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Chemical and Biological Physics

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12.05.2025

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers uncover physical laws explaining why cracks in materials break their symmetry while spreading. The...

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28.10.2024

A definitive atomic structure of the heme crystals made by malaria parasites could lead to better antimalarial drugs

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03.09.2024

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers were thrilled when they managed to observe the birth of a protein made by a single DNA molecule: No one...

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23.06.2024

Altered glucose digested by cancer cells helps reveal tumors’ hiding places

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13.02.2023

Weizmann Institute scientists present a new method for imaging individual electrons

Tiny droplets formed by peptides and RNA, viewed under a microscope
06.12.2022

Recreating conditions that may have existed before the dawn of life, researchers watched droplets give rise to possible precursors of today’s...

The nucleus of a fruit fly larva’s muscle cell. The long chains of DNA (red) are attached to the nuclear lamina (green) – the inner layer of the nuclear membrane
05.09.2021

A novel imaging method reveals a surprising arrangement of DNA in the cell’s nucleus

Slow Synchronization Keeps Heart Cells Beating in Time
22.04.2021

For a beating heart cell, noise is a problem. Researchers showed that single cells can regulate their inner noise

Feeling Their Way: How Migrating Cell Clusters Choose a Path
08.02.2021

Migrating embryonic cell groups sprout “fingers” that pull the rest of the cluster through tight junctures in the developing body

All the Buzz about Pairing Up
08.02.2021

A physical model explains a peculiar pairing of tiny midges inside a swarm

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