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The Hidden Waters That Shape the Ocean – and the Climate
A Weizmann researcher has uncovered previously undocumented impact of coastal aquifers on ocean chemistry. We have gone to the bottom of the ocean to study how its chemistry shapes our planet’s climate, even chasing lava-spewing underwater volcanoes to do it. But it...
The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked Sixth in the World for Research Quality
The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked Sixth in the World for Research Quality and is the highest placement ever given by the Leiden ranking. The Weizmann Institute of Science is placed sixth in the world in the 2025 ranking of research quality published this week...
Humanity Rises as Wildlife Recedes: Two Studies Show the Extent of Human Domination over Nature
Quantifying wildlife reveals human impact – human movement is 40 times greater than that of all land animals combined; livestock biomass up 400% and wild mammals down 70% over the past two centuries. Life on the moveWolves roaming the Mongolian steppes cover more than...
A Simple Explanation for a Cosmic Puzzle
20.10.2025 A new, first-time, model from the Weizmann Institute of Science is solving the mystery of opposite winds on giant planets. Blasting around the equators of the solar system’s giant planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – are fierce jet streams...
Out of the Lab and into Nature: Going to the Ends of the Earth to Better Understand the Brain
Weizmann Institute scientists travelled all the way to a desert island off the coast of East Africa to record – for the very first time – the brain activity of mammals in the wild and to study how their neuronal ‘compass’ helps them navigate. Some 40 kilometres east...
Avoiding Loss: A Neural Key to Anxiety and PTSD
Weizmann Institute scientists and Ichilov physicians have used intracranial electrodes to reveal how the brain amplifies the risk of loss – and how this may help explain anxiety disorders and post-trauma effects. People are often willing to take risks to make a...
Flagship Projects
The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel is an internationally acclaimed research leader that is making huge contributions towards humanity’s collective scientific and medical knowledge.
In a bid to support Weizmann scientists’ work, different flagship initiatives have been established, each helping to push the boundaries of science and move humanity forward.
Environmental Sustainability
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute are making great strides in understanding the causes, impacts and possible solutions to climate change. This flagship project focuses on bringing together the best minds to intensify scientific research and discovery to fuel innovation and lead to sustainable solutions that will protect our planet’s future.
Brain and Neural Science
This Weizmann Institute of Science flagship project is designed to fast-track neuroscience research with a key goal of revealing new understandings of the brain and pave the way towards treatments and cures of neurological diseases and disorders.
Frontiers of the Universe
This unique flagship project focuses on high-impact areas in astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics research, potentially revealing new insights into how the universe was born and where it might be heading.
Artificial Intelligence
Weizmann’s Artificial Intelligence Enterprise for Scientific Discovery flagship project will give Weizmann researchers greater access to AI expertise and infrastructure, facilitate global partnerships and empower scientists from every discipline to utlise AI to achieve cutting-edge breakthroughs.
Achievements
Advancing Technology
Weizmann’s research into advanced technology is immense and acts as a time line for technology’s evolution.
Enriching Education
Science education is a core endeavour of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Protecting Our Planet
Providing solutions to our planet’s environmental challenges is part of Weizmann’s business.
Improving Health and Medicine
Pioneers in research that has led to better health and medicine world-wide, with nearly half the life science research at the Weizmann being focussed on cancer.
Exploring the Physical World
Although over the centuries we have learned much about our physical world, from the earth below to the stars above, there are still many mysteries to uncover.
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PLAN A VISIT
Visitors are warmly welcomed at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and tours are available from Institute staff by advance request.
Personalised visits can also be arranged, guiding you to particular locations of interest – whether you would like to visit the laboratories, speak with particular scientists or learn more about certain research undertaken at the Institute.
To organise a visit, please contact Weizmann Australia.