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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/calculating-whiskers-send-precise-information-brain
January 28, 2016
As our sensory organs register objects and structures in the outside world, they are continually engaged in two-way communication with the brain. In research recently published in Nature Neuroscience, Weizmann Institute scientists found that for rats, which use their whiskers to...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teaching-campus/science-education-week-coming
January 28, 2016
Plans are already in high gear for the second annual Science Education Week, which will take place this year from April 3-9. More than 60 events are planned for the special week, in the Weizmann Institute campus and area, and all around the country. Guided tours and special activ...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/no-yes-no-switch-neuronal-growth
February 1, 2016
How do neurons decide when to grow and when to stop growing? In a new study reported in Cell, Weizmann Institute scientists found a switch that turns neuronal growth on or off. This research helps explain how the brain is wired with such great precision during development; i...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/genetic-domino-effect
February 4, 2016
Expanding wave fronts – ripples on a lake, for example – are a well-studied physical phenomenon. These sorts of dynamics can also be seen in biological systems, in which information is often passed from cell to cell. Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv and research students Alexandra Tayar and Eya...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/when-spinning-“superrotors”-collide
February 8, 2016
A ball kicked at the goal, a molecule in a gas, a galaxy in space: each of these is moving with two kinds of velocity. The linear velocity of the body moves it from place to place while its angular velocity causes it to spin. Several years ago, a proposal was put forward in which...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-meir-lahav-0
February 8, 2016
Prof. Meir Lahav was chosen to receive the Israel Prize in Chemistry and Physics...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-leslie-leiserowitz
February 8, 2016
Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz was chosen to receive the Israel Prize in Chemistry and Physics...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/triple-treatment-keeps-cancer-coming-back
June 7, 2005
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, responsible for some 1.59 million deaths a year. That figure is due, in part, to the fact that the cancer often returns after what, at first, seems to be successful treatment. And the recurring cancer is often resistant...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/flickering-explained
February 15, 2016
More than a hundred years ago, scientists looking through microscopes at red blood cells noticed that the cells’ membranes were vibrating rapidly. They termed this motion “flickering.” The causes of this flickering have now been clarified in a new study published in Nature Physic...
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