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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.
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/scientists-urge-new-approaches-to-plant-research/
Jun 29, 2012...
You’d be amazed at how much you can learn from a plant.
In a paper published this week in the journal Science, a Michigan State University professor and a ... Read more
Jan 05, 2017... Life in a Drop of Water: Prof. Assaf Vardi and Nivi Alroy on Oceanic Plants ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/plants-blink-proceeding-with-caution-in-sunlight/
Jan 22, 2019...
Arabidopsis thaliana, a member of the mustard family
Plants have control mechanisms that resemble those in human senses. According to a new Weizmann Instit ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/this-cotton-is-grown-to-glow/
Sep 14, 2017...
Cotton fibers modified to glow under ultraviolet light. (Filipe Natalio)
Seven or eight thousand years ago, humans figured out that the natural fibers cott ... Read more
Jul 01, 2002... Rehovot, Israel—July 1, 2002—Corn harvests on experimental plots and in farmers' fields in four East and Southern African countries have yielded striking result ... Read more
Nov 30, 2017... Unlocking the Potential of Metabolites: The Schwartz Family Center for Metabolic Biology ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/a-plankton-virus-affects-cloud-formation/
Aug 16, 2018...
The phytoplankton species Emiliana huxleyi, coming soon to a cloud near you. Citation: Emiliania huxleyi. Young & Westbroek, 1991
A species of marine p ... Read more
May 28, 2020... California's giant Sequoias can live for more than 3,000 years, their trunks stretching two car lengths in diameter, their branches reaching nearly 300 feet tow ... Read more
Jul 01, 2020...
Israeli researchers have discovered collaboration between trees deep in the ground, Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in central Israel said Wednesday.
I ... Read more
Sep 20, 2020... The Israeli company Phytolon, which is known for developing a fermentation-based technology for the production of plant-based food colors, announced on Thursday ... Read more
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