https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/getting-colder
November 18, 2019
In the hot summer of 2019, everyone’s had a hard time cooling down. This is especially true for certain simple molecules: Scientists would like to cool them down to close to absolute zero, the lowest temperature possible – approximately -273oC. Yet this goal is continually sought...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/when-fish-“play”-dr-takashi-kawashima-sees-how-neurons-work
October 2, 2019
Can tiny zebrafish play video games? Dr. Takashi Kawashima, a new scientist in the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Neurobiology Department, is building a virtual reality system meant for fish in which, as they “play,” he will be able to see inside their heads. Combining this syst...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/yeda-news
January 29, 2020
(Coming Soon) Hydrogen for Every Tank Hydrogen fuel produces only water when it is burned; but moving to a greener, “hydrogen economy” has proved to be an uphill climb. A major challenge is to efficiently store the hydrogen – the lightest element, normally a gas, which is...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/scientists-kitchen
November 26, 2019
Fortunately, no one needs a degree in chemistry or physics in order to cook scrumptious food. But getting a taste of the principles underlying browning, thickening, frying and curing can help us understand how these same principles apply more generally to the chemical and physica...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/azrieli-foundation-funds-fragile-x-research-institute
October 6, 2019
Fragile X syndrome is a genetic disorder that can lead to a wide range of developmental, physical and behavioral problems; these include mild to moderate intellectual disability, such changes to the face and body as an unusually long narrow face, and such features of autism as pr...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/how-cone-snail-venom-kills
October 24, 2019
Resplendent multicolor cone-snail shells harbor a deadly predator that kills fish, worms and other prey with precision and speed. In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, (PNAS) USA, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have reveale...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/electron-wire
November 21, 2019
Can electrons form a gas, liquid or even a solid crystal, just as atoms do? This question was first posed 80 years ago by Eugene Wigner, who received the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics, and it has remained open ever since. Recently, Prof. Shahal Ilani and his group in the Weizmann I...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-ada-yonath-27
October 24, 2019
Prof. Ada Yonath is the recipient of an Honorary Professor from the Northwest University China....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-yardena-samuels-1
October 24, 2019
Prof. Yardena Samuels has been elected as a Member of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/5-pnas
October 24, 2019
1 – An investigation into the way that double-stranded DNA unwinds for replication, repair or transcription, coauthored by Prof. Yaakov Levy of the Structural Biology Department, together with researchers in Italy, the UK and Spain. By combining simulations and experiments, physi...