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Smoke near Australia
How Bushfire Smoke Traveled Around the World
18.03.2021
Environment, Climate

A study uncovers how some Australian fires produced a spreading stratospheric haze rivaling that of a volcanic eruption

The research setup included an intake at the top of the mast. The Tara research schooner, 2016
Plastic is Blowing in the Wind
23.12.2020
Environment

The discovery of microplastics in the air above the ocean reveals the spread of this hazardous pollution

Entering the Cloud “Twilight Zone”
Entering the Cloud “Twilight Zone”
26.11.2020
Climate

Nearly invisible, all-but-ignored areas of thin cloud cover raise temperatures below

satellites
CT for Clouds: A Fleet of Micro-Satellites Will See into the Smallest Clouds
17.12.2018
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Environment, Climate

An Israeli-German mission to launch a formation of ten tiny satellites that use medically-inspired CT algorithms to answer climate questions wins...

Fragments of phytoplankton outer shell
In Passing, Plankton Reach the Clouds
25.10.2018
Planetary Science, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate

When viral infection wipes out an algal bloom, fragments may turn airborne, increasing clouds and cooling the surface below

algal bloom from space
A Blooming Desert in the Heart of the Ocean
06.04.2017
Environment, Climate

How do algal blooms spread in areas where nutrients are scarce? 

Dr. Flores on Tara
Institute Researcher at Sea
05.09.2016
Environment

Scientists aboard the TARA investigate marine ecology

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

Satellite image showing a patch of bright waters associated with a bloom of phytoplankton in the Barents Sea off Norway. Image courtesy of Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Group at Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
The Ocean’s Living Carbon Pumps
21.10.2014
Life Sciences, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate

Understanding how viruses attack giant algal blooms may help us understand their role in fixing global carbon
 

Convective clouds forming over the Amazon in a blanket smoke. Image: Prof. Ilan Koren
No Limits to Human Effects on Clouds
08.06.2014
Planetary Science, Environment, Climate

Weizmann Institute research shows how atmospheric particles affect cloud formation in real...

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Illustration of SARS-CoV-2 attaching to an ACE2 receptor located on the host cell's membrane. Source: Shutterstock
18.08.2021
Putting a Super Cork on the Coronavirus
The Egyptian fruit bat in three dimensional flight. Photo: Steve Gettle; Design: Maayan Visuals
11.08.2021
When the Brain’s GPS Goes Off the Grid
Maskit Golan, "Isolation and staring at the horizon during COVID-19"
08.08.2021
“Emotional COVID-19”: How the Global Pandemic Affected the Mental Well-Being of Israelis
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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.