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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/laser-quest
May 1, 2006
You can't have your cake and eat it too. Or maybe sometimes you can, at least according to scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science who set out on a quest to devise lasers that are both high-powered and razor-sharp - properties that are generally mutually...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/closing-gap
May 1, 2009
Dr. Maya Bar Sadan (in the photo, right) is one of 11 young women scientists who, after completing their Ph.D. studies with honors at an Israeli university or other academic institution, each recently...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/life-giving-research
August 11, 2010
Basic research often takes years to be translated into medical applications, but once in a while, a finding can change lives almost immediately. In 2006, Prof. Nava Dekel of t...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/time-tunnel/time-tunnel-0
May 1, 2008
74 years ago Letter from Israel Sieff to Chaim Weizmann Dear Chaim, I want the striving for practical achievements to be accompanied by the discovery of knowledge for its own sake. Perhaps because I am myself a practical business man, my mind is much more attracted t...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/predicting-success-0
October 1, 2006
Chemotherapy drugs given intravenously are the mainstay of the fight against cancer. But while these drugs sometimes effect a complete cure, other times they can be almost ineffective. A team headed by Prof. Hadassa Degani of the Biological Regulation Department has come up...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/technology/wowing-crowds
May 1, 2006
A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed a method that could speed up the process of identifying novel protein molecules hundreds of times over. Instead of plates containing rows of tiny wells, the ne...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/touch-luck
May 1, 2006
In the fields of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind. - Louis Pasteur, 1854 Serendipity - making fortunate discoveries by accident - has played a role in some of the most influential scientific achievements. This is more or less what happen...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/historical-record-major-american-contributions
November 1, 2007
It is our pleasure to publish this new honor roll of major supporters who, together with thousands of others, have enabled the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science to play an essential role in the establishment, development and maintenance of the Institute....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/triple-code-0
May 1, 2006
Is there a universal neural code for sensation, similar to the genetic code, in which the complexity of sense and experience can be reduced to a few simple rules? According to Prof. Ehud Ahissar of the Weizmann Institute's Neurobiology Department, who studies how rats use th...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/breaking-news
May 1, 2006
Could engineers have known ahead of time exactly how much pressure the levees protecting New Orleans would be able to withstand before giving way? Is it possible to predict when and under what conditions material wear and tear will become critical, causing planes to crash or...
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