After his senior year of high school, Kyle Polen could have used his summer to take a well-earned break before starting his first semester at Arizona State University. But Polen decided instead to study at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
October 02, 2019
New discovery of bacteria immune system brought insight into treating autoimmune disease and even cancer, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel reported Thursday.
September 27, 2019
The Economic Times reports that one of the reasons glioblastomas are so hard to treat is that the cancer cells come in four types – and can move between the types. The research was conducted by Weizmann and an international team.
September 27, 2019
One or two seconds before people recall an image they had previous seen, cells in a key memory center in the brain fire together, creating a “ripple” of activity.
Seconds before a memory pops up, certain nerve cells jolt into action in sync. This new finding sheds light on how the brain stores and recalls information.
Studying brain cells in action inside the human head is tricky. Putting electrodes in someone’s brain requires surgery. It’s not something researchers do without a good reason. The new study involved people who already had electrodes put in their brains for some medical purpose. These participants all had epilepsy. That brain disorder causes storm-like surges of electrical activity in the brain, known as seizures. Doctors put the electrodes in the patients' brains so they could pinpoint those surges.
September 24, 2019
Israeli and U.S. researchers found that glioblastoma brain cancer cells come in four states and can transition from one state to another, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in central Israel reported on Monday.
September 23, 2019
As a growing population and climate change threaten food security, researchers around the world are working to overcome the challenges that threaten the dietary needs of humans and livestock. A pair of scientists is now making the case that the knowledge and tools exist to facilitate the next agricultural revolution we so desperately need.
September 19, 2019
Israeli researchers have deciphered the unique “self-healing” process of solar materials halide perovskites, making the development of optoelectronics materials possible, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) reported on Thursday.
September 19, 2019
The Times of Israel reports on new research by Prof. Yardena Samuels’s lab that could lead to new, more personalized treatments for cancer.
September 13, 2019
A 2019 Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School graduate experienced what aspiring scientists might call the experience of a lifetime this past summer. Woodmere resident Miriam Kopyto was chosen by the world renowned Weizmann Institute of Science to take part, alongside 55 other teenagers from across the world, in the institution’s annual Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute in Rehovot, Israel.
September 12, 2019
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