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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/sticking-together-thwart-cancer
May 1, 1997
The cells in our tissues and organs are generally good neighbors. They speak to one another regularly, stay in one home for life, heed their environment and even limit their offspring to prevent overcrowding. Sometimes, however, a "bully" cell is born or moves into the area,...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/haim-harari-predicted-existence-top-quark-1975
October 1, 1994
When physicists at the Fermi National Laboratory in the U.S. observed traces of the top quark -- the remaining undetected member of this most important family of fundamental particles -- this sent waves of excitement throughout the scientific community. News of this discovery, wi...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/solitons-wave-future
May 1, 1997
A chance sighting by a Scotsman out riding his horse more than 150 years ago may prove the key to a revolution in the communications technology of tomorrow. In 1834, John Scott Russell was riding along the banks of a narrow canal when he noticed a large, well-defined wa...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/closing-technology-gap
May 1, 1997
Virus-resistant barley, herbicide-tolerant rice and slow-to-ripen tomatoes -- these upgraded staples are among the now familiar products of the age of genetic engineering. The march of new transgenic foods to the supermarket shelves depends on closing the gap between plant resear...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/compound-be-tested-aids-patients
October 1, 1994
Hypericin, a compound whose antiviral properties were first documented at the Institute, is now being tested on AIDS-afflicted patients at three American research hospitals. In the early 1980's Prof. David Lavie of the Department of Organic Chemistry began to investigat...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/cancer-pioneer
May 1, 1997
When Prof. Leo Sachs was young, he dreamed of founding a kibbutz in Israel and even spent two years as a farm laborer to prepare for pioneering on the land. Today, however, Prof. Sachs of the Institute's Molecular Genetics Department is renowned for pioneering of a very different...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/new-talents-new-faces-new-fields-0
May 1, 1997
New scientists, standing (l-r): Drs. Ari Elson and Doron Ginsberg; sitting (l-r) Drs. Avi Karni, Gideon Grafi, Prof. Alexander Girshovich and Dr. Irit Sagi Dr. Ari Elson Molecular Genetics Department Major Research Area: The role of a cl...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/science-without-frontiers-putting-brain-work
May 1, 1997
It takes less than a second from the time your eyes register an image until your brain tells you what you are seeing. But what happens during that interval? How does the brain process visual images, and how can it do this so much better than any machine? Profs. Amiram Grinva...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/diverse-programs-new-science-youth-village
May 1, 1994
Student in a lab Young people from Beersheba, Baltimore and Berlin will benefit from the Institute's recently established Martha, Bram, Philippe and Michael Laub International Science Youth Village. The first to use the new...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/science-without-frontiers-down-bare-bone
May 1, 1997
We may marvel at revolutionary new materials used to build aircraft and space stations, but none of these is nearly as complex as some natural hardy substances, such as bone. In fact, despite several decades of research, a full understanding of bone structure still escapes scient...
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