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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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Jan 04, 2011... In his 20 years as a firefighter and paramedic in Colorado Springs, Bruce Monson, 43, has had his little fist-bumps with death: a burning roof collapsing on top ... Read more
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Aug 28, 2012...
Research suggests basic forms of learning are possible while snoozing. iStockphoto.com
If you’re a student, you may have harbored the fantasy of learning l ... Read more
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Jan 12, 2017... Egyptian fruit bat. In a new issue of Science, Prof. Sarel et al. report on a new functional class of hippocampal neurons in bats, which encode the direction an ... Read more
Nov 23, 2012... Light of all colors or wavelengths combines to form white light. Similarly, sounds of all different frequencies mix to produce white noise. A group of scientist ... Read more
Nov 27, 2017...
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While humans aren’t as smell-dependent as many other animals, studies have shown we respond differently to others when they’re emitting ... Read more
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Jun 08, 2017... Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease manifested by various neuronal pathological processes and a significant decline in brain function. Aggregates ... Read more
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Mar 09, 2015... Are you feeling down? Want to sleep more than usual? Is spending your evenings at home in front of the television with comfort food more appealing than going ou ... Read more
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Jan 14, 2010... How do the visual images we experience, which have no tangible existence, arise out of physical processes in the brain? New research at the Weizmann Institute ... Read more
Jun 26, 2013... The brain image at the back presents spontaneous (resting state) patterns before a fMRI-based neurofeedback training session. The front brain image presents spo ... Read more
Aug 12, 2011... As I learn about the latest discovery by the Weizmann Institute, I smile thinking that life is about to become sweeter for the paralyzed human beings whose live ... Read more
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