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Wet Scans

Wet Scans

15.04.2004
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Materials Science, Yeda Technology Transfer
The scanning electron microscope (SEM) has been a basic research tool for fifty years, and for those fifty years, scientists have been looking for better ways to observe biological samples under its beam.  
Salty Scans

Salty Scans

15.04.2004
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
Kidney disease may affect as many as one in twelve people, and causes millions of deaths each year. Currently, the diagnosis of kidney function relies mainly on blood and urine tests, an indirect means of figuring out how well they’re working.  
Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser

Cymerman-Jakubskind Prize Awarded to Weizmann Institute Mathematician

14.04.2004
Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser of the Weizmann Institute's Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics has been awarded the 2003-2005 Cymerman-Jakubskind Prize for her influential contributions to cryptography and computational number theory. A leading figure in her field, Goldwasser has inspired the design of secure communications protocols for secure networks and computer systems.  
New Type of Nanotube Made of Gold or Silver Created

New Type of Nanotube Made of Gold or Silver Created

26.01.2004
Materials Science
Weizmann Institute scientists have created a new type of nanotube built of gold, silver and other nanoparticles. The tubes exhibit unique electrical, optical and other properties, depending on their components, and as such, may form the basis for future nanosensors, catalysts and chemistry-on-a-chip systems.  
Nerves, Heal Themselves

Nerves, Heal Themselves

20.01.2004
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Weizmann Institute scientists reveal key part of nerve regeneration mechanism  
Twitching Whiskers Tell All

Twitching Whiskers Tell All

20.01.2004
Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Study shows that perception is tied to movement   Our fingers run over surfaces; our eyes are in constant motion. This is all a part of “active sensing,” key principles of which have now been uncovered by a Weizmann Institute study.    
Resilience through Improvisation

Resilience through Improvisation

20.01.2004
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
Our cells are resourceful when it comes to copying DNA, even when the DNA is damaged    
Weizmann Institute and Cambridge University Tie for First Place in Physics Competition

Weizmann Institute and Cambridge University Tie for First Place in Physics Competition

05.01.2004
Particle Physics
Over 2,000 physicists from about 50 countries are preparing for an experiment that will take place in CERN (on the Swiss-French border), hopefully in 2007. One of the main objects is to find the particle "Higgs" that might open the door to “new physics.
New method tracking single atoms may lead to improved drug design

New method tracking single atoms may lead to improved drug design

05.01.2004
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology
Prof. Irit Sagi and her team are using new and innovative methods developed at the Weizmann Institute to see real time “video clips” of enzyme molecules at work. 
Metastasis of Colon Cancer Cells Reversed In Vitro

Metastasis of Colon Cancer Cells Reversed In Vitro

05.01.2004
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Weizmann Institute scientists have succeeded in reversing the metastatic properties of colon cancer cells, in vitro,.uncovering a key process involved in the metastasis of colon cancer cells and raising hopes that target-specific drugs might be devised to prevent, or reverse, the invasive behavior of metastatic colon cancer cells

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