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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 03, 2016... People who still believe the outdated notion that mental health conditions are “all in a person’s head” have yet another reason to stop believing the myth: Acco ... Read more
Nov 04, 2013...
JERUSALEM — Israel may not be the most obvious place to study pigs, given that religious strictures in both Judaism and Islam forbid their consumption.
But ... Read more
Apr 07, 2016... Here’s an interesting problem. When it comes to human senses, we’ve found ways to reproduce the look and sound of the real world reasonably accurately. There ar ... Read more
Jun 13, 2017... Thanks to advances in healthcare, sanitation, safety, and nutrition, people today are living longer than ever; in fact, in the West, the fastest-growing demogra ... Read more
Jun 01, 2017... Prof. Yoav Soen sounds almost angry when he talks about the evolutionary concept of natural selection – or, more precisely, its total acceptance – suggesting it ... Read more
Dec 14, 2015...
Prof. Oded Aharonson in the observatory at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Nov. 26, 2015. Credit: Eyal Toueg
Prof. Oded Aharonson had a comfo ... Read more
Jun 07, 2018...
Dr. Elisabetta Boaretto, Head of the Weizmann Institute of Science’s D-REAMS Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory (courtesy)
Archaeologists’ evidence of Israelite ... 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
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
Nov 05, 2019...
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Stinky cars — everyone knows them. We’ve all stepped inside vehicles with a lingering scent of cigarette smoke, a forgotten bana ... Read more