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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/molecule-mechanic
October 1, 2004
When testing a motor only a few molecules in size, determining the “specs” for it can be extremely tricky. Prof. Joel Stavans of the Physics of Complex Systems Department has applied a handy method for measuring the specifications of one such naturally occurring motor, a pro...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/slick-joint
October 1, 2004
Body joints are superbly lubricated. Wherever two bones meet in our body, joints allow us to grasp, bend over, run or dance - and they’re supposed to last a lifetime. Mimicking key design elements of this biolubrication system, physicist Prof. Jacob Klein of the Materia...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/dna-computer-might-fight-cancer
October 1, 2004
Following a newsworthy debut several years ago at the Weizmann Institute, it’s once again making headlines. The world’s smallest computer - a drop of water can hold around a trillion - has now been programmed to perform actions more often associated with doctors than computers: t...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/unlikely-brain-boosters
October 1, 2004
Healthy body - healthy mind” is one of those sayings often quoted to children who resist vegetables or bedtime. But there may be more truth to the saying than your parents ever suspected: A new study reveals a surprising connection between the body’s immune system and the brain....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/living-digitally
October 1, 2004
Digital technology may well be the most significant advance of our time. But, as a team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute has shown, computers and DVD players have nothing on living cells, which have their own built-in digital systems. Dr. Uri Alon, of the Molecular Ce...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/tap-water-truths
October 1, 2004
When you open a water tap, chances are good that the water is being pumped from underground reserves called aquifers. Like a giant sponge, spaces in the porous rock or sand beneath the surface hold water that soaks in from above ground. Many aquifers, especially those near heavil...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/rose-any-other-name-0
October 1, 2004
A rose is a rose is a rose; but do we, the artist and the poet all see the same flower in the same way? This age-old philosophical question has now been put to the test by scientists at the Weizmann Institute. While no one can actually “get inside&rdquo...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/scientific-archaeology/through-time-tunnel
October 1, 2004
While our distant ancestors did not use a knife and fork the way we do, they had flint - a hard rock used to create tools for hunting, cooking and building. But making these tools, it turns out, was far from easy. Flint tends to crack and wither when exposed to atmosphe...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/going-magnetic
October 1, 2004
When Itai Carmeli first came to his Ph.D. adviser with his results, he was gently told to get back to work. “I told him there was no such physics,” recalls a smiling Prof. Ron Naaman of the Institute’s Chemical Physics Department. “A year later he was back - with similar findings...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/peeking-back-time
October 1, 2004
May God bless and keep you always May your wishes all come true May you always do for others And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung May you stay forever young Forever young, forever young May you stay for...
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