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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physicscampus/full-lunar-eclipse-clore-garden-science
June 12, 2011
This Wednesday evening, June 15, the Clore Garden of Science will be open from 21:00 for a viewing of the lunar eclipse. The event will include telescope sightings, a lecture and activities, as well as a large-screen viewing of the eclipse transmitted from the Martin Kraar O...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/thanks-memories
June 30, 2011
How easy is it to falsify memory? New research at the Weizmann Institute shows that a bit of social pressure may be all that is needed. The study, which appears Friday in Science, reveals a unique pattern of brain activity when false memories are formed – one that hints at a...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/weak-synchronization-toddler-brains-may-be-biological-marker-autism
July 24, 2011
The biological causes of autism are still not understood. A diagnosis of autism is only possible after ages three or four; and the tests are subjective, based on behavioral symptoms. Now, in research that appeared in Neuron, scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, C...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/eat-prey-rain
July 24, 2011
What do a herd of gazelles and a fluffy mass of clouds have in common? A mathematical formula that describes the population dynamics of such prey animals as gazelles and their predators has been used to model the relationship between cloud systems, rain and tiny floating par...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/universal-donor-immune-cells
July 24, 2011
One of the latest attempts to boost the body’s defenses against cancer is called adoptive cell transfer, in which patients receive a therapeutic injection of their own immune cells. This therapy, currently tested in early clinical trials for melanoma and neuroblastoma, has i...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/fruit-bats-navigate-internal-maps
August 16, 2011
GPS technology can make our travels easier and more efficient. But for many animals, the ability to successfully navigate a landscape is not just a matter of convenience – their very survival depends on it. Egyptian fruit bats, for instance, fly dozens of kilometers each night to...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/nanowires-get-groove
August 22, 2011
22-08-2011 Growing up is not easy, especially for tiny nanowires: With no support or guidance, nanowires become unruly, making it difficult to harness their full potential as effective semiconductors. Prof. Ernesto Joselevich of the Weizmann Institute’s Chemi...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/scale-models
August 22, 2011
Weizmann Institute scientists have added a significant piece to the puzzle of scaling – how patterns stay in sync with size as an embryo or organism grows and develops. In a new study appearing in Current Biology, Institute scientists Profs. Naama Barkai and Ben-Zion Shilo a...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/are-stellar-explosions-created-equal
August 22, 2011
Cosmic distances are difficult to grasp and no less difficult to measure. When it comes to other galaxies or even remote parts of our own Milky Way, distance measurements are nothing but assessments, derived from indirect clues. Highly importan...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/new-organizing-principle-our-sense-smell
September 26, 2011
The fact that certain smells cause us pleasure or disgust would seem to be a matter of personal taste. But new research at the Weizmann Institute shows that odors can be rated on a scale of pleasantness, and this turns out to be an organizing principle for the way we experie...
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