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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/shaping-role-future-physician-scientists
April 15, 2024
The Weizmann Institute of Science, in a joint initiative with the Miriam and Aaron Gutwirth Fund, is set to establish a medical school, through which it will launch a unique program to train the next generation of physician-scientists. The program, which will be open to graduates...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/fish-under-influence-reveal-how-psychedelics-work
April 21, 2024
Psychedelics are a hot topic in labs all over the world because they hold great potential for relieving the symptoms of depression, anxiety, PTSD and other mood-related conditions. Still, there is a major hurdle to developing these substances into safe, effective medications: Ver...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/association-university-heads-israel-statement-violent-demonstrations-and-antisemitism-us
April 26, 2024
We, the presidents of the research universities in Israel, express our deep concern over the recent surge of severe violence, antisemitism, and anti-Israel sentiment across numerous leading universities in the United States. These disturbing events are often organized and support...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/scientific-archaeology/beating-plateau
April 30, 2024
Jerusalem has been inhabited continuously for thousands of years, serving as both a center of religious significance and a seat of power for kingdoms, yet despite the vast number of historical texts about the city, there are still gaps in its absolute chronology. Researchers from...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/excellence-resilience-and-diligence-meet-weizmann-institute-science’s-honorary-phd-recipients
May 19, 2024
A sociologist of education, a geneticist of skin cells, a chess grandmaster, a founder of Israel’s pharma industry and a couple who are scientists and philanthropists – these are the six recipients of honorary Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the Weizmann Institute of Science fo...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/“-word-democracy”
May 21, 2024
I want to thank the Weizmann Institute of Science for having me here. It is an honor to receive this recognition. To be here in Israel at this moment feels like a moral duty. Israel’s existence as a Jewish state remains nothing short of a modern miracle. I was born in a countr...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/bacteria-against-mutants
May 28, 2024
For the size of any population to remain stable over time, its birth and death rates must be balanced. If the birthrate is too high, there could be a population explosion; if it is too low, the population will shrink. This kind of balance exists, for example, among the 10,000 bil...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/tip-tail
June 1, 2024
Once upon a time, we were all nothing but a mass of densely packed stem cells. Over time, this mass elongated, sprouted limbs on either side, buttocks at the rear, a stomach in the front and a head on the top. The process by which embryonic stem cells give rise to distinct organs...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/mouths-wide-shut-how-cellular-cleaning-out-kept-check
June 3, 2024
Autophagy, which literally means “self-eating,” is a cellular cleaning-out process that maintains our bodies in good order, but excessive autophagy can be too much of a good thing. Now Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have revealed a dietary control device – one that kee...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/when-light-particle-saw-light
June 6, 2024
Vortices are a common physical phenomenon. You find them in the structure of galaxies, tornadoes and hurricanes, as well as in a cup of tea, or water as it drains from the bathtub. Normally, vortices are formed when very fast-flowing air, water or another substance encounters an...
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