https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/muscling
May 1, 2007
Some people say a man is made out of mud A poor man’s made out of muscle and blood – Merle Travis, Sixteen Tons Muscle fibers are unique, m...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/made-institute/networks-success
May 1, 2007
Appearing on Scientific American’s list of 50 leading scientists, businessmen and policymakers for the year 2006 places Dr. Shulamit Levenberg in position as a world leader in tissue engineering. According to Levenberg, now a senior lecturer in the Biom...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/time-tunnel/time-tunnel-1
May 1, 2007
73 years ago Albert Einstein was against the establishment of the Daniel Sieff Research Institute. On July 26, 1934, he wrote a letter to this effect (in German) to Chaim Weizmann: Dear Mr. Weizmann! I thank you warmly for the detailed outline of your plan; I a...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/celebrating-five-years
May 1, 2007
The Davidson Institute of Science Education recently celebrated its fifth anniversary with a conference entitled: “Science Education for All and Science for Tomorrow’s Scientists: Two Links in One Chain.” The highlight of the conference was a series of short presentations on the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teachingcampus/science-gets-makeover
May 1, 2007
In light of research on children’s perceptions of science, Dr. Zahava Scherz of the Weizmann Institute’s Science Teaching Department and Director of Science and Education Communication of the Davidson Institute, and Miri Oren, also of the Davidson Institute, decided to set up a p...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/wonders-matter
May 1, 2007
Tenth-graders from the Ar’ara village in the Negev in the south of Israel recently spent a special “science day” in the laboratories of the Davidson Institute of Science Education. They were given the opportunity to experience the wonders of matter – by conducting independent exp...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-education/hitting-target
May 1, 2007
The Math-by-Mail project of the Weizmann Institute’s Young@Science section, which is geared toward elementary school students, is entering a new phase aimed at a new audience: adults. The recently created Weizmann Worldwide Math Club – based on the Math-by-Mail proje...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/science-festival
May 1, 2007
The Science Festival, which took place over the Passover holiday for the eighth year running, offered an exciting, vibrant science experience to children and adults of all ages wanting to indulge their scientific curiosity. In addition to the colorful collection...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-campus/campus-news
May 1, 2007
Prof. Stephen Hawking recently visited the Weizmann Institute of Science. He was greeted by physicist and Institute President Prof. Daniel Zajfman, who gave an introductory presentation on the areas of study at the Institute. Afterward, Prof. Zajfman, vice presidents and deans at...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/protein-teamwork-do-or-die
October 1, 2000
Woody Allen once said, "It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens!" Perhaps he was unaware of it, but if we're lucky, we all actually "die" a little every day. A growing body of scientific evidence is proving what philosophers and a...