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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/node/1657
May 1, 2009
Approximately 3,000 members of the public made their way to the Weizmann Institute campus to attend "Researchers' Night" – a magical evening of scientific activities, demonstrations, guided tours and the chance...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/science-frontline
May 1, 2009
Thousands of residents of Israel's southern communities accepted the invitation of the Davidson Institute of Science Education and Weizmann Institute of Science to participate...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/time-tunnel/prof-ephraim-katzir-1916-2009
October 1, 2009
Institute Professor Ephraim Katzir, the fourth president of the State of Israel, an internationally esteemed Israeli scientist and one o...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/secrets-hybrid-vigor
October 1, 2009
Hybrids fascinated Charles Darwin, supplying him with intriguing clues into the evolution of species. Now Weizmann Institute scientists are using hybrid organisms to investigate the genetic machinery of evolution. Prof. Naama Barkai of the Molecular Ge...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/it-pays-plan-ahead
October 1, 2009
We humans learn anticipation from a young age. For example, a baby may begin to calm down at the mere sight of its bottle; or a driver’s foot might twitch on the brake...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/outside-influences
October 1, 2009
The whole is more than the sum of its parts – Aristotle, Metaphysics The body is a sort of self-contained society, governed by the coordinated efforts of its individual organs and...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/crisis-management
October 1, 2008
Desperate times require extreme measures. Cells that find themselves in desperate situations stop the continuous production of non-essential proteins and go on to an alternate “emergency footing,” in which only the “disaster response” proteins that the cell needs to fac...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/shorter-and-faster
October 1, 2009
Like top athletes, leading scientists continually test the limits of human ability. While an athlete trains to break the 100-meter sprint record, for instance, a scientist might be found...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/eye-vortex
October 1, 2009
Visitors to the lab of Prof. Eli Zeldov in the Weizmann Institute’s Condensed Matter Physics Department are often treated to the sight of a magnet floating in midair. The trick? Beneath the magnet, a superconductor – a chunk of copper oxide-laced ceramic, cooled to -196°C (-321°F...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/winning-design
October 1, 2008
Have humans beaten nature at its own game? The attempt required a team of scientists using some of the most advanced computer-aided design and biological engineering techniques available, as well as one ver...
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