https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-victor-armand-malka-1
May 17, 2017
Prof. Victor Armand Malka was Awarded the European Physical Society (EPS)/Quantum Electronics and Optics Division (QEOD) “Applied Aspects” Electronics Prize"....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/where-have-all-birds-gone
May 21, 2017
Songbirds are an integral part of the harmonious atmosphere of the Weizmann Institute of Science’s campus, yet their numbers have declined in recent years. In an effort to attract songbirds back to the campus, Yossi Shohat of the Department of Veterinary Resources and head of the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-daniella-goldfarb-5
May 21, 2017
Prof. Daniella Goldfarb was awarded the International EPR (ESP) Society (IES) Gold Medal...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/over-dam-cells-rejuvenate-brain
June 8, 2017
Embargoed until 8 June 2017, 12:00 PM (noon) US Eastern Time / 19:00 Jerusalem time Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disease manifested by various neuronal pathological processes and a significant decline in brain function. Aggregates of beta-amyloid protein ("pl...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/stressed-out-birth-mice-exposed-prenatal-stress-are-predisposed-eating-disorders-later
June 1, 2017
Stress affects the body and can trigger illness – from psychiatric disorders to heart disease. Humans are exposed to stress at different intensities throughout life – as children, in adolescence, and in old age. But when is the impact of stress on our systems most powerful? Many...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/bread-and-health-personal-matter
June 7, 2017
Bread occupies a unique place in our diet: it accounts for about one-tenth of the calories many people in the West consume and up to 40% of the caloric consumption in some non-Western countries – more than any other food product. In the past few decades, since white bread has acq...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/jupiter-revealed-israeli-scientists-peer-beneath-cloud-cover-our-solar-systems-largest
June 15, 2017
Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran More than 400 years after Galileo turned his telescope toward the planet Jupiter, the clouds and mist covering this giant of the Solar System are beginning to disperse. Since 1973, no fewer than six spacecraft have...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/retina-and-microbiome
June 19, 2017
Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries, but its causes are unknown, and no effective treatment exists. In a collaborative study with Tufts University, Weizmann Institute of Science’s researchers have discovered a connection betwe...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-nirit-dudovich-0
June 15, 2017
Prof. Nirit Dudovich is the recipient of the Michael Bruno Memorial Award by the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-eran-elinav-2
June 18, 2017
Dr. Eran Elinav was elected as a member of EMBO...