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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/it’s-stretch-giving-direction-blood-vessels
December 13, 2018
Israeli scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science recently combined one group’s expertise in tissue engineering with the other’s expertise in the physics of complex systems to understand in detail how mechanical forces can d...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/ct-clouds-fleet-micro-satellites-will-see-smallest-clouds
December 17, 2018
Ten satellites, each around the size of a shoebox, are slated in a few years to enter orbit and begin filling in some gaping holes in our understanding of clouds and their role in climate. Inspired by medical CT (computed tomography), which observes and maps the interior of a pat...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/frustrated-and-going-circles
December 20, 2018
When a group must work by consensus but each member has its own direction, the result can be frustration and inaction. But sometimes, the frustration can give way to a new type of movement that does not fit the direction of any one member. This view of group dynamics is not a des...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-ada-yonath-23
December 17, 2018
Prof. Ada Yonath is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the Arab Academic College of Education, Haifa....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/2018-wonder-wander-quiz
December 23, 2018
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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-avishay-gal-yam
December 20, 2018
Prof. Avishay Gal-Yam 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/life-sciences/meeting-einstein
December 27, 2018
Prof. Ada Zamir still remembers the first day she came to work at the Weizmann Institute of Science, in the mid-1960s, excited to begin researching with Prof. David Elson. The secretary of the Biochemistry Department informed her in no uncertain terms that she would never be able...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/where-blood-brain-barrier-breaks-down
January 7, 2019
The so-called blood-brain barrier is a physical seal of tightly packed cells lining the blood vessel walls – molecules above a certain size cannot get in or out. But hormones and blood-borne proteins do have passage. The pituitary, at the base of the brain, contains “leaky” blood...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/joint-wellcome-trust-–-who-consultation-transforming-nutrition-science-better-health
December 26, 2018
Prof. Eran Elinav from the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Immunology Department speaking about his research on personalized blood glucose responses to food and developing personal dietary recommendations that can help prevent and treat obesity and diabetes, during a joint Wellco...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/immune-system’s-fountain-youth
December 31, 2018
If only we could keep our bodies young, healthy and energetic, even as we attain the wisdom of our years. New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests this dream could be at least partly obtainable in the future. The results of this research, led by Prof. Valery Kri...
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