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Facing Danger with Maturity

May 17, 2026 | Fighting Cancer, Improving Health and Medicine

Weizmann Institute of Science and Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists have discovered that stem cell maturation can also serve as an immune defence mechanism. We all begin life as a collection of embryonic stem cells that have a remarkable ability to mature into...

Novel Molecular Marker May Improve Prostate Cancer Treatment

May 13, 2026 | Weizmann in Australia

An international research team led by the Weizmann Institute of Science has uncovered a key mechanism of prostate cancer treatment resistance and points to a potential combination therapy for patients. Most prostate cancers rely on male sex hormones, known as...

Revolving Doors and Efficient Engines: How Proteins Escape a Molecular Tangle

May 3, 2026 | Fighting Cancer, Improving Health and Medicine

A new study from the Weizmann Institute of Science has revealed how energy-efficient cellular machines rapidly untangle misfolded proteins – a finding that may help improve the design of artificial molecular machines. Trying to untangle a knot in a mess of strings can...

A Journey to the Centre of the Liver

Apr 16, 2026 | Improving Health and Medicine

A first-of-its-kind genetic atlas, developed by scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, together with colleagues at Sheba Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic, reveals how human liver cells divide their labour – and why some regions are especially vulnerable to...

Traps Could Unlock the Mystery of Lunar Ice

Apr 7, 2026 | Exploring the Physical World, Frontiers of the Universe

New evidence from the Weizmann Institute of Science and collaborators in the United States, suggests that ice has been accumulating on the Moon for 1.5 billion years – and reveals the most promising places to find it. More than half a century after the last crewed...

High-Rise Living: The Tiny Engineers that Build with Their Bodies

Mar 30, 2026 | Environmental Sustainability, Exploring the Physical World

Weizmann Institute scientists have revealed how weaver ants ‘think’ as a group and link their bodies together to ‘zipper’ the treetops. The rainforests of northern Australia are home to extraordinary ant colonies. Instead of dwelling in underground burrows, these ants...

How Yeast Find the Perfect Match

Mar 24, 2026 | Improving Health and Medicine

A mass mating event in a Weizmann Institute of Science lab has revealed how yeast cells choose partners – and what predicts the success of their offspring. While humans often struggle to find a partner who is both physically attractive and a reliable co-parent, yeast...

Phage’s Deep Pockets

Mar 17, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Improving Health and Medicine

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have identified three new families of proteins that viruses use to disrupt bacterial immune signalling. The genomes of phages – viruses that infect bacteria – are largely composed of ‘dark matter’: genes that encode proteins...

Malaria’s mRNA: Messages that Mess with the Immune System

Mar 12, 2026 | Fighting Cancer, Improving Health and Medicine

The deadly malaria parasite uses its own messenger RNA to keep the host’s immune system jammed while it multiplies and spreads, researchers have discovered. RNA technology is regarded as one of the newest frontiers in medicine, but in fact a primordial innovator got...

Between Flood and Drought: The Metric That Could Better Explain What Happens to Water in the Age of Climate Change

Feb 25, 2026 | Environmental Sustainability, Protecting our Planet

According to a new metric revealed in a Weizmann Institute of Science study, arid regions may be closer to the ecological red line than previously thought. “How much rain fell?” is a key question in any discussion about climate. But perhaps there is an even more...

Representing the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS)

Representing the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS)