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Secrets of the SOS Repair Service

Secrets of the SOS Repair Service

01.09.1998

Some repair crews just do their job. Others go beyond the call of duty, leaving you better off than you were before the problem occurred. An emergency repair "service" that fixes DNA, the genetic material of cells, belongs to the second type.

Fusion in our Future

Fusion in our Future

01.09.1998

Fire on the Move

Fire on the Move

01.09.1998

Fire is a formidable foe, its destructive power usually advancing rapidly in chaotic patterns. Now, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have brought fire under control in the laboratory, revealing that under certain conditions, a weak but persistent flame can advance undetected, wreaking havoc on Earth... and in space.

Sudden Climate Warming Took Place in Africa 2,000 Years Ago, Weizmann Institute Study Reveals

Sudden Climate Warming Took Place in Africa 2,000 Years Ago, Weizmann Institute Study Reveals

14.08.1998

REHOVOT, Israel - August 14, 1998 -A sudden warming of climate lasting several centuries took place in equatorial Africa some 2,000 years ago, according to a new study reported by a Weizmann Institute-led team in the August 14 issue of Science.

Laub International Science Youth Village

A Summer of Discovery for Budding Scientists from Around the World

14.07.1998

By Erica Zeitlin

Innovative Treatment Enables Paralyzed Rats to Regain Partial Use of Their Hind Legs

Innovative Treatment Enables Paralyzed Rats to Regain Partial Use of Their Hind Legs

30.06.1998

Brain & Behavior

REHOVOT, Israel -- June 30, 1998 -- Weizmann Institute scientists have managed to partially heal the damaged spinal cords of laboratory animals, according to a study reported in the July issue of Nature Medicine. A team led by Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Neurobiology Department used an innovative treatment which allowed rats to regain partial movement in their hind legs that had been paralyzed by damage to the spine.

Feinberg Graduate School

Feinberg Graduate School Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary

12.06.1998

Science Teaching

By Nofit Milstein

Israel's national tutoring program dubbed Perach

Flower Power: National Tutoring Program Helps Disadvantaged Pupils Blossom

07.05.1998

By Nofit Milstein REHOVOT, Israel - May 7, 1998 - Mix one party-loving, fun-seeking Israeli college student with one 12-year-old, newly-arrived Russian immigrant. Add one disadvantaged child whose father is in jail or an Ethiopian girl living in a cramped, shabby trailer who has never seen a movie nor splashed freely with other children in a cool blue pool. Repeat at least twice a week for 12 months. Watch mixture mature and become almost inseparable.

Superconductivity

Superconductivity "Gutterballs"

01.05.1998

With electricity such a familiar part of our lives, measuring the electric current that flows through a material sounds fairly old hat. Yet Weizmann Institute scientists have made a surprising new discovery related to the behavior of electric currents in materials known as superconductors, whose resistance to the flow of electricity is exceedingly low.

Clusters, Computers and the Human Brain

Clusters, Computers and the Human Brain

01.05.1998

Math & Computer Science

How does our brain cope with the enormous flux of information that bombards our senses? One important neural strategy is the ability to "cluster," or categorize, data and thus make sense of the world around us.

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