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Personalized medicine. Black holes. Stem cells. Alternative energy. Internet security. Cancer treatments. Healthier crops. Teaching future scientists. The Weizmann Institute of Science explores the world through basic research.
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Cancer
Working to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer.
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Lighting the Way for a New Cancer Treatment
Profs. Yoram Salomon and Avigdor Scherz have combined plant science, chemistry, biology, and physics to develop a photodynamic therapy for prostate—and, possibly, other—cancers.
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Health & Medicine
From genes to vaccines, aiming for healthy bodies and minds.
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“To Understand the Principles of Life”: The Journey of Prof. Ada Yonath from Ribosomes to the Nobel Prize
After decades of work, Prof. Ada Yonath deciphered the structure of the ribosome—research so important that she won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Protecting Our Planet
Caring for the Earth today and creating energy for tomorrow.
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Basic Science for a Clean Energy Future: The Alternative Energy Research Initiative
The Weizmann Institute's Alternative Energy Research Initiative, led by Prof. David Cahen, aims to provide essential scientific groundwork and develop new power sources to address our energy problems.
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Technology
Smaller, faster, stronger, and safer technologies.
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Tubes with a Twist
Weizmann scientists came up with a new type of nanotube—built of gold, silver, and other nanoparticles—that may form the basis for future nanosensors, catalysts, and chemistry-on-a-chip systems.
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The Physical World
From plants and planets to earthquakes and supernovae.
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Past Perfect
Dr. Ruth Shahack-Gross, a visiting scientist at Weizmann's Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science, learns about the past by studying contemporary traditional lifestyles.
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Education
Teaching tomorrow’s gifted scientists – of all ages.
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Fluent in Science
The lingo of scientific literature seems daunting, but Dr. Anat Yarden has developed a unique method of adapting scientific literature so that it can be read and understood by high school students.
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