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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.
Dec 17, 2018...
(l-r) Profs. Ilan Koren, Yoav Schechner, and Klaus Schilling are inventing a new way of imaging clouds
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—December 17, 2018—Ten satellites, ea ... Read more
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
Sep 02, 2019... A view of Earth from space. Two billion years ago the planet would have looked very different. Researchers have now found evidence of a massive die-off event fr ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/why-do-we-see-the-man-in-the-moon/
Mar 12, 2012... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—March 12, 2012—There’s something poetic about gazing up at the night sky, seeing the familiar face of the Man in the Moon” who faithfully accomp ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/scientists-reveal-soot-s-role-in-climate-change/
Aug 14, 2008... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—August 14, 2008—Tons of soot are released into the air annually as forest fires rage from California to the Amazon to Siberia and Indonesia. Cli ... Read more
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
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/let-it-rain/
Jan 01, 2012... Rain can be a blessing or a disaster. An hour of steady rainfall can water the roots of plants and percolate underground to replenish water supplies. If the s ... Read more
Oct 31, 2019... The ocean is one of the largest and most mysterious ecosystems on Earth. In the tenth episode of Weizmann in Focus, Dave Doneson describes the fascinating resea ... Read more
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