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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/interview-prof-itamar-procaccia
May 1, 1995
Q: We began primarily as an institute of chemistry because that was Chaim Weizmann's field, but emphasis on this field seems to have declined over the years. What is the situation today? A: Chemistry, here and elsewhere is on the upswing and now plays a key role in ever...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/institute-mathematicians-define-economic-paradox
May 1, 1995
In seeming defiance of common sense, the demand for certain goods may actually soar when they increase in price. While this paradox, referred to as the Giffen effect, has been know for about a century, Weizmann Institute scientists have now developed a mathematical model that def...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/scientific-cooperation-growing-between-weizmann-and-egyptian-scientists
May 1, 1995
Contacts between Institute scientists and their Egyptian counterparts have been increasing. This is reflected, among other things, in a growing number of visits to Rehovot by Egyptian officials and by a joint conference on weed control. Among the Egyptian dignitaries who vis...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/institute-solar-project-given-american-israeli-support
May 1, 1995
An $8-million solar energy project to be carried out by Weizmann Institute researchers together with U.S. and Israeli companies is one of the three binational undertakings recently selected for support by the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Commission, which evaluated over 100...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/source-safe-energy
August 17, 2010
Containing no corrosive chemicals, giving off no pollution and able to generate electricity indefinitely just by lying in the sun, solid state photocells -- commonly known as "solar batteries" -- are a...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/buckyball-structures-identified-inorganic-semiconductor-material
May 1, 1993
Experiments carried out in the United States and Germany in May 1990 were described by one of the participants as the "ultimate eureka experience" of his scientific career: the production of the first crystals of buckminsterfullerene (C60), a brand new and technological...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/multifaceted-attack-ovarian-and-breast-cancer
May 1, 1993
Ovarian and breast cancer, which strike hundreds of thousands of women throughout the world each year, are under intense study at the Weizmann Institute. Prof. Ruth Arnon and Dr. Bilha Schechter of the Department of Chemical Immunology, together with Prof. Meir Wilchek...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/new-method-improving-light-signals
May 1, 1993
A simple scheme for the generation and detection of "noiseless" light signals may some day improve the efficiency of information transfer via optical signal processor, computers and other high-tech devices. The theoretical basis for this novel method was developed by Prof. Gersho...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/anticancer-potential-opiates-explored-joint-study
October 1, 1992
A new study on the effect of opiates on cell reproduction may facilitate eventual use of such drugs in the treatment of cancer. This research -- carried out by Prof. Zvi Vogel and Dr. Jacob Barg of the Weizmann Institute's Department of Neurobiology along with Prof. Carmine...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/more-nutritious-potatoes-produced
May 1, 1993
A potato richer in amino acids essential to the body has been genetically engineered by Dr. Gad Galili, Ms. Orit Shaul and Dr. Avihai Perl of the Department of Plant Genetics. A major nutritional drawback of many crop plants -- including grains, potatoes and legumes -- is th...
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