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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/double-life-cancer-gene
September 15, 2013
A murderer turns out to be a saver of lives – this sounds like a plot twist in a thriller, but Weizmann Institute scientists have found that such a scenario can play out in cancer. In a study published recently in Cancer Research, they have discovered that a cancer-caus...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/tuning-genetic-orchestra
September 17, 2013
Though the process is highly complex, research on metabolism carries rich rewards: The active molecules produced through plant metabolism, for example, often have considerable benefits when we consume them. Thus for instance, the metabolite lycopen...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/odd-couple
September 17, 2013
In the classic Neil Simon movie The Odd Couple, two unlikely roommates – a slob and a neat-freak – get into comic situations. But Felix and Oscar had nothing on a couple of odd physical states of material that can exist quite close to one another – even, under special co...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/visitors-across-universe
October 8, 2013
When we change our point of view, we can often see things not previously apparent. Something similar holds true at the subatomic level: Getting our sights on particles we have not previously been able to “see” can expose us to a new and different “world view.” So...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/power-merger
October 8, 2013
Solar power could supply all the energy the world needs, yet it still accounts for only a tiny fraction of the global energy market. One major hurdle is low efficiency: Almost all the energy is lost, for example, when solar cells convert sunlight into electricity...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/young-inside
October 8, 2013
We can see the external signs of aging – wrinkles and gray hair – but its central processes are hidden from sight within tissues and organs. One of these processes, called cellular senescence, occurs when cells...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/smallest-crystal
October 8, 2013
In 1934, the physicist Eugene Wigner made a somewhat surprising prediction: Electrons should, in certain circumstances, form a crystal. Everyday crystal structures are based on atoms that line up in a lattice arrangement through a sort of mutual "convenience." Electr...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/math-distortion
October 20, 2013
Many of us in the modern world spend a good part of our day viewing 2-D representations of the 3-D world: drawings and photos, television and electronic screens, to name a few. Our brains automatically translate what we see into three dimensions. Not just that, but we unthin...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/so-shall-you-reap
October 30, 2013
Sanford Colb began studying physics before switching to law. Today he has a successful patent law firm – one of the leading ones in the country – based in Rehovot not far from the Weizmann Institute. But Colb has another love – one that began in childhood – gr...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teaching-campus-science-culture/women-activists-citizens-mediterranean
November 17, 2013
The Museum of the Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea was inaugurated this year in Marseille – the city named the European Capital of Culture for 2013. Indeed, Marseille, with its 2,500-year history, has long been known as one of the largest ports on the M...
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