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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/vortex-nanometric-teacup-0
November 30, 2021
Vortices may conjure a mental image of whirlpools and tornados – spinning bodies of water and air – but they can also exist on much smaller scales. In a new study published in Science, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science, together with collaborators from the Techni...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/bacteria-and-plants-fight-alike
December 1, 2021
A brown blotch on a plant leaf may be a sign that the plant’s defenses are hard at work: When a plant is infected by a virus, fungus or bacterium, its immune response keeps the disease from spreading by killing the infected cell, as well as a few surrounding ones. A new study at...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-françois-rousset
December 5, 2021
Dr. François Rousset (in the group of Prof. Rotem Sorek) of the Molecular Genetics Department, has been awarded the Bettencourt Prize for Young Researchers...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/sarah-amzallag
December 5, 2021
Sarah Amzallag has been awarded the ICS-Shahar Prize for the Excellent Administrative Assistant for 2021...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-eli-waxman-1
December 8, 2021
Prof. Eli Waxman has been appointed Head of the Particle Physics and Astrophysics Department at the Weizmann Institute of Science...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/gut-microbes-may-drive-weight-gain-after-smoking-cessation
December 8, 2021
Cigarette smoking, practiced by over a billion people worldwide, is considered a leading cause of disease, accounting for over six million deaths each year. Many people don’t quit smoking, despite expressing a desire to do so, because they are concerned about the substantial weig...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/while-waiting-food-surprising-fetal-gut-cells-make-insulin
December 9, 2021
An exclusive “license” for making insulin in the human body belongs to the beta cells scattered throughout the pancreas. But because beta cells can become scarce or dysfunctional in people with diabetes, scientists have been searching for other cells that might be coaxed into man...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/making-bone-growth-transparent
December 17, 2021
As our bodies grow throughout childhood and puberty, our final height and the shape of our skeleton are largely determined by growth plates – areas of new growth at both ends of the long bones, such as those in the arms, legs, hands and feet. These areas expand, and the cartilage...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/meat-muscle-and-motion-cell-fusion
December 20, 2021
One day Prof. Eldad Tzahor peered into a microscope in his lab and saw steak. As part of Tzahor’s research into repairing muscle tissue, Dr. Tamar Eigler, a postdoctoral fellow in his lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science, had been experimenting with cultured muscle stem cells...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/deadly-tango
December 23, 2021
The expression “it takes two to tango” takes on a peculiar twist in the context of the interaction between bacteria and their host’s immune system: Some immune cells, upon infection, turn from killing machines into physical niches for bacterial growth and prosperity. A new study...
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