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Exploring the Physical World
Divine Secrets of the Ant Sisterhood
Interface Magazine, Fall 2011
Ants are altruistic and cooperative, but how do they communicate and assign roles? A Weizmann team is using tools from information theory, statistical and theoretical physics, computer science, systems biology, neuroscience, and biology to investigate.
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Improving Health & Medicine
Developing the Next Generation of Drugs
Prof. Irit Sagi's innovative methods of studying dynamic enzymes are leading to new ways of designing medicines—including for cancer, autoimmune disorders, and multiple sclerosis.
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Improving Health & Medicine
Neuroscience 2011
55 Weizmann Institute researchers are visiting Washington, D.C., to participate in Neuroscience 2011, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
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Fighting Cancer
What the Weizmann Institute Is Doing to Fight Breast Cancer
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Read about some of the groundbreaking research taking place at the Weizmann Institute to combat this all-too-common disease.
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Improving Health & Medicine
The Origins of Blood and Lymphatic Vessels and the Hope for New Therapies
Weizmann Views, Issue No. 27
Dr. Karina Yaniv is investigating how blood and lymphatic vessels form during embryonic development. Her research could lead to novel treatments for heart disease, stroke, cancer, and other illnesses.
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Protecting Our Planet
Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition with Powerful Plants
Weizmann Views, Issue No. 29
By studying plant genetics, including how plants regulate the production of vitamins and how they behave under stress, Dr. Asaph Aharoni is taking on the challenge of global malnutrition.
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Fighting Cancer
Biological Computer Diagnoses Cancer and Produces the Drug – in a Test Tube
Weizmann Institute scientist's vision: Microscopic computers will function inside living tissues, performing diagnosis and administering treatment.
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Protecting Our Planet
Pure Water: Using Science to Combat Pollution
Weizmann Views, Issue No. 26
Using techniques such as computer modeling and MRI, Prof. Brian Berkowitz studies how pollutants move in groundwater and seeks better ways to clean up and protect the planet's water.
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Improving Health & Medicine
Tears Are a Turnoff
Prof. Noam Sobel has found that emotional signals are chemically encoded in our tears. He demonstrated that merely sniffing a woman's tears reduces testosterone and sexual arousal in men.