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 future of humanity.
Nov 30, 2014...
Graduate students Eyal Karzbrun and Alexandra Tayar with Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv. Photo courtesy of Weizmann Institute
Years of intense lab work in Israel have l ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/developing-the-next-generation-of-drugs/
Nov 20, 2011... Enzymes—the proteins responsible for chemical reactions in living cells—change their structure at dizzying speeds.This dynamic action makes them very efficient, ... Read more
Apr 06, 2009... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—April 6, 2009—The design of efficient systems, driven by sunlight, for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen is among the most important chal ... Read more
May 16, 2016... Between shadowy hackers and powerful government agencies, keeping electronic communication private can sometimes feel like a losing battle. Now chemists have co ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/tough-science/
Oct 12, 2011... X-ray crystallographer currently at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. She won a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on t ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/best-people-best-science/
Jul 06, 2016... The Weizmann Institute's most important asset is its people. That's why the Institute is committed to recruiting and nurturing some of the world's brightest you ... Read more
Mar 02, 2010...
Prof. Yoram Salomon (left) and Prof. Avigdor Scherz (right)
By combining three individually innocuous components, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/blowing-in-the-stellar-wind/
May 21, 2014... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 21, 2014—When a supernova – the explosion of a giant star – was discovered last year, astrophysicists, with the help of telescopes around th ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2013/
Oct 09, 2013... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—October 9, 2013—The Weizmann Institute of Science extends its hearty congratulations to the new winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2013. T ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/gut-reactions/
Jul 28, 2015... Daniel Segrè, associate professor of bioinformatics, biomedical engineering and biology, uses mathematical modeling to understand the microbiome. Photo by Cydne ... Read more