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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/how-tendons-shape-developing-bones
January 14, 2010
Bones, muscles and tendons work together to provide the perfect balance between stability and movement in the skeleton. Now, Weizmann Institute scientists show that this partnership begins in the embryo, when the bones are still taking shape. The study, published in a recent issu...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/pink-gene-unravelled-weizmann-institute-scientists
January 14, 2010
Far Eastern diners are partial to a variety of sweet, pink-skinned tomato. Dr. Asaph Aharoni of the Weizmann Institute’s Plant Sciences Department has now revealed the gene that’s responsible for producing these pink tomatoes. Aharoni’s research focuses on plants’ thin, pr...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teachingcampus/training-israel’s-team-international-mathematical-olympiad
December 28, 2010
Intensive training starts today at the Davidson Institute of Science Education. To raise the achievements of the Israeli team, the Ministry of Education has given the task of selecting the team and training its members to the Davidson Institute of Science Education, the education...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/weizmann-institute-researchers-together-international-team-sequence-full-woodland
December 27, 2010
In a collaborative effort involving 74 researchers from 38 research institutes, scientists have produced the full genome of a wild strawberry plant. The research appeared today in Nature Genetics. Drs. Asaph Aharoni and Avital Adato of the Weizmann Institute’s Plant Sciences Depa...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/weizmann-institute-scientists-discover-antioxidants-cause-fertility-problems-females
January 18, 2011
Antioxidants are sold over the counter everywhere. They’re added to food, drink and face cream. But according to Prof. Nava Dekel of the Biological Regulation Department, we still don’t have a complete understanding of how they act in our bodies. New research by Dekel and her tea...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/weizmann-institute-scientists-discover-chemical-signal-human-tears
January 6, 2011
Emotional crying is a universal, uniquely human behavior. When we cry, we clearly send all sorts of emotional signals. In a paper published online today in Science Express, scientists at the Weizmann Institute have demonstrated that some of these signals are chemically encod...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/weizmann-institute-scientists-used-accelerated-evolution-develop-enzymes-provide
January 24, 2011
Protection against nerve gas attack is a significant component of the defense system of many countries around the world. Nerve gases are used by armies and terrorist organizations, and constitute a threat to both the military and civilian populations, but existing drug solutions...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/hope-stroke-victims
February 8, 2011
Two new studies support a novel approach based on Weizmann Institute scientists’ research Much of the devastation of stroke and head trauma is due to damage caused by the overproduction of a substance in the brain called glutamate. Preventing this damage has been impossib...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/turning-stress
February 8, 2011
Post-traumatic stress disorder can affect soldiers after combat or ordinary people who have undergone harrowing experiences. Of course, feelings of anxiety are normal and even desirable – they are part of what helps us survive in a world of real threats. But no less crucial is th...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/paper-archives-reveal-pollution’s-history
February 8, 2011
Some of the history preserved in old tomes and newspapers may be hiding in between the lines of print. A Weizmann Institute scientist has found that the paper in such collections contains a record of atmospheric conditions at the time the trees that went into making it were...
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