Weizmann Institute of Science
Climate change is stripping nutrients from food, global study with Israeli expert warns
"This is not a distant threat to health," Prof. Asaph Aharoni told the Post, saying up to two-thirds of the world's population already lacks essential micronutrients.
Breakthrough Israeli study finds potential path to reversing hearing loss
Israeli, Czech scientists recreate COVID-19’s evolutionary journey in a test tube
Q-Factor emerges as Israel’s latest quantum computing developer with $24 million seed investment
How do violence, trauma survivors develop resilience? - Israeli study
Israeli Weizmann researches examine how some appear scarred for life, while others appear to walk away unscathed.
Israeli researchers develop new process for creating custom enzymes -study
Enzymes that are modified using this process, called the CADENZ Method, could have long-reaching impacts.
Intestinal mucus can safely absorb copper into our cells - study
Copper is potentially toxic, but a new study found that one of the functions of intestinal mucus is to deliver it safely to the cells.
How do viruses outwit cellular immune systems?
Weizmann Institute scientists publish research showing the autonomous immune system that individual bacteria cells have.
Cancerous tumors can contain multiple species of fungi, new study finds
Malignant growths contain multiple species of fungi that differ according to the type of the tumor, according to the research, which has just been published in the journal Cell.
Opium usage dates back to ancient Israel, new study finds
While the world often historically associates the opium trade with the far east, Israeli researchers have found that the highly-potent drug played a major role in biblical times.
Neurons caught rapidly switching gears - study
Weizmann Institute's study suggests neurons are not programmed for a single task, but rather are highly dynamic and agile.
A surprising precision weapon against Crohn’s and ulcerative coli
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers found a way to kill inflammation-causing bacteria in the gut that causes inflammatory bowel disease by using viruses that infect them.
Israeli scientists make model synthetic mouse embryo with stem cells - study
The Synthetic embryo models could also eventually become a reliable source of cells, tissues and organs for transplantation.
Meet the monk who found heredity in a pea
Johann Mendel was born in 1822, in a small village in the Austrian Empire, to a family of limited means.
