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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/women-distinction-award-two-weizmann-institute-scientists
January 28, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel -- January 28, 1997 -- This week, two scientists from Israel's Weizmann Institute were honored for an achievement that bears on the lives of many people throughout the world. Prof. Ruth Arnon and Dr. Dvora Teitelbaum received Women of Distinction Awards from...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/moroccan-scientists-bask-israeli-hospitality
February 1, 1996
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 d...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/prestigious-german-award-weizmann-institute-professor
February 5, 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. The medal will be p...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/alive-dead-sea
June 1, 1996
Survival is difficult anywhere, so why set up house in the Dead Sea, of all places? Although the chances of staying alive in the world's saltiest body of water are almost nil, this is precisely where bacteria called Haloarcula marismortui have elected to settle down. Stranger sti...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/special-issue-solar-energy
April 1, 1996
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. Several technologies developed at the complex ar...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/corn-yields-kenya-triple-thanks-new-weed-fighting-strategy
April 17, 1996
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...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/solutions-based-polymer-technology-be-discussed-international-conference
May 7, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- May 7, 1996 -- New ways to combat pollution in Mediterranean countries with the aid of polymers will be discussed at the MEDNET International Conference on Environmental Impact of Polymeric Materials, opening next Sunday, May 12, at the Weizmann Institute of Sc...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/ancient-stalactites-have-tale-tell
June 1, 1997
The stalactites and stalagmites of Israel's Soreq Cave - a well-known local tourist attraction - now have another claim to fame: they provide the only continuous record known of eastern Mediterranean rainfall and vegetation over the past 58,000 years. A study...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/tumor-tip
June 1, 1996
Diagnosing and treating neuroblastomas among the most common solid tumors occurring in young children may soon be easier thanks to a study by researchers at the Weizmann Institute and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Although these tumors are often fast-g...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/waxy-woes-winter
June 1, 1996
Remember winter? When you can't get a truck started in the morning because the engine is clogged up and your skin cream hardens if you leave it out in the cold? These and other phenomena are caused by crystals forming in the wrong place at the wrong time. In the case of the t...
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