https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-made-institute/human-test-computer-written-code
July 24, 2017
Our lives might depend on the ability to check the math of our machines. Driving cars, flying planes, sending robots on rescue missions – every one of these activities requires the ability to evaluate situations quickly and make split-second decisions. The sophisticated algorithm...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-shalev-itzkovitz-0
July 27, 2017
Dr. Shalev Itzkovitz is the recipient of the Vallee Scholar Award for Young Scientists...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/expanding-reach-genomes-guardian
July 31, 2017
If any gene has a celebrity status, it is surely the tumor suppressor called p53. The gene has been featured on magazine covers, pronounced “molecule of the year” and dubbed “guardian of the genome.” This is because malfunctions in p53 are involved, in one way or another, in...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-yinon-rudich-1
July 31, 2017
Prof. Yinon Rudich has been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-jacob-yaqub-hanna-3
August 1, 2017
Dr. Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna is the recipient of a Research Grant by the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF)...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/antibiotic-resistance-3d
August 3, 2017
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued a new warning about strains of pathogenic bacteria that are now resistant to all known antibiotics. The warning had made headlines around the world, raising the specter of “super-bugs” that have been developing resistance to mos...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-itamar-procaccia-11
August 3, 2017
Prof. Itamar Procaccia has been elected as a Member of the Academia Europaea...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/nanomaterials-offer-new-approach-correcting-color
August 7, 2017
The lens in the camera or microscope of the future might be “printed” on an advanced version of a 3-D printer; and it could be much thinner and more accurate than those found today. Research conducted jointly at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Tel Aviv University, which was...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/weizmann-institute-science-ranked-6th-nature-innovation-index-2017-and-1st-outside-us
August 9, 2017
Embargoed until August 9, 18:00 BST, 20:00 Jerusalem time The Nature Index, 2017, of the Innovation supplement published today, placed the Weizmann Institute of Science in sixth place in an international ranking of the world’s top 200 research institutions. The Index ranke...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/first-cells
August 14, 2017
One of the first organ systems to form and function in the embryo is the cardiovascular system: The embryo urgently needs blood vessels for distributing oxygen and nutrients so it can grow and develop. In fact, this developmental process starts so early, scientists still have man...