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
As the Yale Daily News reports, a cross-continent collaboration between Weizmann and Yale scientists is producing important results.
February 13, 2018
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
From ancient paper to luxurious clothing and parachutes, humans have been capitalising on the extreme strength, lightness and softness of silk for thousands of years.
January 2018
Weizmann Institute research by Prof. Zelig Eshhar laid the foundation for this lifesaving cancer therapy.
January 2018
Planting the “right kinds” of forests extensively in areas that have mostly been neglected in forestation efforts − semi-arid regions in Africa and Australia − could have a measurably positive influence on the climate and help offset a significant portion of human-induced global warming. This was discovered recently by Weizmann Institute of Science researchers led by Prof. Dan Yakir of the earth and planetary sciences department who used an Israeli forest as a model. The research was published in the journal Scientific Reports.
January 31, 2018
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