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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.
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/the-exquisite-precision-of-you/
Dec 01, 2017... You know that you have a circadian clock, or rhythm, that keeps you in time with the Earth’s 24-hour day-night cycle. Well, roughly in time, anyway; some of us ... Read more
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Jan 03, 2019...
It’s that time of year: the roundup. The best movies! Music! Books! And, yes – scientific papers.
2018 was perhaps not the happiest year in a number of way ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/meet-steve-the-purple-atmospheric-phenomenon/
Jul 06, 2018...
Hello, My Name Is Steve, a purple ribbon of hot ionized gas, manifests farther south than most auroras. Photo courtesy Vanexus Photography
The universe is ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/new-year-of-the-trees/
Feb 05, 2018...
Just one view of the mighty and diverse trees on the Weizmann Institute campus. Credit: Matthew Roberts
All species of holidays get absorbed into the cultu ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/kilauea-and-keck-the-volcano-and-the-telescopes/
May 11, 2018... The 6.9-magnitude earthquake that freed Kilauea’s lava also damaged the island’s telescopes. Is volcano goddess Pele angry about the construction of a massive n ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/medications-good-for-you-bad-for-the-rest-of-the-world/
Feb 25, 2019... Everything is connected: pharmaceuticals can be found throughout the environment. Fish seem particularly susceptible. Plus, we eat them – and, thus, consume wha ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/followed-by-a-moonshadow-the-great-american-solar-eclipse/
Aug 17, 2017...
This map shows the path the Moon’s dark inner shadow will take August 21, 2017. Source: Astronomy: Richard Talcott and Roen Kelly
What will you be doing on ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/the-sahara-s-gritty-superpower/
Apr 11, 2018... An unearthly scene is, quite literally, of this Earth. Orange snow and sky at a ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on March 23, 2018. Credit: Sergey Tsaun/ ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/first-oceans-may-have-been-acidic/
Mar 15, 2017...
Drs. Itay Halevy and Aviv Bachan reveal the earliest effects of atmosphere and weathering on the ocean
One way to understand how ocean acidity can change – ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/making-larvae-count/
Dec 18, 2017...
This emperor angelfish looks nothing like the tiny larva it started out as
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—December 18, 2017— Almost all the wildly varied, colorful fish t ... Read more
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