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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/radar-knows-best-new-technology-monitors-health-remotely
April 28, 2025
At the beginning of the COVID pandemic, Prof. Yonina Eldar launched an unusual appeal. She called upon physicians from all over Israel to join her online in a brainstorming session to identify the most pressing needs of an overloaded healthcare system. “In the midst of the health...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/slimming-mitch
May 5, 2025
Innovative weight-loss drugs burst onto the scene around 10 years ago, promising a healthier, slimmer world. The downside, however, is that these drugs lead to a decline in muscle mass. Several years ago, through a serendipitous discovery, Prof. Atan Gross of the Weizmann Institu...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/cracking-disorder
May 12, 2025
The materials that make up all the structures and physical systems around us, including our own bodies, are not perfect – they contain flaws in the form of tiny cracks. When one of these cracks suddenly and rapidly spreads, it can be life-threatening, but the rich, intricate patt...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/whisker-whisperers
May 15, 2025
Nestled in dark burrows, with a limited sense of vision, mice brush their whiskers against their environment to navigate and to detect objects around them. This behavior, termed whisking, has been extensively studied in the past few decades and has traditionally been viewed as pu...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/mri-gets-nano-sized-upgrade
May 19, 2025
Conventional MRI scans, familiar to us from hospitals, have a resolution of around one-tenth of a millimeter, which allows them to image incredibly thin slices of our bodies, from head to toe, helping physicians diagnose a variety of medical conditions. Even this ultra-high resol...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/food-friend-not-foe-–-new-study-explains-why
May 27, 2025
If we have an allergy to peanuts, strawberries or dairy, we are quick to blame our immune systems. But when we enjoy a diverse diet without any adverse reaction, we generally don’t realize that this is also the immune system’s doing. Our blissful freedom from treating steak or ca...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/sensing-fat
May 29, 2025
Popular belief holds that our senses gather information only about the external world, but many of our sensory systems also monitor our internal environment, enabling the body to regulate its own functions. In a new study published in Cell Metabolism, researchers from Prof. Elaza...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/“science-can-change-lives-spark-revolutions-and-perhaps-even-heal-world”
June 5, 2025
“If someone told me at the beginning of the way that I’d be the one standing here today, speaking at the graduation ceremony, I would have probably smiled and said: ‘No way.’ The road to this point was anything but obvious, but it was full of faith, hard work, formative experienc...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/new-blood-test-may-detect-leukemia-risk-and-replace-bone-marrow-sampling
June 27, 2025
What if a blood test could reveal the pace of our aging – and the diseases that may lie ahead? The labs of Profs. Liran Shlush and Amos Tanay at the Weizmann Institute of Science have been conducting in-depth studies into the biology of blood to better understand the aging proces...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/nerve-cells-learn-grow
July 7, 2025
Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are capable of regenerating after injury. This is why injuries to the central nervous system are considered irreversible, while damage to peripheral nerves can, in...
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