https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/close-encounters-brain-and-blood
January 4, 2012
“It’s all in your head” is more than a catchy phrase; it’s a fairly accurate description of how the human body functions. From blood pressure to appetite to food metabolism, much of...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/made-institute/3d-molecules-and-baby
January 4, 2012
When Yechun Xu held her newborn daughter You-Yang for the first time, she felt happy and hopeful, as do new mothers everywhere. Her husband Minjun Li, standing nearby, was happ...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/scenes-supernova
January 4, 2012
In late August, automatic telescopes searching for signs of developing supernovae spotted one just a half a day into the explosion process. Not only was this a very early obser...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/one-protein-two-programs
January 16, 2012
One of the most important decisions a cell has to make is whether to live or die. Every single cell in our bodies is armed with genetic “programs” that instruct it to commit suicide when necessary. Cell suicide, however, is not a...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/touching-ground
January 16, 2012
Adhesion, as they say, is a sticky business, especially for a cell. The adhesion complexes linking a cell’s outer surface to neighboring cells and connective tissues consist of hundreds of different proteins. These not only hold the cell in place but a...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/yeda-colabora-con-adobe-en-un-nueva-técnica-de-visualización-de-datos
January 16, 2012
Spanish Press Release | Full Press Release List >> 16-01-2012 YEDA Research and Development Company LTD., el brazo comercial del Instituto Weizmann de Ciencia, ha anunciado hoy que ha firmado un acuerdo de licencia con Adobe Systems Incorporated, relac...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/collaboration-de-yeda-avec-adobe-pour-une-nouvelle-technique-de-visualisation-de-données
January 16, 2012
French Press Release | Full Press Release List >> 16-01-2012 YEDA Research and Development Company Ltd, l’organisme commercial de l’Institut Weizmann, a annoncé aujourd'hui qu’il a signé avec Adobe Systems Inc. un contrat de licence relatif à une mesure...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/yeda-arbeitet-für-die-entwicklung-einer-neuen-datenvisualisierungs-methode-mit-adobe-zusammen
January 16, 2012
German Press Release | Full Press Release List >> 16-01-2012 Die Yeda Research and Development Company LTD., der kommerzielle Arm des Weizmann Instituts für Wissenschaft, hat heute mitgeteilt, dass sie eine Lizenzvereinbarung mit Adobe Systems Incorpor...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/work-around-clock
January 24, 2012
There’s a season for everything, King Solomon reportedly said: a time to be born and a time to die, a time for war and a time for peace. Modern science says there’s also the best time to wake up – at 6 am, when metabolism starts running; the best time for love – at 8 am, whe...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/x-factor-ovulation
January 24, 2012
An essential prelude to the journey of life is the egg's ripening in the mother’s ovary, culminating with its release at ovulation. Understanding the details of this process is crucial both for developing future fertility treatments and for designing better contraceptives. A...