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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 10, 2023... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 10, 2023—An international crowdsourced campaign to discover an anti-COVID-19 drug has created a blueprint for the accelerated, patent-free development of drugs to treat viral threats to humanity. The campaign, called COVID Moonshot, was co-led by Prof. Nir London of the Weizmann Institute of Science and researchers from the University of Oxford, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the US-based biotech company PostEra. The results have been published in Science.
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/2023-impact-report-resilience-and-renewal/
Jan 29, 2024... As we reflect upon the achievements and challenges of 2023, we are grateful for your unwavering support of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the American Committee. This year’s Weizmann Institute Impact Report highlights scientific accomplishments over the past year, alongside vivid portraits of a research community coming together to rebuild, strengthen, and uplift the wider Israeli society following the devastating attacks of October 7.
Mar 27, 2024... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—March 27, 2024—Humankind has long turned to the skies in search of answers. Accounts of supernovae – exploding stars – go back thousands of years, but while we know today that these events create the building blocks of life itself, the conditions that cause a star to explode still remain very much a mystery. Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science have now made major headway toward better understanding these fascinating phenomena, which created us and all that we know. Through a combination of luck and determination, they were able to gather data from a once-in-a-lifetime supernova. Their findings are being published today in Nature.