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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.
Jun 19, 2014... According the World Health Organization, mood disorders such as depression affect some 10% of the world’s population and are associated with a heavy burden of d ... Read more
May 30, 2018... Cross-section of the inner lining of a human gut adjacent to a cancerous tumor. The enzyme ASL (red-brown), which helps manufacture nitric oxide, has accumulate ... Read more
Feb 07, 2016...
Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who accepted the recommendation of the Israel Prize jury, headed by Prof. Itamar Willner. Credit: Alex Kolomoisky
The I ... Read more
Mar 25, 2019...
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Far more than your alarm clock, what governs your wake-sleep cycle is the internal circadian clock regulat ... Read more
Aug 24, 2016...
Credit: Thomas Fuchs
Compared with other bodily excretions, tears are vastly understudied. Collecting the salty drops is tedious – weepy donors are rare, m ... Read more
https://weizmann-v8.euwest01.umbraco.io/news-media/news-releases/science-tips-may-2009/
May 05, 2009... One can have a dream, two can make that dream so real, goes a popular song. Now a Weizmann Institute study has revealed that it takes two to perform an essentia ... Read more
https://weizmann-v8.euwest01.umbraco.io/news-media/feature-stories/using-science-to-save-our-oceans/
Jul 18, 2019... It’s the height of summer – time to hit the beach, whether for an afternoon or a week or two. People love the ocean and have always been drawn to it, but as muc ... Read more
https://weizmann-v8.euwest01.umbraco.io/news-media/news-releases/science-tips-october-2012/
Oct 22, 2012... Not long ago, some unassuming bacteria found themselves at the center of a scientific controversy: a group claimed that these microorganisms, which live in an e ... Read more
Oct 12, 2015... As we age, our biological clocks tend to wind down – but why? A Weizmann Institute of Science research team has now revealed an intriguing new link between a gr ... Read more
Jun 09, 2017...
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It’s the ultimate health-conscious grocer’s dilemma: Is wheat bread really healthier than white?
While people have been told fo ... Read more