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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/scientific-archaeology/test-tube-archaeology
October 1, 2001
If one could imagine the history of humanity as an ascending staircase, then each step would be of a different material, reflecting the life of those living at that brief moment in time. From the Stone Age, to the Bronze Age, to the age of silicon and the birth of computers, and...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teaching/science-wheels
October 1, 2001
The storm is at its peak. Heavy raindrops are beating against the windows as the van climbs up the winding mountain road. The powerful engine roars, and the fast-moving windshield wipers reveal a gray hilly landscape. Fog is...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/gone-gene-fishing
October 1, 2001
Born and raised in Belgium but pretty much a globetrotter ever since, Prof. Jacqui Beckmann has spent nearly 30 of his 50+ years hunting for genes. The former Associate Director of the French National Genotyping Center, and a leading molecular geneticist, Beckmann's gene sle...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-culture/labs-lights-and-action
October 1, 2001
Once a week, one young scientist and fifteen students from the Weizmann Institute's Feinberg Graduate School meet, almost in secret, in one of the Institute's lecture halls. The name of the game: theater, bright lights, impersonating different characters, personal expression...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/centers-excellence-gene-targeting
October 1, 1996
The Israel Science Foundation has recently initiated the establishment of Centers of Excellence at the country's leading academic institutions. The goal of this program -- to provide recognition and support for the work of outstanding groups of local scientists engaged in researc...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/made-institute--science-culture/gold-sydney
May 1, 2001
Great Britain's Stephanie Cook snatched a dramatic gold at the Sydney Olympics - pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, riding, and finally running her way to victory in the first ever Olympic women's pentathlon. But she's no...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/its-blood
May 1, 2001
The biological basis of schizophrenia - a mental illness characterized by disturbances in emotional functioning, perception of reality, and thought processes - is still a mystery. Psychiatric and behavioral assessments have until now been the sole tools used for its diagno...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/physicist-and-biologist-looking-midwife
May 1, 2001
Giving birth has never been easy. Nature seems to have decided that whoever wants to procreate should make an effort. Sometimes the process of birth, the physical separation from offspring, is so difficult that a mother needs a helping hand. And humans are not alone in this...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/centers-excellence-laser-chemistry
October 1, 1996
The Israel Science Foundation has recently initiated the establishment of Centers of Excellence at the country's leading academic institutions. The goal of this program -- to provide recognition and support for the work of outstanding groups of local scientists engaged in researc...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/curbing-clock
May 1, 2001
Sounding in part the shrewd financial investor, in part the philosopher, Prof. Abraham Amsterdam is fascinated by windows of opportunity - from an ovary's perspective, that is. As more and more women pursue successful careers,...
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