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Getting Ready for Mars
02.01.2017
Space & Physics, Planetary Science

Israel’s official representative prepares to conduct geological research in a simulated Mars station  

Dr. Flores on Tara
Institute Researcher at Sea
05.09.2016
Environment

Scientists aboard the TARA investigate marine ecology

Proxima Centauri b
Earth-Mass Planet Right Next Door
24.08.2016
Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Planetary Science

Weizmann Institute of Science researcher is a part of the team that discovered a planet with an Earth-like mass orbiting in the habitable zone of...

artist's illustration: JUNO
Israeli Eyes on Jupiter Orbiter
30.06.2016
Space & Physics, Planetary Science

Dr. Yohai Kaspi is part of the Juno Science team that hopes to answer some burning questions about the largest planet in the Solar System...

Jupiter
Israeli Instrument Bound for Jupiter
07.01.2016
Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Technology & Applications

Weizmann Institute...

cancer-free prostate
Weizmann Institute Drug, TOOKAD® Soluble, Approved for Prostate Cancer Therapy in Mexico
04.01.2016
Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

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alagal bloom in the North Sea
The Winds of Viral Change
13.07.2015
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Environment, Climate

Sea breezes may play an unwitting role in the decimation of giant algal blooms

Illustration of Saturn
A Short Day on Saturn
26.03.2015
Astrophysics, Planetary Science

A new mathematical formula can reveal how fast a planet is rotating

SpaceIL
A Message to the Moon
26.02.2015
SpaceIL and the Weizmann Institute will host an online space trivia game leading up to...
Microbes Take their Sulfur Light
Microbes Take their Sulfur Light
18.11.2014
Environment, Environment, Chemistry

A model explaining the preferences of deep-sea microbes can help reveal the ancient past – as well as predict the future

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