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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.
May 04, 2016... This might sound like something from a Bond movie. But a team from Israel has used some rather nifty chemistry to come up with a way to use common chemicals suc ... Read more
Mar 02, 2016...
Rock Stars of Cryptography. Courtesy RSA Conference
During a panel at the RSA cybersecurity conference yesterday in San Francisco, Adi Shamir, a cryptograp ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/zero-knowledge-keeps-your-secrets-safe/
Jun 06, 2010...
If you feel secure keying your credit card information onto a website, thank Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser.
At the end of April, this Israeli professor travele ... Read more
Jan 16, 2018... MADRID, Jan. 16, 2018/ The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Information and Communication Technologies category goes, in this tenth edition, ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/security-through-science/
Nov 01, 2006... With the need for security at an all-time high, finding new ways to stay ahead of terrorists is an ongoing challenge—and Weizmann Institute scientists are using ... Read more
Apr 22, 2015...
Credit: Tim Greene
Some of the world’s best known cryptographers – veterans of the crypto wars of the 1990s – say government access to encryption keys is s ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/defending-against-chemical-acts-of-terrorism/
Apr 19, 2012... Researchers may have found a way to protect us against otherwise deadly chemical attacks, such as the subway sarin incident in Tokyo that left thirteen people d ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/adding-math-to-list-of-security-threats/
Nov 17, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16 — One of the world’s most prominent cryptographers issued a warning on Friday about a hypothetical incident in which a math error in a wi ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/unsafe-and-sound/
Jan 18, 2014...
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EAVESDROPPING, be it simply sticking an ear against a door or listening to and analysing the noises made by tapping different keys ... Read more
May 13, 2020... A group of experts advising Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the national response to the coronavirus pandemic found a correlation between one's income and ... Read more
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