https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-david-milstein-12
March 3, 2019
Prof. David Milstein has been awarded the Blaise Pascal Medal for Chemistry from European Academy of Sciences....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-neta-regev-rudzki
March 10, 2019
Dr. Neta Regev-Rudzki has been awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-amnon-bar-shir
March 10, 2019
Dr. Amnon Bar-Shir has been awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-ofer-firstenberg
March 10, 2019
Dr. Ofer Firstenberg has been awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/through-thick-and-thin
March 11, 2019
They have been crawling the Earth for over 400 million years, and they are found everywhere but Antarctica. Solitary cannibals that have even been known to eat their young, scorpions can also go for months without a meal. Along with their stinging tails, scorpions have evolved pi...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-irit-dinur-0
March 14, 2019
Prof. Irit Dinur has been awarded the Godel Prize by the ACM/SIGACT....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/can-antifreeze-protein-also-promote-ice-formation
March 14, 2019
Antifreeze is life’s means of surviving in cold winters: Natural antifreeze proteins help fish, insects, plants and even bacteria live through low temperatures that should turn their liquid parts to deadly shards of ice. Strangely enough, in very cold conditions, the same protein...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/beresheet-lunar-landing-site-revealed-0
March 17, 2019
The main scientific instrument on board the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft, the SpaceIL Magnetometer (SILMAG), has now been successfully turned on in space and data returned to Earth. After its successful launch, Beresheet is circling Earth on its journey to the Moon. Prof. Oded Ah...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/south-korea-invests-weizmann-institute-science-biomed
March 19, 2019
Two South Korean concerns have committed to investing a total of $12 million in spinout companies incorporated by Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science. The first investment, in the amount of $2 million, is being...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/breathe-answering-cognitive-function-tied-inhalation
March 20, 2019
A shot of espresso, a piece of chocolate or a headstand – all of these have been recommended before taking a big test. The best advice, however, could be to take a deep breath. According to research conducted in the lab of Prof. Noam Sobel of the Weizmann Institute of Science’s N...