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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.
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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
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Mar 27, 2019... Get inspired! Breathing in helps us solve problems more quickly, says Prof. Noam Sobel and his team. The group also found that our olfactory system can help us ... Read more
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Jun 18, 2019... Working when your brain does: Dr. Matthew Walker says that night owls, about 30% of the population, “are bound to a delayed schedule by unavoidable DNA hardwiri ... Read more
Dec 18, 2017...
Just three of the scallop’s 200 marvelous eyes. Credit: Dan-Eric Nilsson, Lund University
Sure, your eyes are lovely. But you only have two. The scallop ha ... Read more
Jul 16, 2008... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—July 16, 2008—In two complementary studies, Weizmann Institute scientists have developed a new method for reconstructing a cell’s “family tree,” ... Read more
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Jan 07, 2011...
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A team of Israeli scientists is reporting that when your date at the movies starts crying, it may have an effect on ... Read more
Jan 25, 2018...
Phi3T bacteriophages attacking Bacillus subtilis, ROTEM SOREK
Bacteria have been defending themselves from phages—viruses that attack bacterial cells—for b ... Read more
Apr 06, 2010... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—April 6, 2010—Darwin's finches—some 14 related species of songbirds found on the Galapagos and Cocos Islands—will forever be enshrined in histor ... Read more
Feb 04, 2019... We treasure our hearts: we fill them with love, soothe them when they ache, and keep them powerful with diet and exercise. But sometimes, no matter what, our he ... Read more
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Jan 22, 2019... The tradeoff shown in human brains (top) and monkey brains (bottom). The more evolutionarily advanced, the more efficient and the less robust each area proved t ... Read more
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