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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/technology-applications/faster-path-lab-bench-clinic
May 20, 2020
Of the hundreds of thousands of research papers published each year, most remain within the confines of interesting scientific findings. A few papers do, however, manage to cross the threshold and become something more, developing into discoveries that change our lives. What t...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/blurring-distinction
May 13, 2020
The difference between light and matter ‒ it should be a clear and simple division. But there are situations in which the two become so closely connected that the situation becomes blurred. This can occur, for example, in metallic nanostructures that are tuned to absorb certain w...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teaching/young-math-olympics
March 3, 2020
Over a thousand kids, from third to sixth grade, participated in this year's Young Math Olympics. The semifinal rounds took place in eleven different locations, from Eilat in the south to Tel Hai in the north, as well as in Palo Alto, California, for children of Israelis there. T...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/emotional-rehearsal
March 3, 2020
A diligent student might stay in the classroom during recess to go over the recently learned material instead of playing in the schoolyard. Research at the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests that the neurons in a part of the brain called the amygdala are so diligent, they rep...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/creating-covert-chemotherapy-drug
March 29, 2020
Invisible ink, beloved of spies and spy novelists, stays hidden from prying eyes until the intended reader uses the proper method to bring the writing to light. Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have created their own drug version of invisible ink: “Sleeper” molecules tha...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/prof-gershom-jan-martin
March 10, 2020
Prof. Gershom (Jan) Martin has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/chinese-students-extend-their-stay
March 16, 2020
Fifteen outstanding physics students, all in their third or fourth year of undergraduate studies in leading universities in China, recently participated in a month-long winter school in the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Faculty of Physics. The month was meant to end in February...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/weizmann-institute-science-exploring-ways-assist-coronavirus-testing
March 16, 2020
In light of the severe constraints in performing a sufficient amount of coronavirus tests in Israel, the Weizmann Institute of Science decided to contribute significantly to the national mission and use its advanced laboratories to perform coronavirus tests. In parallel, Weizmann...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/two-steps-ahead-coronavirus
March 22, 2020
A method for monitoring, identifying, and predicting the coronavirus’s spreading zones, which was initiated and developed by scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in collaboration with researchers from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Clalit Health Services, and...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/intermittent-lockdown
March 31, 2020
Think of dieting. You can fast for two months and lose weight, but you will probably die. Even if you survive, you will quickly gain weight again. Similarly, a two-month lockdown will suppress the coronavirus, but it will kill the economy. Lockdown will push hundreds of millions...
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