https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/link-between-el-nino-and-rainfall-israel-discovered
June 24, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- June 24, 1996 -- El Nino, the periodic abnormal warming of surface water in the eastern equatorial Pacific, has long been notorious for the devastation it often inflicts on South America. But now it appears that its effects reach as far as the Middle East -- an...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/rothschild-prize-weizmann-institute-professor-yoseph-imry
June 26, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- May 26, 1996 -- Weizmann Institute Prof. Yoseph Imry, a leading expert in the theory of solid state physics and one of the founders of the new and growing field known as mesoscopic physics, will today receive the 1996 Rothschild Prize in Physics, to b...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/1996-distinguished-clinical-chemist-award
July 4, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel. The Weizmann Institute's Professor Meir Wilchek has been named the 1996 winner of the prestigious Distinguished Clinical Chemist Award, given every three years by the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry. Prof. Wilchek, who revolut...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-education/record-number-doctoral-degrees-conferred-feinberg-graduation-ceremony
June 4, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- June 4, 1996 -- A record number of doctoral degrees was conferred at the Feinberg Graduate School's annual graduation ceremony held on the Weizmann Institute campus on Sunday, June 2. The 87 Ph.D.s were the largest number awarded since the graduate school...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/scientists-brainstorm-find-cure-tourette-syndrome
July 10, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- July 10, 1996 -- An intensive effort to shed light on Tourette syndrome -- the humiliating genetic disorder known for causing sufferers to twitch and swear repetitively -- brought six Yale University professors to Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science recently...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/personnel-management-brain
August 1, 1996
The brain acts like a dynamic personnel manager, constantly shifting its "workers," the nerve cells that control nearly all bodily functions, from one cell group to another to deal with a variety of ever-changing demands, according to a Weizmann Institute study publishe...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/new-drug-multiple-sclerosis-receives-recommendation-us-food-and-drug-administration
September 19, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- September 19, 1996 -- An advisory committee convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended today that the FDA approve the Israeli drug copolymer-1, to be marketed under the brand name COPAXONE®, for treatment of patients with relapsing-remitt...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/scientific-archaeology/ancient-ashes-throw-new-light-prehistoric-lifestyles
September 24, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- September 24, 1996 -- Prehistoric ashes can now be recognized and analyzed with precision for the first time, thanks to a discovery made by a Weizmann Institute of Science researcher. The finding, reported in the September issue of the Journal of Archaeolo...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/six-prizes-weizmann-institute-scientists
June 10, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- June 10, 1996 -- Six outstanding Weizmann Institute scientists have just received prizes for their research work. Dr. Shimon Edelman of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science was awarded the Morris L. Levinson Prize in Mathem...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/shaare-zedek-honors-weizmann-institutes-prof-leo-sachs
October 17, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- October 17, 1996 -- Prof. Leo Sachs of the Weizmann Institute of Science has been named this year s recipient of an award for an outstanding contribution to society. Prof. Sachs, 72, received the Ot Hanagid (Medal of the Governor) award, presen...