https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/prof-david-harel
May 4, 2020
Prof. David Harel has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/prof-ada-yonath
May 4, 2020
Prof. Ada Yonath has been elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/prof-lia-addadi
May 6, 2020
Prof. Lia Addadi has been elected as a Member of the American Philosophical Society...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/israel-institute-biological-research-and-weizmann-institute-science-collaborate-fight
May 6, 2020
The Israel Institute for Biological Research and the Weizmann Institute of Science will join efforts in advancing research designed to develop ways to combat the coronavirus. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two institutes on this matter was recently signed. The...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/scientist-eye-storm
May 10, 2020
“I’ve been feeling a burning need to contribute, rather than sitting idly at home. I do not have the professional training to help develop a vaccine, a drug or diagnostic tool; as a scientist, this is frustrating. So I am pursuing indirect ways to aid the battle. I contacted bodi...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/how-neutralize-coronavirus-learning-body
May 12, 2020
Recovered COVID-19 patients continue to produce coronavirus-neutralizing antibodies, keeping them as a long-lasting “immunological memory.” Dr. Ziv Shulman’s lab in the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Immunology Department recruits recovered patients, copies the information...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/nasa’s-next-destination-israelis-hopeful-trident-team-finals
May 14, 2020
If life does exist outside of Earth in our Solar System, it could be hiding in subterranean oceans flowing under the surface of icy moons. One of the most promising candidates for such an underground liquid body is Triton – aptly named for the son of the sea god Neptune – the pla...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teaching-campus/we-have-chemistry-and-it-will-triumph-over-virus
May 17, 2020
“We Have Chemistry!” is a national project competition for students in grades 9-12, conducted and coached, for the past 12 years, through a close collaboration between the chemistry group in the Weizmann Institute’s Science Teaching Department, Israel Chemicals Ltd. and the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/paying-price-protection
May 19, 2020
Is the wanton killing of cells in autoimmune disease a case of mistaken identity, or does it arise from an important physiological service? The first is the commonly accepted view – that autoimmune attack is a sort of mistake. But the latter view may be closer to the truth, accor...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/prof-mordechai-ben-ari
May 18, 2020
Prof. Mordechai Ben-Ari is the recipient of the Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award...