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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/fighting-flu
October 1, 2004
Viruses are exceptionally efficient creatures. They’re not even really “alive” in one sense, lacking a reproductive mechanism of their own. And yet they multiply so effectively - at the expense of their host cells - that they often kill in the process. It’s a sneaky business...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/effect-defect
October 1, 2004
Iris Visoly-Fisher knew exactly what she wanted to work on when starting her Ph.D. - to follow up on a hunch that defects in a certain material used in solar cells would actually improve their performance. But something was bugging her. She couldn’t understand why so few peo...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/war-organisms
May 1, 2007
The entire Planet Earth finds itself on the brink of certain apocalypse. Nothing – not even an atom bomb – can halt the invading Martians. Only one thing saves the planet: bacteria, which sicken and kill the Martians. In his 1898 science fiction novel, The W...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/inside-view
May 1, 2007
Can computers see? Can they be taught to discern a polar bear on white snow? To tell where one spotted Dalmatian ends and another begins? To recognize a woman’s profile after viewing her face-on? Seemingly simple visual tasks that a human being takes for granted pose an enor...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/have-dust-–-will-travel
May 1, 2007
Commonly viewed as a household nuisance, dust as we know it hardly seems worthy of serious study. Humble image notwithstanding, airborne dust has a dramatic global impact, affecting everything from the weather to ma...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/discriminating-protein
October 1, 2004
"Jack of all trades, master of an unknown,” is how Dr. Dan Tawfik of the Biological Chemistry Department describes a multi-purpose enzyme, nicknamed PON. The enzyme performs a variety of jobs in the body, including breaking down harmful chemicals found in pesticides and nerve gas...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/stem-cells-and-cancer
May 1, 2007
Ventures that hold the most promise often present the greatest risk. Stem cells, for instance, with their talent for self-renewal and the potential to turn into any kind of cell, hold the promise of curing...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/bonds
May 1, 2007
Nothing could be easier than stringing beads – kindergarten children do it every day. Like strings of beads, proteins are made up of small molecular units called amino acids that are linked, one after another, in a long chain. Proteins are assembled by the cellular...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/mopping-spills
May 1, 2007
An enzyme in the blood might be used to prevent brain damage The brain is our most carefully guarded organ, protected by a thick layer of bone and an internal barrier that...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/changing-plan-attack
May 1, 2007
About 3 million people die every year as a result of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Efforts to develop a vaccine against the virus are up...
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