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Corn Yields in Kenya Triple Thanks to New Weed-Fighting Strategy

Corn Yields in Kenya Triple Thanks to New Weed-Fighting Strategy

17.04.1996
Plants and Agriculture
REHOVOT, Israel -- April 17, 1996 -- Corn yields on experimental plots in Kenya have tripled thanks to an innovative weed-fighting strategy developed by a Weizmann Institute scientist in collaboration with Kenyan researchers. These results will be reported on April 17 at the Sixth Parasitic Weed Symposium in Cordoba, Spain.  
Special Issue: Solar Energy

Special Issue: Solar Energy

01.04.1996
Environment
The Weizmann Institute's solar research complex, known as the Canadian Institute for the Energies and Applied Research, is one of the world's most advanced facilities for designing methods to exploit concentrated solar energy.  
Professor Michael Sela

Prestigious German Award to Weizmann Institute Professor

05.02.1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- February 5, 1996 -- On February 12, the Weizmann Institute will host a ceremony at which Institute Professor Michael Sela will become the first non-German to receive the Harnack Medal, the Max Planck Society's highest award.  
Moroccan Scientists Bask in Israeli Hospitality

Moroccan Scientists Bask in Israeli Hospitality

01.02.1996
People
REHOVOT, Israel -- February 1996 -- Diplomatic contacts with various Arab nations no longer sound like science fiction to Israelis, but professional exchanges with people in some of these countries still have the flavor of an adventure. Members of a Weizmann Institute delegation traveling recently to a scientific conference in the Moroccan town of Essaouira (Mogador) were apprehensive. After all, they were going to a country that only a year before had established official ties with Israel.
New Approach to Fighting Autoimmune Diseases

New Approach to Fighting Autoimmune Diseases

25.01.1996
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
REHOVOT, Israel -- January 25, 1996 -- A natural mechanism by which the body turns off inflammation may serve as a basis for the design of a new class of drugs against multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.  
Yaakov Naan Appointed Weizmann Institute Vice President for Finance and Administration

Yaakov Naan Appointed Weizmann Institute Vice President for Finance and Administration

08.01.1996
People
REHOVOT, Israel -- January 8, 1996 --Yaakov Naan is about to join the Weizmann Institute as Vice President for Finance and Administration. He will take office on February 1, 1996, replacing David Schlachet, who is leaving to engage in private business after having served in this capacity for five years.  
World-Famous Physicist Arkady Aronov Remembered at Weizmann Institute Physics Symposium

World-Famous Physicist Arkady Aronov Remembered at Weizmann Institute Physics Symposium

07.01.1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- January 7 , 1996 -- New developments in solid state physics will be discussed this week (January 8-12) at the Arkady Aronov Memorial Symposium to be held in Zichron Ya'akov, near Haifa, under the aegis of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Heraeus Foundation, Germany.
A Tight Squeeze

A Tight Squeeze

01.01.1996
Materials Science
One of the first things we learn about nature is that water turns into a solid when it is frozen. For this change of state to occur, drastic alterations in environment such as a drop in temperature or an increase in pressure were always considered necessary -- until now.   Weizmann Institute researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible to cause a liquid to solidify by merely confining it between two smooth surfaces without applying pressure.    
Getting a Bang Out of the Experiment

Getting a Bang Out of the Experiment

01.01.1996
Steven Spielberg, move over. An international team of physicists is recreating a world that existed billions of years before the one portrayed in Jurassic Park.   Using the world's most powerful atom-smasher, the group -- in which researchers from the Institute's Particle Physics Department played a key role -- may have produced a miniature version of the universe as it existed when it was only one microsecond old.  
Nothing to Sneeze At

Nothing to Sneeze At

01.01.1996
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A gene responsible for the production of an allergy-blocking protein has been discovered by the team of Prof. Israel Pecht at Weizmann Institute's Immunology Department.  

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