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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.
Aug 14, 2016...
The varied and vibrant food market in Cascais, Portugal. (photo credit:AYA MASSIAS)
Weizmann Institute scientists have engineered bacteria to create sugar ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/off-track-how-storms-will-veer-in-a-warmer-world/
Nov 13, 2017...
Five storms traveling around the south pole. Credit: NASA
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 13, 2017—Under global climate change, the Earth’s climatic zones will sh ... Read more
Dec 26, 2006... More than half of the dust needed for fertilizing the Brazilian rainforest is supplied by a valley in northern Chad, according to an international research team ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/israel-prize-to-prof-dan-yakir/
Apr 02, 2019...
Prof. Dan Yakir
The Weizmann Institute’s Prof. Dan Yakir has won this year’s Israel Prize for Research in Geology, Earth Sciences and Atmospheric Sciences, ... Read more
Mar 02, 2020... Farmers in arid areas of India need no convincing that the climate is changing under their feet. Their income is drying up along with their groundwater wells, f ... Read more
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
Dec 01, 2008... The technologists and engineers of today are being asked to do something that is “close to mission impossible,” says Prof. David Cahen of the Weizmann Institute ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/eating-air-making-fuel/
Jun 23, 2016... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—June 23, 2016—All life on the planet relies, in one way or another, on a process called carbon fixation: the ability of plants, algae, and certa ... 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
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