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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Measured in Depth for the First Time

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Measured in Depth for the First Time

28.10.2021

Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Climate

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers, together with their NASA collaborators, shed new light on Jupiter, revealing a surprising parallel with Earth

One of the Giant Magellan Telescope's mirrors

Pointing the World’s Largest Mirrors Toward the Heavens

19.10.2021

Space & Physics, Astrophysics

Weizmann Institute of Science joins Giant Magellan Telescope to advance the world’s most powerful telescope

Prof. Yardena Samuels

Spotting Hotspots for Cancer Immunotherapy

15.10.2021

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Off-the-shelf therapies to be developed for entire groups of patients

Dr. Nir London

Global Initiative to Rapidly Develop a Safe, Globally Accessible and Affordable COVID-19 Antiviral Pill

29.09.2021

Structural Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

COVID Moonshot – the world's largest open-science drug discovery effort – aims to identify pre-clinical candidate molecules, with first clinical trials expected in 2022

Illustration of SARS-CoV-2 attaching to an ACE2 receptor located on the host cell's membrane. Source: Shutterstock

Putting a Super Cork on the Coronavirus

18.08.2021

Structural Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Therapeutic approach developed by Weizmann Institute scientists could spell new hope in the battle against COVID-19

The Egyptian fruit bat in three dimensional flight. Photo: Steve Gettle; Design: Maayan Visuals

When the Brain’s GPS Goes Off the Grid

11.08.2021

Brain & Behavior

A new study on bats reveals an unexpected representation of three-dimensional space in the brain

Maskit Golan, "Isolation and staring at the horizon during COVID-19"

“Emotional COVID-19”: How the Global Pandemic Affected the Mental Well-Being of Israelis

08.08.2021

Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior

Using comprehensive digital questionnaires, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers map out the impact that COVID-19 has had on the levels of mental distress in Israel

Super cyclones swirling around Jupiter's poles

Jupiter's Super Polar Cyclones are Here to Stay

19.07.2021

Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Planetary Science

Weizmann Institute scientists reveal how gigantic cyclones remain stable at both of Jupiter’s poles

Nahal Zin stream bed, Shutterstock

Following the Footsteps of Humankind out of Africa

14.06.2021

Scientific Archaeology

Researchers returning to Boker Tachtit in Israel’s Negev illuminate an important chapter in modern humans’ origin story

The Egyptian fruit bat

Right Off the Bat: Navigation in Extra-Large Spaces

27.05.2021

Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior

Bats navigating in an innovative extra-large experimental setup reveal an unknown neuronal code

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