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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.
Feb 20, 2019...
An ant has the navigation skills to cover hundreds of metres in a single day and still find its way home. Melophorus Bagoti ant. Credit: Antoine Wystrach
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Jan 28, 2020... Immunotherapies, which harness the immune system to fight disease, are revolutionizing treatments for many types of cancer. Having made significant breakthrough ... Read more
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
Aug 05, 2014...
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REHOVOT, ISRAEL—August 5, 2014—Laboratory mice are one of the most common animal models used in biological and medical research. T ... Read more
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Jul 03, 2019... Meet Dr. Efi Efrati, a member of the Department of Physics of Complex Systems. Dr. Efrati speaks about his research on “geometric frustration,” a physical state ... Read more
Mar 25, 2020... In just one week, Profs. Ido Amit and Eran Elinav, both of the Department of Immunology, have built one of the highest-tech labs in the world. They developed a ... Read more
Jan 05, 2020... If visions of sugarplums are still dancing in your head after the holidays, it’s time to get real. We all know what happens when we overindulge in Hanukkah sufg ... Read more
Dec 14, 2018... In this work, the team studies vascular networks formed by a coculture of fibroblasts and endothelial cells embedded in three-dimensional biomaterials experienc ... Read more
Jan 01, 2018...
Acropora coral less than 2 meters under sea-level at One Tree Reef, One Tree Island in the southern Great Barrier Reef. (Photo: University of Sydney)
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Feb 28, 2018... In just the past few years, understanding of the microbiome has transformed how we perceive diet and nutrition, and is already altering how we take care of ours ... Read more