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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.

Antibodies Know Right From Left

Antibodies Know Right From Left

01.05.1998

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Knowing right from left is essential in many areas of life - even on the molecular level. Prof. Meir Wilchek of the Weizmann Institute's Biological Chemistry Department, working with an international team of researchers, has now discovered that this ability is particularly prominent in antibodies, the Y-shaped proteins produced by the immune system.

Prof. David Wallach

1997 Teva Founders Prize To Weizmann Institute's Prof. David Wallach

22.03.1998

REHOVOT, Israel - March 22, 1998 - Prof. David Wallach of the Weizmann Institute of Science's Biological Chemistry Department has been awarded the 1997 Teva Founders Prize.

Sales of Products Emanating from Weizmann Institute Research - $600 million in 1997

Sales of Products Emanating from Weizmann Institute Research - $600 million in 1997

19.03.1998

Technology & Applications

REHOVOT, Israel - March 19, 1998 - Approximately $600 million worth of products emanating from research at the Weizmann Institute of Science were sold by Israeli and non-Israeli companies in 1997. Israeli companies were responsible for half of these sales, mainly for export. These figures derive from a survey conducted by the Tel Aviv-based accounting firm Kost Levary & Forer, a member of Ernst & Young International.

'Green' Approach May Significantly Improve Cancer Therapy

'Green' Approach May Significantly Improve Cancer Therapy

03.02.1998

REHOVOT, Israel - February 3, 1998 - A promising cancer therapy which destroys tumors by exposing them to light may be significantly improved thanks to new materials developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Institute scientists reported on the new development at the Conference on Chemical Modifiers of Cancer Treatment in Clearwater, Florida, on January 28-31.

Weizmann Institute Astrophysicist Hot on the Tracks of a New

Weizmann Institute Astrophysicist Hot on the Tracks of a New "Strange" Star

12.01.1998

REHOVOT, Israel - January 12, 1998 - A new "strange" star is suspected to be lurking in our galaxy - and a Weizmann Institute astrophysicist is hot on its tracks.

Cellular Short Circuit Causes Insulin Resistance

Cellular Short Circuit Causes Insulin Resistance

01.01.1998

Future treatments for diabetes may correct the underlying causes of this prevalent metabolic disorder rather than just treat its symptoms. An important step in this direction has been made by Prof. Yehiel Zick of the Weizmann Institute's Molecular Cell Biology Department.

The Envelope Please....

The Envelope Please....

01.01.1998

Math & Computer Science

Two managers have run into a delicate problem. Each has received a complaint from a company employee on a sensitive matter. In both cases, the complainer has requested to keep his identity confidential. The managers would like to determine whether the same person has complained to both of them, but how can they do this without revealing to each other their complainers' identity?

Neatness Pays

Neatness Pays

01.01.1998

Catalysts are the pacesetters of the chemical industry, speeding reactions that are vital to the manufacture of a host of products such as drugs, synthetic fibers and plastics. Now researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have found that a catalyst's performance can be dramatically improved by adjusting the structural orientation of its molecules.

Imaging Method Reveals Remarkable 'Architecture' of the Working Brain

Imaging Method Reveals Remarkable 'Architecture' of the Working Brain

16.12.1997

Brain & Behavior

REHOVOT, Israel - December 16, 1997 - With thousands of neurons firing signals in all directions and forming trillions of possible connections, you'd expect the working brain to be a messy place. Yet a new study conducted by researchers from Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Martinsried, Germany, and Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science reveals that brain cells engaged in different tasks in the visual cortex form "mosaics" which are amazingly orderly and elegant.

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