https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/monitoring-course-lupus
August 1, 1996
Doctors may soon find it easier to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus, a potentially life-threatening disease that affects the kidneys and other internal organs, thanks to a new test developed by Prof. Roald Nezlin of the Weizmann Institute&#...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-education/high-school-science-stars-17-countries-weizmann-institutes-summer-program
July 1, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel - July 1, 1997 - Winners of their nations' top science competitions are among the participants in the Weizmann Institute of Science's 29th Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute that will run from July 2 to August 1. The annual summer...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/worlds-most-prestigious-award-computer-science-weizmann-institutes-prof-amir-pnueli
November 7, 1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- November 7, 1996 -- A Weizmann Institute of Science mathematician, Prof. Amir Pnueli, has been named the recipient of the 1996 Turing Award, the world's most prestigious prize, dubbed the "Nobel Prize in computer science." Pnueli develops sophi...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/world-record-purity-promises-faster-more-efficient-electronic-devices
August 4, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel - August 4, 1997 - Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have set a new world record for purity.They have created the purest ever crystals of the semiconductor gallium arsenide - a feat that allows electrons to travel at a record speed....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/molecular-radar-tracks-key-process-embryonic-development
August 22, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel - August 22, 1997 - A molecular "radar" that makes it possible to track signaling enzymes inside a cell in real time has been developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Using the "radar," the scientists mapped the exact progress of an inte...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teaching/motivating-math-hands-investigations-help-kids-discover
September 1, 1997
REHOVOT - September 1, 1997 - Question: What do you get when you take 25 children, subtract their textbooks, and add dice, matchsticks and chocolate? Answer: an innovative model of math education that has kids discovering mathematical principles all on their own. And best of all,...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/technology/powerful-idea
September 1, 1997
A shiny round motor has spun its way around the world, from an impoverished Russian laboratory to an Israeli science park to a California manufacturer. Thanks to the determination of a young researcher and an Israeli program designed to tap the know-how of immigrant scientists, t...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/existence-less-whole-electronic-charges-confirmed-weizmann-institute-science
September 11, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel - September 11, 1997 - Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have provided the first unambiguous evidence that electrons can behave in an intriguing way that seems to defy common sense. An electron is a tiny particle that carries the sma...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/more-bytes-buck
November 1, 1996
To boost the storage capacity of tomorrow's computers, information is digitally recorded on optical disks and read by a laser. Scientists hoped to enhance the computers memory banks even further by stacking several optical disks on top of each other. However, information retrieva...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/tune-weizmann-institute-study-provides-evidence-radio-mechanism-brain
October 14, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel - October 14, 1997- Research conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science may give a whole new meaning to the phrase "stay tuned." Institute scientists have found evidence that when the brain interprets sensory input, it uses a mechanism remarkably similar to th...