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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/secret-recipe-colorful-and-versatile-animal-crystals
September 23, 2024
What do fish, chameleons, crabs and Walter White, the chemistry teacher from Breaking Bad, all have in common? The answer is that they all know how to make crystals. But, unlike the incorrigible White, who manufactured mind-altering methamphetamine crystals for criminal ends, the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/couples-therapy
September 26, 2024
Like people, bacteria have their preferences when it comes to relationships. Some are totally independent, while others prefer company. Salmonella and many other kinds of bacteria are of the social type: They can live and even thrive inside a host cell. But unlike us, these bacte...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/environment/hunting-down-giant-viruses-attack-tiny-algae
September 30, 2024
They were said to come from outer space, and there were even claims that they were actually bacteria and that they undermined the very definition of viruses. Giant viruses, nicknamed “giruses,” contain enormous quantities of genetic material – up to 100 times more than other viru...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/uncrackable-scorpions-and-sponges-inspire-sustainable-design
October 10, 2024
Humans are by no means alone in the search for more sustainable materials. Nature, too, has been “working” on the problem of sustainability, and it’s been at it for a great deal longer. In a new study, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science show how design tricks employ...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/improving-recipe-gene-therapy
October 13, 2024
Gregory and Deborah Macres from California lost their son, Gregory, in 1997, when he was just 4 years old. Little Gregory had a severe form of a rare genetic disorder called Gaucher disease and died after unsuccessful experimental treatment. Despite their personal loss, the Macre...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/unclogging-immune-system
October 21, 2024
Whenever a sink overflows, the flooding is usually caused by a blockage that has built up in the drains. Similarly, as we age our bodies are flooded by aging, or senescent, cells, which have stopped dividing but, instead of dying, remain active and build up in body tissues. Recen...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/crystalizing-our-comprehension-malaria
October 28, 2024
Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz first became intrigued by malaria when he was a young boy in South Africa. His father, who scouted the continent in search of wood for the family business, brought back not only tales of elephants and gorillas but also skin rashes and ringing in his ears,...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/burning-cancer’s-bridges
November 4, 2024
“Build your enemy a golden bridge to retreat across” is a piece of advice offered by Sun Tzu in his ancient military treatise, The Art of War. It turns out that cancerous growths adopt this strategy in their battle against the immune system. In a new study being published in Cell...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/“eight-shining-examples-excellence”
November 11, 2024
“Science for Life” – after a year fraught with challenges and tragedy, this is the title of the Weizmann Institute of Science’s 76th International Board Annual General Meeting. This title highlights both the crucial role that basic research plays in safeguarding all forms of life...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/cracking-code-worms-throat
November 18, 2024
The throat of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans might seem like an odd place for exploring the complexity of life’s mechanisms, until one realizes how much information has been collected on these tiny nematodes over the past several decades. This wealth of data was a major rea...
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