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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/scientist-named-research-leader-nanotechnology
November 8, 2004
Prof. Ehud Shapiro of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, has been named Research Leader in the field of Nanotechnology and Molecular Electronics within the 2004 “Scientific American 50” - the magazine’s annual list recognizing outstanding acts of leadershi...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/shrinking-giants-exploding-dwarves
August 28, 2007
New, detailed observations of a supernova show evidence that a white dwarf star "fed" off a red giant to gain the critical mass needed for explosion. When white dwarf stars explode, they leave behind a rapidly expanding cloud of 'stardust' known as a Type Ia supernova. Th...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/gene-metastasis
August 28, 2007
Scientists pinpoint an important player in colorectal cancer spread Colorectal cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers in the Western world. The tumor starts off as a polyp but then turns into an invasive and violent cancer,which often spreads to the liver. In an arti...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/weizmann-institute-scientists-show-how-proteins-beat-evolutionary-stakes
December 2, 2004
A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science has shown one way that evolving organisms beat the evolutionary stakes. Evolution is something of a gamble: in order to stay a step ahead of a shifting environment, organisms must change or risk extinction. Yet the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/nanotubes-form-along-atomic-steps
December 1, 2004
The Weizmann Institute of Science today announced that a research group headed by Dr. Ernesto Joselevich has developed a new approach to create patterns of carbon nanotubes by formation along atomic steps on sapphire surfaces. Carbon nanotubes are excellent candidates for the pro...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/how-sea-urchin-grows-new-spines
November 11, 2004
A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science has shown how sea urchins grow new spines. The sea urchin’s tough, brittle spines are an engineering wonder. Composed of a single crystal from base to needle-sharp tip, they grow back within a few days after being bro...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/award-weizmann-institute-scientist
October 10, 2004
The World Technology Award for Biotechnology was given to the Israeli scientist for innovations in biological computing devices Prof. Ehud Shapiro of the Weizmann Institute of Science has received the 2004 World Technology Award for Biotechnology. The award is one...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/catching-sneak
April 13, 2005
Weizmann Institute Scientists reveal the shape of a protein that helps retroviruses break into cells Retroviruses are among the trickier and more malicious disease agents, causing AIDS and cancers such as leukemia. The viruses manage to sneak into cells with the help of sp...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/two-are-better-one
April 1, 2005
Right combination of customized antibodies may destroy cancer cell's communication network Cancer patients may one day benefit from treatment with mixtures of customized antibodies. In a study published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA),...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/allicin-wonderland
April 1, 2005
Weizmann Institute Scientists “weaponize” an antibody to deliver continuous attacks on cancer cells In a recent study published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science paired the active ingredient of a garden remedy with advanced...
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