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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...

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...

rain

16.02.2012

Environment, Energy, Climate

Added particles in the atmosphere could be affecting rainfall patterns

Dust to Gust

26.12.2006

Environment, Climate

The health of the Brazilian rain forest depends on dust from one valley in Africa

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Israeli and Czech Scientists Join Forces in Advancing Drug Discovery

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All Too Human

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Prof. Gilad Haran

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Israeli and Czech Scientists Join Forces in Advancing Drug Discovery

Plants Blink: Proceeding with Caution in Sunlight

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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...

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