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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/found-desert
May 2, 2010
Cancer begins in the genes: When certain genes become over or under active, the ensuing deregulation of cell growth, reproduction and death leads to cancer. But researchers attempti...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/capturing-cancer
May 1, 2010
Military intelligence enables us to prepare for untoward events, improving our chances of curbing them. Likewise, “medical intelligence” – the early diagnosis of diseases, including cancer – can buy information and time, crucial factors that can significantly i...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/gad-kober-administration-and-finance
November 1, 2009
Gad Kober holds an LL.B. degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He completed his internship at the Supreme Court as well as at a leading Tel Aviv law firm, where he stayed on as an attorney. After sustaining injuries during the Yom Kippur War, he studied at T...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/saving-sunshine
May 1, 2010
One of the unsolved technical challenges holding back the global use of such renewable energy resources as solar or wind is that they’re not always able to deliver power when and where it’s needed. There’s...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/preserving-pristine
May 1, 2010
Most of the southern part of Israel is desert. But that desert is hardly an unvarying expanse of sand and rock. Mountains, gorges, makhteshim (erosion c...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/crowd-control
August 8, 2010
An observer in a busy train station will soon notice that the crowd is denser near ticket counters, kiosks and platforms. No walls separate the different activities, but each nevertheless occupies a distinct compartment within the space. Weizmann Institute scientists have no...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/balancing-budget
May 1, 2010
The simple formula we’ve learned in recent years – forests remove the greenhouse gas CO2 from the atmosphere, therefore forests prevent global warming – may not be quite as simple as we thought. In research rec...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/bat-has-landed
May 1, 2010
Need to track a moving object in the dark? The best method might not be shining your flashlight directly at it. New research on bats shows you could do better by angling the beam a bit to the left or right...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/-and-events--/brain-gain
May 1, 2009
Looking Forward Thirty-four in three years: New scientists are keeping the Weizmann Institute at science's cutting edge "We can't allow ourselves to not bring these young scientists here. We can't afford to lose their talents," said Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/p53-turns-thirty
May 1, 2010
In 1979, disco was reaching its height, Egypt and Israel were negotiating a peace treaty, and cancer researchers were in the midst of the revelation that genes can promote cancer. Certain viruses, for instance those that insert their DNA into the genes of thei...
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