About Us
Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the benefit of humanity.
Researchers at Weizmann have discovered how to create super-resolution images from a single low-resolution image. Their process can capture true detail that cannot be seen in the original image – could this be the next “killer app""?
A Weizmann team has found a way to get images through “scattering” materials. As BBC News reports, the discovery – which uses natural light rather than lasers – not only lets the team see through impediments such as frosted glass or skin, but also around corners.
Henry Markram, a former Weizmann professor and student, is now directing the Blue Brain Project. He writes in Scientific American about how building a vast digital simulation of the brain could transform neuroscience and medicine and reveal new ways of making more powerful computers.
Prof. David Milstein won for his innovative research on new ways to create compounds using materials containing metals. His work could lead to cleaner industrial processes—and a cleaner environment.
Tired of dull online videos? Two Weizmann PhDs have formed Magisto, a cloud-based web service that auto-edits unwieldy videos down to two-minute, fast-paced, seemingly “directed” videos. YouTube is already on board.
The Economist features Prof. Noam Sobel's device that allows people to use sniffing to communicate via computer and drive a wheelchair; this technology could liberate sufferers of locked-in syndrome.
Prof. Noam Sobel's invention, which helps locked-in and other patients to communicate via computer and drive a wheelchair—all by sniffing—is featured in Scientific American.
The Scientist established the Labby Multimedia Awards in order to highlight the best websites by labs. The Weizmann Institute's Prof. Joel Sussman and his Proteopedia site took the inaugural first prize.
ISRAEL21c reports on the accomplishments of Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser, who was awarded the 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science for her contributions to cryptography theory.
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