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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/after-big-bang
October 1, 2003
In the first millionth of a second after the Big Bang, atoms as we know them today did not yet exist. The jets of blazing matter that dispersed in all directions in those first few fractions of a second contained a mixture of infinitesimal particles (quarks and gluons), c...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/brain-microprocessors-action
May 1, 2000
Brain researchers aim to map nerve cell clusters in action, "conversing" with their peers, processing sensory information, or performing cognitive functions. Each cluster, containing thousands of nerve cells performing a given task, is called a cortical column. The ability to obt...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/code-success
October 1, 2003
The A.M. Turing Award, regarded in academic circles as the 'Nobel Prize' of computer science, has been awarded to Prof. Adi Shamir of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Shamir shares the award with Ronald L. Rivest of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Leo...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-made-institute/wings-discovery
May 1, 2000
Soaring above the Negev in a plane he built himself, the sky is truly the limit for Rudi Bertocchi. But the same could be said of his daily work at the lab bench, where he's contributing to cutting-edge solar ener...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/scientific-archaeology/lead-artifacts-disclose-their-age
October 1, 2003
While reading about an ancient Roman technique for maneuvering heavy stones using lead lumps, Prof. Shimon Reich of the Weizmann Institute's Materials and Interfaces Department came up with an idea: The age of ancient lead could be determined with the help of supercondu...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/scientific-archaeology/archaeological-riddles
October 1, 2003
When a stone tablet containing a 15-line inscription apparently written by a Biblical king of Israel in the 9th century B.C.E turned up in the hands of an Israeli collector, it seemed a priceless treasure. An initial team of experts studying the "Jehoash tablet" declared it to be...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/sync-sun
October 1, 2003
The great 18th-century botanist Carl Linnaeus is said to have planted a 'timekeeping' garden in which he could tell the hours of the day by the opening and closing of various flowers. Like Linnaeus' flowers, most plants and animals have internal biological clocks called 'circadia...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/memories-africa
October 1, 1998
If the earth of Africa could speak, specifically, sediments over 2,000 years old, what could they tell us about the state of our lives in this era? Weizmann Institute scientists scaled the snow-capped mountains and valleys of Kenya to listen to the earth "remember" its past...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/breast-and-prostate-cancer-diagnosis
October 1, 2003
Thanks to a diagnostic imaging technique that should soon find its way to medical establishments, many patients will be spared the pain and risk of biopsies. The technique, which detects breast and prostate cancer, has recently received FDA clearance. Slated for use as...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/matter-taste
October 1, 2003
De gustibus non est disputandum, as the saying goes, emphasizes the futility of arguing over personal taste. An Institute team headed by Prof. Doron Lancet of the Molecular Genetics Department has found why this is true. In our genome, around 1,000 genes code for the nose's...
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