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Seeding the Passion
13.02.2025
Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Benefiting Humanity

A plant sanctuary established in the Weizmann Institute greenhouses holds valuable lessons for survival and helps to instill a love for plant...

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Hunting Down Giant Viruses That Attack Tiny Algae
30.09.2024
Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Environment, Climate

A mysterious menace lurks in the oceans, threatening algal blooms. Weizmann Institute researchers have developed a new way to track the...

Peyote in bloom (Photo: Guy Yosef Keren)
Cactus Dreams: Revealing the Secrets of Mescaline Making
15.08.2024
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Plants and Agriculture

Scientists tackle the thorny issue of securing a sustainable source of the psychedelic for drug development

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A Sweet New MRI Method “Lights Up” Pancreatic Cancer
23.06.2024
Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

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

Photo: Ben Kelmer
Local Heroes
14.01.2024
Nutrition, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate

Weizmann Institute of Science’s field experiments with wheat in the northern Negev symbolize hope and renewal after the October 7 attack – and...

Tree roots recruit beneficial bacteria during drought. Fluorescence and bright-field imaging reveals that during drought (left) a tree root is more densely colonized by two beneficial bacteria (green and red) than after irrigation (right)
Underground Symbiosis Counters Drought
12.07.2023
Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate

A new study at the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals that bacteria can help trees survive water scarcity

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Plant Research Reaches a New High
01.05.2023
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Plants and Agriculture

Weizmann scientists revealed the step-by-step production of cannabinoids in a South African plant, pointing to new ways of manufacturing them for...

Heavy imbalance: The biomass of humans, livestock, pets and wild mammals (Illustration: Itai Raveh)
The Weight of Responsibility: Biomass of Livestock Dwarfs That of Wild Mammals
27.02.2023
Nutrition, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate

Wild land mammals weigh less than 10 percent of the combined weight of humans and are outweighed by cattle and other domesticated mammals by a...

Flint tools found at the Evron Quarry. Photo: Zane Stepka
The Heat Is On: Weizmann Institute Scientists Uncover Traces of Fire Dating Back At Least 800,000 Years
13.06.2022
Scientific Archaeology

Using advanced AI techniques, the researchers discover one of the earliest pieces of evidence for the use of fire

 
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Ocean Blooms
01.03.2021
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