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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/cone-snail-venom-can-kill-or-heal/
Nov 13, 2019... Pretty, deadly: toxins from the marine cone snail can kill … and be used for lifesaving medicines. Photo credit: Volker Steger. Photograph taken at the Woods Ho ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/medical-marijuana-born-at-weizmann/
Nov 03, 2022...
Raphael Mechoulam’s research has driven the current medical marijuana boom – and is helping people suffering from a host of conditions.
Following the wave ... 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
Oct 20, 2015... Steel is ubiquitous in our daily lives. We cook in stainless steel skillets, ride steel subway cars over steel rails to our offices in steel-framed building. St ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/plant-power-algae-as-alternative-energy/
Jan 04, 2011... Prof. Avihai Danon of the Weizmann Institute of Science's Department of Plant Sciences has been working with algae—simple, photosynthetic life forms that can be ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/are-you-a-handshake-sniffer/
Apr 07, 2015...
Do you sniff your hand after shaking someone else's?
This isn't a question I ever thought I'd ask myself, or you, but here we go, because, well...science.< ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/the-breaking-point/
Aug 24, 2017...
The trajectory of a crack tip, showing one cycle of oscillation. The horizontal wavy line shows the trajectory of the tip of the crack.
It is said that a w ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/in-pursuit-of-female-chemists/
Aug 11, 2011...
Chemistry needs new female role models and a less macho culture to appeal more to the next generation of young women, says Carol V. Robinson.
Women and che ... Read more
Jan 28, 2013...
Chaim Weizmann. He foresaw the energy crisis and proposed an economical way of making fuel. Photo by Weizmann Institute of Science
Chaim Weizmann is primar ... Read more
Oct 11, 2012... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—October 11, 2012—The experimental system: two supersonic valves followed by two skimmers. The blue beam passes through a curved magnetic quadrup ... Read more
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