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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/shedding-light-dark-hours
November 25, 2024
Why do asthma, heart attacks and many other health conditions tend to strike in the early hours of the morning? One possible explanation for this mysterious phenomenon has been discovered by researchers from Prof. Gad Asher’s laboratory at the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Biom...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/ants-vs-humans-putting-group-smarts-test
December 23, 2024
Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it’s rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude. Ants and humans are also the only creatures in nature that consistently cooperate while trans...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/weizmann-institute-science-moves-100-green-electricity
January 5, 2025
The Weizmann Institute of Science is switching to the use of only green electricity and is becoming an almost fully renewable energy campus – alongside making sustainability and climate change a central theme of its research efforts. This shift brings many benefits, from assuming...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/way-building-better-batteries
January 9, 2025
When we plug in our cell phones to charge them, we take it for granted that they’ll soon be brimming with energy for scrolling, texting and receiving news alerts. But the technology powering this – rechargeable lithium-ion batteries – heralded a genuine technological revolution w...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/we-know-what-you-ate-detailed-protein-maps-assess-intestinal-health
January 20, 2025
If the organs in our bodies could talk, the intestines might be the ones to divulge the most hidden truths about our lifestyle and health. Along the way, their “confessions” could supply crucial information for biomedical and clinical research. Weizmann Institute of Science resea...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-yonina-eldar-recipient-israel-prize-engineering
February 4, 2025
The Israel Prize laureate for 2025 in the field of Engineering Research and Engineering Sciences is Prof. Yonina Eldar from the Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department at the Weizmann Institute of Science – as announced today by Education Minister Yoav Kish on behalf...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/short-and-long-protein-tails
February 6, 2025
The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place. This membrane protects the cell from its surroundings and divides it into internal compartments; it is responsible for metabolism, energy production, communi...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/training-future-physician-scientists-weizmann-institute-receives-approval-new-medical-school
February 11, 2025
Whether it’s artificial intelligence, computational biology or medical engineering, the worlds of medicine and science are facing a whole series of revolutions. In an attempt to address these emerging challenges, the Weizmann Institute of Science has developed a unique program to...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/environment/seeding-passion
February 13, 2025
When PhD student Gal Raviv thought of creating a sanctuary garden at the Weizmann Institute of Science, what she had in mind was saving endangered plants. But after the October 7 attack on Israel, the recently established garden became for her a refuge of serenity and strength. “...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/broken-heart-two-types-scars-two-paths-healing
February 18, 2025
Not all scars are created equal. That’s the conclusion of a new study by Weizmann Institute of Science researchers: They found that two distinct types of scars, referred to as “hot” and “cold,” can form in the diseased heart, and that these two types call for entirely different t...
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