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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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Aug 15, 2017... Unripe (top) and ripe (bottom) tomatoes. Regular tomatoes (far left) start out green and turn red when ripe. In contrast, genetically engineered tomatoes assume ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/marine-green-slime-to-save-the-planet/
Oct 03, 2012...
The expedition in the north Atlantic Ocean. Photo by Assaf Vardi
As the northern hemisphere sweltered in summer, more than 30 scientists, led by an Israeli ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/how-israeli-scientists-are-saving-crops/
Mar 19, 2019...
Researchers help plants at the Weizmann Institute of Science. (photo credit: WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE)
The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot co ... Read more
Aug 10, 2018...
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Scientists may have miscalculated the age of an olive branch that has served as a key piece of evidence in dating the Sa ... Read more
Aug 14, 2016...
The varied and vibrant food market in Cascais, Portugal. (photo credit:AYA MASSIAS)
Weizmann Institute scientists have engineered bacteria to create sugar ... Read more
Oct 11, 2011... “What I find most amazing about plants is that they’re a great source for thousands and thousands of chemicals,” says Dr. Asaph Aharoni of the Weizmann Institut ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/the-tree-that-survives-the-desert/
Jan 16, 2019... Tu B’Shevat, a Jewish holiday commemorating the importance and sanctity of trees, could not be more fitting in this day and age. Undoubtedly, it’s not easy to b ... Read more
Jan 09, 2018... Prof. Milo speaks at London’s how to: Academy about plants’ ability to metabolize CO2 and how it can help us. ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/hot-pink-tomatoes-might-be-the-future-of-fruit/
Aug 21, 2017... Tomatoes are red. Sometimes they're orange or yellow or even purple. But they're never hot pink—until now, that is. Scientists recently discovered a way to chan ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/what-gives-the-beach-that-smell-sulfur-making-algae/
Jun 30, 2015... Close your eyes and conjure up your paradise vacation: umbrellaed drink in hand, trashy detective novel perched on your knee, the rhythmic swell of waves in you ... Read more
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