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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/seeking-solvation
July 2, 2013
“Though water is one of life’s most essential, abundant and well-studied materials, the science behind its behavior and function is still poorly understood,” says Prof. Irit Sagi of the Weizmann Institute’s Biological Regulation Department. Sagi, a representative on the Internati...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/bacterial-booby-traps-revealed
July 2, 2013
Bacteria can be veritable poison factories. In addition to those that harm humans, such as tetanus and botulism, or the toxins they produce to compete with other microorganisms, we now know that bacteria can pr...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/exchange-rates
July 2, 2013
We know that green plants are important for keeping our planet cool: Around the globe, they consume billions of tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2), converting it, through photosynthesis, to sugars and ultimately to wood. But CO2 is also released back int...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/down-wire
September 2, 2013
The never-ending trend of miniaturization in electronics hits the wall when things get down to the nanometer scale. At this point, it is not enough to make the same device but smaller; new technology is needed. That is why scientists investigate the use of single mo...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/where-lab-and-clinic-meet
September 2, 2013
In the midst of a combined clinical and postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Prof. Brendan Lee in Baylor College of Medicine, in Texas, Dr. Ayelet Erez encountered a case that would set her on her present research path: A child was admitted to the hospital with high blood p...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/fossil-comes-life
August 14, 2013
The story started with a dead frog. This was no ordinary dead frog, however – it was a preserved specimen of the first species of amphibian ever to have been declared extinct...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/second-genome
September 8, 2013
Our bodies are alive – not just with muscles and nerves but with populations of bacteria and other single-celled organisms that are along for the ride. An estimated 1016 single-celled organisms – ten to a hundred times more than our own body’s cells – reside in e...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/16th-problem
September 8, 2013
David Hilbert, probably the most prominent mathematician around the turn of the previous century, gave a talk at the 1900 International Mathematicians Congress in Paris in which he presented a list of outstanding math challenges for the new era. His full list included 23 problems...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physicsmade-institute/we-learned-how-learn
August 25, 2013
“The time I spent at the Institute was the best period of my life,” says Dr. Danny Kandel, Senior Director of Advanced Development for KLA-Tencor, Israel. The Israeli branch of this international corporation, based in Silicon Valley, produces accurate metrology systems for qualit...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/getting-root-problem
September 15, 2013
Common wisdom has it that carrots are rich in vitamin A and tomatoes contain large amounts of lycopene, but reality is much more complicated: Plants contain thousands of substances called secondary metabolites. Their name notwithstanding, these substances...
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