Coronavirus Video Series

Gut Microbes Actively Support Immunity in People Living with HIV

Feb 16, 2026 | Improving Health and Medicine

A study conducted in Israel and Ethiopia, led by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Hadassah, reveals that the microbiome partly compensates for the immune damage caused by HIV infection. The circumstances surrounding a study on a deadly virus could...

Giant Planet’s Slimmer Profile

Feb 6, 2026 | Exploring the Physical World, Frontiers of the Universe

New Weizmann Institute of Science research has measured Jupiter’s dimensions with unprecedented precision. For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet. Now, Weizmann researchers have revised that knowledge...

Rethinking Longevity: Genes Matter More than We Thought

Feb 1, 2026 | Fighting Cancer, Improving Health and Medicine

A new Weizmann Institute of Science study has found that the genetic contribution to human lifespan is about 50 percent – more than double previous estimates. What determines how long we live – and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for...

How Rats Avoid Being Fooled by Their Own Whiskers

Jan 16, 2026 | Brain and Neural Science

Japanese researchers and a Weizmann Institute of Science team have revealed an engineering marvel inside rat whisker follicles, shedding light on their extraordinary sensory system. More than two decades ago, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science made an...

Memory Particles

Jan 12, 2026 | Advancing Technology

Weizmann Institute scientists have found new evidence for a particle system that ‘remembers' its previous quantum states – a significant step toward the development of a fault-tolerant quantum computer. In the future, quantum computers are anticipated to solve...

An Alarming Trend Climate Models Are Missing

Jan 8, 2026 | Environmental Sustainability, Protecting our Planet

North Pacific winter storm tracks are shifting toward the North Pole faster than predicted according to new research from the Weizmann Institute of Science and Google Research. Alaska’s glaciers are melting at an accelerating pace, losing roughly 60 billion tons of...

Instead of Fighting Cancer Resistance, Put It to Work

Jan 2, 2026 | Fighting Cancer, Improving Health and Medicine

Three resistance mutations identified in the Weizmann Institute of Science laboratory of Professor Yardena Samuels may become targets for powerful new immunotherapies. One of the most challenging moments in cancer treatment comes when a therapy stops working. In many...

Resurrected Tissue

Dec 29, 2025 | Fighting Cancer, Improving Health and Medicine

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have solved a 50-year-old mystery, uncovering the molecular mechanism that enables tissue regeneration after extensive damage. The findings may pave the way for treatments that help prevent cancer from returning. Like a...

New Study Reveals Sex Hormones Reset Our Body Clocks

Dec 23, 2025 | Improving Health and Medicine

This Weizmann Institute of Science study may shed new light on disruptions to the circadian clocks during menstruation, pregnancy and menopause. Disruptions to our circadian clocks – the internal molecular timekeepers ‘ticking’ in nearly every cell of our body...

The Biochip Built for the Next Pandemic

Dec 12, 2025 | Advancing Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Improving Health and Medicine

A new tool developed by the Weizmann Institute of Science could help prepare us for the next viral threat. In 2020, as scientists around the world were racing to understand COVID-19, Professor Roy Bar-Ziv and his team at the Weizmann Institute of Science...

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