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Artificial Cells Produce Parts of Viruses for Safe Studies

Chemistry

The Weizmann Institute of Science group demonstrated the production of protein assembly lines on a silicon chip

Fluorescent image of artificial cells on a chip. The differences in genetic composition between cells produced the different colors, which reveal stages in building parts of a virus

Cancer “Helpers” Come in Different Types

Life Sciences

Supporting actors in cancer growth may help predict the course of the disease

Tissue sample from triple-negative breast cancer, stained for the presence of cancer cells (red) and the two types of cancer-associated fibroblasts: pCAFs (magenta) and sCAFs (green). The nuclei of all cells are stained blue

Can't See the Fungi for the Trees: The Forest's Hidden Helpers

Earth Sciences

Underground fungal networks transfer carbon between neighboring trees, even of different species

A New Approach to Tailoring Cancer Therapy: Tapping into Signaling Activities in Cancer Cells

Life Sciences

Matching drugs to tumors may lead to personalized treatment and new therapies

The Magnetic History of Ice

Space & Physics

The findings could help us understand the history of other bodies in our solar system

RNAs Take a Plunge

Chemistry

A shower of hyperpolarized water opens new avenues for the NMR study of biological molecules

(l-r) Prof. Lucio Frydman and Mihajlo Novakovic

The Evolution Within

Life Sciences

When fast and slow evolution happen together, the results defy the rules

In the Grove

Earth Sciences

Dr. Rafat Qubaja's work on campus trees shows even small groves can help mitigate climate change

Dr. Qubaja and his family visited the beach for the first time. They live in the PA, and he makes the trip to Rehovot daily

What the Fish Heart Knows

Life Sciences

Researchers uncover a see-through secret to heart repair

(l-r) Prof. Karina Yaniv and Gal Perlmoter

When the Heat Is On – Turn Up the Ac(4C)

Life Sciences

Heat-resistance tags on bacterial RNA hold clues to human diseases

Some bacteria love the smell of sulfur in hot gases

Science Education

They Come for the Physics

The Schwartz/Reisman Science Education Center in Rehovot is teaching high school students to love physics

(l-r) Amit Waxman, Omer Bernstein, their teacher Shir Coleman and Athlea Leesin

On Campus

A Window to the Campus

Take a virtual tour of the Weizmann Institute of Science and discover some of its special labs that are tucked away and hidden from immediate view, in the third episode of “A window to the Campus” – a video series highlighting a different aspect of the Institute, including its interesting buildings, state-of-the-art labs, history, art, family life on campus, people, and more.

Click on the link to view more videos in the series

Press Clippings

Why does coronavirus make people lose their sense of smell?

Science for All - Davidson Institute of Science Education

The Marvelous Mathematics of Sunflowers

What do sunflowers and pinecones have in common with rabbits? What do they all have to do with math? Watch this video from Scientific American’s Instant Egghead series and discover the answer!

Population Pyramids

Beyond endless lists of numbers, statistics enable us, when the data is presented visually, to draw far-reaching conclusions. In the following video, Kim Preshoff presents population pyramids – a visual representation of the population data of a country. He shows population pyramids of various countries and how these pyramids allow us to learn about the countries' past and predict what the future may hold for them.