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Deep Space Impact
30.09.2022

Weizmann Institute scientists observe NASA asteroid shooter in action

tidal disruption event
Reading a Message Carried on a Distant Tide
26.04.2021
Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Particle Physics

A high-energy neutrino that flung out from a star, ripped apart by a black hole, reveals something about the cosmic sources of these...

artist's illustration: merging neutron stars
Crashing Neutron Stars Observed for the First Time
16.10.2017
Astrophysics, Theoretical Physics

Weizmann Institute scientists help confirm and analyze the star merger

Circum-stellar shell
Explosive Material: The Making of a Supernova
14.03.2017
Space & Physics, Astrophysics

Pre-supernova stars may show signs of instability for months before the big explosion

Chandra Crab Nebula. Image: NASA
Observed: The Outburst before the Blast
07.02.2013
Astrophysics

Researchers discover a star’s “mini-explosion” taking place just a month...

(l-r) Drs. Avishay Gal-Yam and Eran Ofek in the Martin Kraar Observatory on the Weizmann campus
Scenes from a Supernova
04.01.2012
Astrophysics, Nano Physics

A day after landing in Israel, Dr. Eran Ofek was already at work uncovering the secrets of a new supernova

A Supernova with a View
A Supernova with a View
15.12.2011
Astrophysics

The closest supernova in 25 years yields new insights into its formation

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Mucin (magenta) in the inner lining of a mouse colon, viewed under a microscope

Slippery Chaperone: Intestinal Mucus Takes Charge of Copper

Prof. Atan Gross and the Austrian dancer Olivia Hild. Photos: Roya Meydan

A New Scientific Movement

Down to the Synapse: Connecting Brain Circuits to Behavior

Expanding the Limits of the Possible

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07.11.2022
Expanding the Limits of the Possible
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29.09.2022
Human Tumors Are Prized Real Estate for Fungi, Study Finds
Patterns of epigenetic markers revealed by EPINUC on blood nucleosomes (bright-red dots)
08.09.2022
Putting Liquid Biopsies on Solid Ground: Cancer Diagnosis from a Milliliter of Blood
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The Limits of Computing

Computers can solve complex problems but they are far from omnipotent. Prof. Ran Raz of the Weizmann Institute's Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department is trying to portray the limits...

One Protein, Two Programs

A cell’s decision to commit suicide involves an exchange of information between two suicide mechanisms

Israeli Researchers to Participate in European Commission Flagship

The European Commission has officially announced the selection of the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of its two Future Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship projects.