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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/riding-black-hole
May 1, 2003
The center of our galaxy may well consist of a supermassive black hole – the name given to black holes whose mass is more than one million times that of the sun. Reported in Nature, this finding heralds a new epoch of high-precision black-hole astronomy and might help u...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/magnets-molecules-and-memory
October 1, 1998
Toast 'em, roast 'em, shape 'em, salt 'em: Chip consumption has reached an all-time high. The consumer can't get enough of them, as the market clamors for the bigger, better and more perfect chip. There's another chip to add to the pile: computer chips. And make that with an extr...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/rainbows-command
October 1, 1998
Throughout time and in every language and culture, rainbows have captured the imagination. Each one of us is captivated in our own singular way yet experiencing a rainbow also prompts us to turn to the person next to us and say, in awe, "Look." This is the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/size-counts
October 1, 1998
When it comes to size, Dr. Gary Hodes and Prof. Israel Rubinstein of the Materials and Interfaces Department are getting everything under control. Their research is focusing on controlling the property and size of quantum particles (less than one-millionth of a mil...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/mice-grow-human-kidneys
May 1, 2003
More than 50,000 people in the United States alone are on the waiting list for kidney transplants. The wait can last years – and steadily claim victims along the way. A landmark study recently reported in Nature Medicine now offers hope of a future sol...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/sperm-egghunt
May 1, 2003
Sperm have much in common with the heat-guided missiles used to track down planes and other military targets, a new Weizmann Institute study suggests. Th...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/healing-connection
October 1, 1998
1. Nerve signals from the brain go down the spine to the front and hind limbs 2. Damage to the spine interrupts the signals to the hind legs, causing their paralysis 3. Immune system cells (red) try to heal the damage, but they are blocked by a protective mechanism of the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/made-institute/outwitting-enemy
October 1, 1998
Scientists have been trying to outsmart bacteria for a long time in vain. Bacteria have been the ones to come up with ingenious ways to sidestep antibiotic attack by developing immunity to it, leading to doomsday theories on just when antibiotics won't be eff...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/lord-ring
May 1, 2003
Solving a longstanding mystery, Weizmann Institute scientists have found what makes a certain bacterium the most radiation-resistant organism in the world. The microbe’s DNA is packed tightly in a unique ring-like structure, which keeps pieces of DNA broken by radia...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/dna-fuels-tiny-computing-machine
May 1, 2003
Fifty years after the discovery of the structure of DNA, a Weizmann team has found a new use for this celebrated molecule – as fuel for molecular computation systems. They have developed a device – an improvement upon a molecular computing device reported by the team around...
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