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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-education/soul-science
May 1, 2004
Like other countries, Israel has its share of teenagers who have been expelled from school or have dropped out. Dr. Oved Kedem, of the Davidson Institute for Science Education at the Weizmann Institute of Science, refuses to turn his back on them: “If you’ve been disapp...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teaching--campus/memory-ilan-ramon
May 1, 2004
“…out of the strong, something sweet.” Judges 14:14 For many schoolchildren, Ilan Ramon was proof that becoming an astronaut was an attainable dream, even for an Israeli. A year ago, many young eyes were glued to the TV screen as he shared his thoughts and emotions on board...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/veni-vidi-veto
October 1, 2002
"You don't assign him murder cases. You just turn him loose," claimed promos for Dirty Harry, a popular film of the 1970s starring Clint Eastwood. This daredevil cop-hero...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/unlocking-stem-cell-gates
October 1, 2002
To obtain healthy stem cells for transplantation - either from a healthy donor or from the patient himself before or during chemotherapy - these cells must be encouraged to exit the marrow into the bloodstream (in other words, they must be "mobilized"). Looking...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/physics-bargaining
October 1, 2002
We don't expect nature to negotiate. Yet Weizmann Institute scientists have shown recently that nature sometimes has a surprisingly opportunistic streak. This phenomenon was revealed in an experiment examining the behavior of particles whose electric charge...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/environment/uprooting-hunger-africa
October 1, 2002
A slender purple flower is a leading cause of the ever-rising death toll in Africa due to starvation. Appropriately named "witchweed,"it feasts on more than 70 percent of all corn crops in Kenya alone. A recently reported method for killing witchweed may be able to rescue th...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/crossing-divide
October 1, 2002
From life's very beginning, when the ovum starts dividing into two primal cells, our existence depends on cell reproduction. In adults, billions of cells divide every day to replace cells that wear out or to meet a sudden demand. Yet the most critical moment, whe...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/catalyzing-change
October 1, 2002
One day industry might churn out water instead of waste. This vision - one of the main goals of a relatively new field called "green chemistry"- has recently been brought much closer to reality for two key industrial processes. More than three billion tons of waste are rel...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/natural-selection-lab
October 1, 2002
Closely watching over a complex soup consisting mainly of genes, Dr. Dan Tawfik adds a generous dose of oil. What emerges is a vast array of tiny suspended water droplets. It is in these droplets - holding one gene each - that he hopes to find answers to some o...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/looking-trouble
October 1, 2002
It looks like Monday morning rush hour viewed from high above. Hundreds of tiny dots are scurrying down the screen while a parallel fleet heads north. Every once in a while, one of these bright spots stops in its tracks, turns left or right, and subsequently disa...
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