASA). In the middle is the Great Dark Spot, accompanied by bright, white clouds that undergo rapid changes in appearance. To the south of the Great Dark Spot is the bright feature that Voyager scientists nicknamed "Scooter." Still farther south is the feature called "Dark Spot 2," which has a bright core. As each feature moves eastward at a different velocity, they are rarely aligned this way. Wind velocities near the equator are westward, reaching

Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep

16.05.2013
Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Environment
Weizmann Institute researchers and their colleagues set an upper limit for the thickness of jet streams on Uranus and Neptune  
Image: Dr. Yossi Yovel in the lab of Dr. Nachum Ulanovsky, Weizmann Institute of Science

Neural Activity in Bats Measured In Flight

18.04.2013
Brain & Behavior
The Weizmann Institute findings, obtained using miniature wireless devices, provide the first detailed information on the brain mechanisms of three-dimensional orientation in mammals
Programmed Destruction

Programmed Destruction

18.03.2013
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Results showing the same signaling enzymes can trigger two different processes in the cell sound a warning to biomedical researchers  

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