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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/bioinformatics-network-eastern-europe-and-asia
March 31, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel -- March 31, 1997-- Scientists throughout Asia and Eastern Europe will soon be able to plug into the vast molecular biology resources available on-line, thanks to an international UNESCO-sponsored computer network inaugurated today at the Weizmann Institute of Sci...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/cancer-pioneer
April 1, 1997
When Prof. Leo Sachs was young, he dreamed of founding a kibbutz in Israel and even spent two years as a farm laborer to prepare for pioneering on the land. Today, however, Sachs, a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, is renowned for pioneering of a ver...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/discovery-sheds-light-increasing-bacterial-drug-resistance
April 1, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel -- April 1, 1997 -- In a study that throws new light on the alarming phenomenon of increasing bacterial drug resistance, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered a molecule that enables bacteria to resist an unusually wide range of drugs....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/new-concept-explains-why-mammals-cant-repair-central-nervous-system-damage
September 16, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- September 17, 1996 -- Why is it that humans and other mammals are left permanently paralyzed or otherwise handicapped by injuries to the central nervous system, while fish and other lower life forms can repair such injuries and resume normal lives? A study l...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/new-computer-network-reaches-out-eastern-europe-and-asia
June 1, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel - Israel may be struggling to win political allies, but in the scientific world the country is at the forefront of international cooperation. An international gathering recently held at the Weizmann Institute of Science launched a computer networ...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/scientific-archaeology/prehistoric-fires-spark-scientific-leap-forward
September 1, 1996
By Miriam Bulwar David-Hay REHOVOT, Israel -- Somewhere, back in the mists of time, a primitive human realized how to light a fire. Suddenly, people could cook their food, keep warm in the cold, scare off predators, and, perhaps not least of all, gather around a central m...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teaching/record-number-mscs-presented-weizmann-institute-graduation
June 3, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel - June 3, 1997 - A record number of master's degrees and a large number of doctorates were awarded at the Feinberg Graduate School's annual graduation ceremony at the Weizmann Institute of Science last night (Monday, June 2). Among the 161 graduates was a high pro...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/3-d-glasses-robot
August 1, 1996
The trouble with many robots and other automated systems equipped with artificial vision is that their eyes "see" the world as two-dimensional. As a result, they have great difficulty in assessing the relative positions of objects. Existing ways for robots to reconstruc...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/open-and-shut-case
August 1, 1996
Some plants may have an easier time "waking up" than many people do, thanks to a built-in biological clock that causes them to open their leaves in the morning and fold them at night. Now a Weizmann Institute researcher has discovered a biochemical "switch" that appears to contro...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/new-material-shows-superior-lubricating-properties
June 19, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel -- June 19, 1997-- A material discovered at the Weizmann Institute of Science has shown superior properties as a machine lubricant in tests simulating industrial conditions. When compared with the best existing lubricants, the material reduced friction between mov...
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