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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.
Feb 13, 2019... Clouds have a key role in Earth’s energy balance and water cycle, but difficulties in assessing them can lead to great errors in climate prediction. Israeli and ... 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
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/a-fistful-of-dust/
Jan 06, 2011... On May 26th, 2008, Germany turned red. The winds of change, though, were meteorological, not political. Unusual weather brought iron-rich dust from Africa to Eu ... Read more
Jul 21, 2014...
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REHOVOT, ISRAEL—July 21, 2014—We have heard that eating beef is bad for the environment, but do we know its real cost? Are other ... 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
Jan 11, 2015... Prof. Dan Yakir studies a forest in the desert, and how it could potentially mitigate climate change. By investigating the rate of change of greenhouse gases in ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/looking-back-looking-forward/
Apr 11, 2016... In a place that fosters curiosity and the pursuit of "what if," where scientists come to work every day with the knowledge that anything can happen, astounding ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/solar-powered-vision-of-the-future/
Feb 19, 2006...
Sitting in his book-lined office, Professor Jacob Karni likes to quote the French novelist Jules Verne.
"Yes, my friends," says Prof Karni, director of the ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-tips-february-2011/
Feb 10, 2011...
Two new studies support a novel approach based on Weizmann Institute scientists’ research
Much of the devastation of stroke and head trauma is due to damag ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/saving-reefs-one-polyp-at-a-time/
Jun 01, 2016... CORAL HUG: Two polyps of the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis imaged with fluorescence microscopy, showing the coral’s GFP, the chlorophyll of its sym ... Read more
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