The Los Angeles Times reports on research by Prof. Ron Milo and his team showing that switching land from supporting animal-based to plant-based foods could have multiple benefits.
March 26, 2018
CNN reports on Prof. Yohai Kaspi’s discoveries about Jupiter’s weather, including the massive atmospheric storms that are its famous stripes.
March 08, 2018
Space.com reports on recent findings from NASA’s Juno mission. Weizmann’s Prof. Yohai Kaspi made remarkable discoveries about Jupiter’s famous stripes.
March 07, 2018
The Jerusalem Post covers new gender research by Prof. Tali Kimchi, who has found a mechanism in the brain that helps determine gender attraction.
March 05, 2018
Environment plays a much greater role than host genetics in determining the composition of the human gut microbiome, according to a study published today (February 28) in Nature. And including microbiome characteristics when predicting people’s traits, such as cholesterol levels or obesity, makes those estimates more accurate than only personal history, such as diet, age, gender, and quality of life, the study finds.
February 28, 2018
The Wall Street Journal reports on the promise and potential of DayTwo, a personalized-diet algorithm based on Weizmann research.
February 25, 2018
China’s Global Times reports on a project, involving Weizmann astrophysicists, aimed at helping us understand potential living conditions on Mars.
February 20, 2018
Israeli researchers have managed to grow tiny model brains in the lab to discover how the brain’s convolutions are created. A normal brain is as wrinkly as a walnut. And in cases where a person is born with a smooth brain, devoid of folds, he faces severe developmental difficulties.
February 20, 2018
One of the “four scientific studies” shared by a Forbes contributor is Weizmann Institute research on the placebo effect and creativity.
February 15, 2018
