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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/hotlines
October 1, 2007
Like the old-time telephone networks run by switchboard operators, our cells have their very own "switchboard operators" that allow external signals to place a "call" to various cell centers such as the nucleus and other cellular organelles. T...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/moving-mountains
October 1, 2006
The mountains skipped like rams… – Psalm 114 “Moving mountains” is synonymous with doing the impossible. Yet at least once in the past, one mountain actually picked up and moved a fair distance...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/black-holes-lab
October 1, 2006
Thousands of physicists from 62 countries will embark in the coming years on one of the most fascinating adventures in the annals of science. Using the world’s larges...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/tolerance-typos
October 1, 2006
A typo might change the whole meaning of an essay or, more likely, pass unnoticed. Add more typos, and chances are greater that the meaning will be skewed. In our cells, these “typos” are mutations – genetic mistakes in DNA, the material of heredity. If...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/soaking-heat
October 1, 2006
Humans are happiest in middling temperatures: When things get too cold, we turn to fires, radiators and overcoats; if too hot, to fans and air conditioners, to stay comfortable. Microorganisms do not have this luxury, yet without physical mechanisms to regula...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/deep-meanings
October 1, 2006
From dashing off an e-mail to writing War and Peace, communicating thoughts and meanings involves translating a complex idea or set of ideas into a one-dimensional string of words that another person can read in sequence and then recreate the meaning in his or he...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/introducing-impurity
October 1, 2007
The world runs on impurity. Impurities in the colorless mineral beryl turn it to emerald. A bit of carbon tossed into pure iron hardens it into steel. And the ubiquitous silicon chips that form the basis o...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/live-wire
October 1, 2006
Nature may be the ultimate designer, using evolution to precisely engineer each biological component to fit a unique function. So the discovery by a team of Weizmann Institute scientists that a protein in a cell wall excels at a function it apparently never performs in...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/smart-ceramics
October 1, 2007
Smart. Flexible. Copes well with stress. Adjusts quickly to new situations. Sound like a candidate applying for a demanding job? Indeed, except that the "candidate" is an unusual ceramic material capable of adapting to changing and stressful conditions....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/star-bright
October 1, 2006
Stars may lead long, luminous lives, but for some, it’s in death that they really shine. These stars finish up as black holes but, a moment before the end, they explode, slinging material in all directions and shining with a light that can be seen throughout...
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