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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/made-institute/resisting-insulin-resistance
October 1, 1999
"In retrospect it was an awful piece of work. But I remember that what propelled me through it was my examiner, Nathan Sharon of the Weizmann Institute," says Prof. Yehiel Zick...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-culture/early-days-weizmann-institute
October 1, 1996
Prof. Joe Jaffe, one of a dwindling group of eyewitnesses to early Weizmann Institute history, has turned to writing in his retirement. Since Jaffe's eye seems always to have a twinkle, the result is a collection of charming, light-hearted vignettes recently published in the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/made-institute/library-and-back
October 1, 1999
"My earliest childhood memories revolve around the efforts invested by all around me to get a chicken, so the boy could have some soup," reminisces Professor Itamar Procaccia, Dean of the Weizman...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/playing-odds
October 1, 1999
Rapid evolution is crucial for plants, embroiled as they are in a race for survival against formidable armies of fungi and bacteria. "Plants evolve far more rapidly than mammals," says Prof. Avi Levy of the Weizmann Institute's Plant Sciences Department. "In...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/soviet-scientists-make-their-mark
October 1, 1996
Earlier this decade, when waves of immigrants from the former Soviet Union, many of them skilled professionals, began flooding Israel, the Weizmann Institute quickly tapped into this gold mine of talent. It now employs 60 recent arrivals, including seven professors. Th...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/re-creating-big-bang
October 1, 1999
In a 2.4-mile-long tunnel built in the shape of a racetrack, scientists plan to race ion beams instead of horses. Two gold ion beams, traveling almost at the speed of light, will cross each other at four junctures, where they will collide head-on. The collision will prod...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-culture/queen-and-professor
October 1, 1996
Queen Elizabeth II's 1996 honors list included Weizmann Institute Professor Emeritus David Samuel. The veteran Institute scientist was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to British academic and commercial interests in Israel. Prof. Samuel, a chemist, joined...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/survival-neatest
October 1, 1999
How does DNA protect itself in conditions of acute starvation or environmental assault? Prof. Avi Minsky of the Weizmann Institute's Organic Chemistry Department has found that, in bacteria, DNA's answer is to "get organized." During various conditions of st...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/celebrated-scientist-ephraim-katzir-80
October 1, 1996
A host of Nobel prize winners from around the world gathered in Israel in May to celebrate the 80th birthday of Institute Professor Ephraim Katzir, a pillar of the Weizmann Institute of Science and a former President of Israel. The Nobel laureates included Prof....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/semiconductor-heal-thyself
October 1, 1999
Self-healing is normally the province of living creatures, but now a Weizmann Institute-led research team has discovered that it can occur in semiconductors as well. This finding may help create better solar cells and other electronic devices. Solar cells, which convert s...
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