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    A Fresh Start
    The Jerusalem Post

    The Jerusalem Post features an interview with Weizmann staff scientist Dr. Daniela Novick, whose research has helped create drugs that ease the suffering of MS and rheumatoid arthritis patients.

    October 25, 2018

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    Young Scientists from Japan to Colorado Get Taste of Israel at Summer Program
    JTA

    REHOVOT, Israel — One hot day this summer, 18-year-old Aleix Segui of Barcelona walked around an academic campus in this central Israeli city wearing a gray T-shirt with a mathematical equation on the front. The meaning of the shirt’s cryptic message would be lost on most people, but Segui’s new friends in a unique Israeli summer science program easily got the esoteric mathematical joke.

    August 21, 2018

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    Collaboration Between MIT and Weizmann Institute of Science Supports New Avenues of Scientific Research
    MIT News

    MIT has hosted a number of successful collaborative partnerships with Weizmann Institute of Science researchers over the years. Image courtesy of MIT Resource Development
    MIT and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have announced a new research collaboration, made possible by a gift from the Sagol family, that will support a series of multidisciplinary projects between the two institutions across all areas of science.

    August 02, 2018

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    Weizmann Institute 45th in World, University Ranking Organization Finds
    The Jerusalem Post

    The Center for World University Rankings, initiated in Saudi Arabia and headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, has ranked the Weizmann Institute of Science among the top 50 degree-granting institutions in the world. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University were also ranked in the top 100, placing at 61 and 85, respectively. The Technion-Israeli Institute of Technology ranked 147th, while Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ranked 394th. Bar-Ilan University and the University of Haifa rounded out the list of Israeli universities, ranking at 492 and 620, respectively.

    May 29, 2018

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    200 Teens in Israel and Massachusetts Run Superbug Tests
    Israel21C

    The 6,000 miles between them made no difference when 200 students in Israel and in the Boston area jointly created evolution in test tubes. The 10-day science experiment helped them understand how antibiotic-resistant bacterial “superbugs” evolve. The teens designed their experiments on Google Sheets, and these instructions were automatically carried out by a robot in a lab at the University of Massachusetts.

    May 14, 2018

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    Four Scientific Studies That Give Us Clues To Improve Our Creativity
    Forbes

    One of the “four scientific studies” shared by a Forbes contributor is Weizmann Institute research on the placebo effect and creativity.

    February 15, 2018

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    Young Israeli Scientists Head to US to Showcase Work from Medicine to Mechanics
    JTA

    When Elena Meirzadeh immigrated to Israel from Iran with her family at the age of 12, her priorities were perfecting her Hebrew and acclimating to life in a new country. Despite the language barrier and culture shock at moving from the Islamic Republic to the Jewish state, Meirzadeh excelled at her studies and decided she wanted to become a scientist.

    February 09, 2018

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    Weizmann Institute Scientists - Tell Me Why!
    The Jerusalem Post

    There seems to be no limit to the number of times children can ask “Why?” as they wonder about the fascinating world around them. Adults who retain this curiosity may be young at heart, but they don’t always have answers when asked to explain these mysteries.

    January 07, 2018

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    Englewood Teen Conducts Scientific Research in Israel
    Jewish Link of New Jersey

    Abraham Druck spent a month at the Weizmann Institute of Science as part of the Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute (ISSI).
    Last month, one of New Jersey’s budding scientists, Abraham (AJ) Druck of Englewood, returned from four weeks on the Weizmann Institute’s campus in Rehovot, Israel. The Weizmann Institute of Science is one of the world’s leading scientific research institutions, with nearly 4,000 researchers making a global impact in areas ranging from health and medicine, to alternative energy, to space exploration.

    September 19, 2017

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