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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.
Jun 16, 2017...
Credit: NASA/SwRI /MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran
More than 400 years after Galileo turned his telescope toward the planet Jupiter, the clouds and mist c ... Read more
Nov 10, 2017...
Frankenstein’s moon, Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library
It came in like a wrecking ball. Neptune has one of the weirdest collections of moons in our solar ... Read more
Jun 15, 2015...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Many thunderstorms in Saturn’s atmosphere could be driving the gas giant’s vast polar cyclones, according to new s ... Read more
Aug 12, 2019... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—August 12, 2019—Weighing in at just about 160 kg (around 353 lbs), a new type of scientific satellite is planned to be built in Israel over the ... Read more
Jan 05, 2017... Symphony of Particles: Dr. Shkima Bressler on What Makes Up the Universe ... Read more
Oct 16, 2017... This artist’s impression shows two tiny but very dense neutron stars at the point at which they merge and explode as a kilonova. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornm ... Read more
Mar 02, 2020... When a massive star reaches the end of its life, it can explode as a supernova. But there’s a unique type of supernova that’s much brighter that we’re just star ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/colder-and-colder/
Dec 17, 2017...
HEALTH & SCIENCE. (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
When investigating atoms, scientists face a challenge – at room temperature, individual atoms in a gas ha ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/science-tips-december-2011/
Dec 01, 2011... Less and less of today’s computing is done on desktop computers; cloud computing, in which operations are carried out on a network of shared, remote servers, is ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/weizmann-institute-instrument-bound-for-jupiter/
Jan 07, 2016...
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Sometime in the year 2030, if all goes according to plan, some dozen groups around the world will begin receiving un ... Read more
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