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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.
Mar 26, 2018...
(l-r) Dr. Alon Shepon and Prof. Ron Milo
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—March 26, 2018—About a third of the food produced for human consumption is estimated to be lost or ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/strigaway-puts-a-hex-on-witchweed/
Jan 14, 2016... Striga, also known as witchweed, is a parasitic weed that infests up to 50 million hectares of sub-Saharan African land. In Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda alone, s ... Read more
Feb 25, 2019...
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‘Since I work on rubisco I’m always giving talks saying that it is the most abundant protein on Earth. Sometimes my audience will as ... Read more
Jul 07, 2017... In Israel’s earliest days, Weizmann Institute scientists invented a method for waxing oranges so they could be shipped, which was a major boon for the country’s ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/the-next-agricultural-revolution-is-here/
Sep 19, 2019...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Uplands Farm has a history of ground-breaking plant research and environmental activism.
As a growing population and climat ... Read more
Dec 27, 2010... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—December 27, 2010— In a collaborative effort involving 74 researchers from 38 research institutes, scientists have produced the full genome of a ... Read more
Oct 13, 2015... Charred 10,000 year-old fava beans. An amount like that would have been extremely difficult to gather from wild plants, indicating the legume had been domestica ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-tips-january-2010/
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
Mar 02, 2016...
Some of the Phresh Heroes (Courtesy)
One minute, a piece of fruit or a growing vegetable is alive and growing, but the next – after it’s picked – the proce ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/eat-a-purple-potato-if-you-know-what-s-good-for-you/
Aug 23, 2017...
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Are you ready for violet-colored potatoes? How about orange tobacco? Researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have ... Read more
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