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The Tomorrow Lab Summit
In a Scientific American guest blog, Rita J. King of Science House discusses the Tomorrow Lab Summit, hosted by NBA Cares. Created by the American Committee, Tomorrow Lab brings together thought leaders from a variety of arenas in support of science for the benefit of humanity. Astrophysicist Oded Aharonson opened the meeting via link from Israel.
Mice in a “Big Brother” Setup Develop Social Structures
Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep
Neural Activity in Bats Measured In-Flight
Science Tips, March 2013
Turing Award to the Weizmann Institute’s Shafi Goldwasser for Advances that Revolutionized the Science of Cryptography
Weizmann Honors Selas at Gala
Sara and Prof. Michael Sela were feted at the American Committee’s recent gala, hosted by the New York Region. Part of the Weizmann Institute family since 1950, Prof. Sela’s accomplishments include the drugs Copaxone® and Erbitux®. Click here to watch a video about the Selas and their beneficial impact on the Institute – and the world.
Remembering WEIZAC: The Beginning of Computing in Israel
Today, Israel’s “start-up nation” status is almost taken for granted. However, it wasn’t always that way; the country’s first computer, WEIZAC, helped establish Israel as one of the world’s technology powerhouses. Google has shared a short film in honor of the 84th birthday of Prof. Aviezri Fraenkel, one of WEIZAC’s creators.
How the Mighty Winds of Uranus and Neptune Blow
Giant planets are dominated by winds that can reach supersonic speeds; however, just how deep those winds reached was unknown … until now. SPACE.com reports on how the Weizmann Institute’s Dr. Yohai Kaspi and team resolved what “has been an open question for the last 25 years.”
Cancer Therapy Reprograms Patient’s Cells
A decades-old “audacious idea” by Weizmann’s Prof. Zelig Eshhar helped create a cancer treatment that has now led to full remissions in almost 20 adult and pediatric blood-cancer patients. Considered the “future of cancer” by many, the therapy programs the patient’s own immune cells to recognize and attack cancer.