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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/mazing-algorithm
May 1, 2005
People have been trying to find their way through mazes since ancient times. Consider the subjects of ancient Athens, forced each year to send seven youths and seven maidens to Minos, the king of Crete, as tribute. These 14 captives were then sent into an exitless maze that house...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/send-substitutes
May 1, 2005
If there were no bench for second-string players on a football team, who would substitute for tired or injured team members? Weizmann Institute scientists have found that, if the team were made up of genes, they might pull athletes who can play a little football in a pinch from n...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/time-remember-time-forget
October 1, 2003
While some people try to remember, others try unsuccessfully to forget. People whose memories have a debilitating effect, such as trauma sufferers who remain haunted by their experience throughout their lives, would benefit from the ability to intentionally dim or eras...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/blood-test-smokers
September 3, 2003
Lung cancer is one of the most deadly malignancies, responsible for 30 percent of all cancer deaths. Most sufferers from the disease – about 90 percent – are smokers. Weizmann research has now yielded a new blood test that can detect smokers who are at especially high risk o...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/higher-yields-lower-pollution
October 1, 2003
Like miniature samurai, some species of fungi carry around an arsenal of personal weapons for use in overcoming assaults against the plants they are sworn to protect. Plants, like prosperous lords, grow faster and more luxuriantly when a member of the fungus genus Trichoderm...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-science-culture/fighting-cancer-empty-handed-way
May 1, 2000
Slicing the air in a flurry of powerful, yet calculated motions, Prof. Israel Rubinstein lashes out at his invisible foe with the mastery of a black belt karate fighter. Which in fact he is. When not in the lab, Rubinstein of the Weizmann Institute's Materials and Inter...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/teaching-computers-see
October 1, 2003
Skeptic: Billions of nerve cells in the human brain are involved in the process of vision. Since scientists find it difficult to understand even one of those cells, it's inconceivable that computers will ever be able to see. Scientist: All the more reason to start wo...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/greenhouse-gas-might-green-desert-0
October 1, 2003
Missing: around 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas charged with global warming. Every year, industry releases about 22 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. And each year, when scientists measure the rise of carbon dioxide in the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/malarias-achilles-heel
October 1, 2003
Years of basic research into how crystals form have now proven relevant to probing the anti-malarial properties of common drugs. Malaria is a leading killer. While mostly confined to sub-Saharan Africa, regions in Asia, and Central and South America, it infects an es...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/superconductors-electric-memory-0
May 1, 2000
When penetrated by magnetic fields, superconductors acquire "super memories": Electric currents flowing through them in this state are long remembered. Weizmann Institute scientists have now shown how th...
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