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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/fill-it-hydrogen
October 1, 1996
Hydrogen, the lightest and most prevalent element in the universe, may prove to be the car fuel of choice in the future. Tests on experimental vehicles have already shown hydrogen to be an efficient and pollution-free fuel; now Institute researchers are working on reducing t...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/advancing-bronze-age
May 1, 2001
Old horses, like old dogs, may be unable to learn new tricks, but a substance described as the "old workhorse" of the materials sciences, a material used for years to study the conduction of electric currents, has just revealed a startling new property. Weizmann Institute scienti...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/how-mongoose-beats-snake
October 1, 1996
The mongoose, as anyone who has read Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book knows, has but one purpose in life: "to fight and eat snakes." Now a team of Weizmann Institute researchers, led by Prof. Sara Fuchs of the Immunology Department, has revealed how this small mammal manages to surv...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/nothing-sneeze-0
October 1, 1996
A gene responsible for producing a protein that blocks allergic reactions has been discovered and studied by a team led by Prof. Israel Pecht of the Institute's Immunology Department. In an allergic reaction, an allergen such as pollen triggers the immune system to...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/made-institute/serial-start-ups
May 1, 2001
"All beginnings are difficult," but that's fine by Prof. Haim Aviv. One of the success stories of Israel's biotechnology industry, Aviv cites beating the odds as one of his favorite occupations. He is currently setting up yet another company - his sixth. Born in Romania...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/cellular-suicide-weapon-discovered
October 1, 1996
An enzyme that acts as the "weapon" with which cells "commit suicide" has been discovered by an Institute team led by Prof. David Wallach of the Membrane Research and Biophysics Department. The finding may lead to treatments for autoimmune disorders caused by abnormal cellular se...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/el-niňo-good-news-israel
October 1, 1996
El Niňo, the periodic abnormal warming of surface water in the eastern equatorial Pacific, has long been notorious for the devastation it often inflicts on South America. But now it appears that its effects reach as far as the Middle East -- and surprisingly, they may actually be...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/getting-know-our-neighbors
October 1, 1996
Moroccan physicists Prof. Mohammed Saber (left) and Prof. El Hassane Saidi at the Weizmann Institute's K.B. Weissmann Institute of Physical Sciences Weizmann Institute experts in tumor and molecular genetics - Profs. Yoram Groner, David Yaffe and Doron Lancet and D...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/new-talents-new-faces-new-fields
October 1, 1996
New Scientists: Drs. Doron Ginsberg (left) and Ari Elson; Interface introduces it readers to some of the newest additions to the Institute staff. Dr. Ari Elson Molecular Genetics Department Major Research Area: The role of a class of enzymes k...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/made-institute/genetic-predisposition-science
October 1, 1999
Science is in Prof. Lia Addadi's genes. Her maternal great-grandfather was an avid collector of all types of shells, and his collection, which is considered one of the most comprehensive in the world, is n...
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