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.
The formation of the Moon has remained something of a puzzle. A leading theory proposes a cataclysmic impact involving a Mars-sized object and a young Earth. But there are some inconsistencies with this scenario. Based on hundreds of simulations run on a computer...
A Weizmann Institute of Science researcher is a part of the team that discovered a planet with an Earth-like mass orbiting in the habitable zone of our nearest stellar neighbour, announced this week and reported in the media. Dr Aviv Ofir, who is in the group of Prof...
The Weizmann Institute of Science's Dr Yohai Kaspi is part of the Juno Science team that hopes to answer some burning questions about the largest planet in the Solar System. As reported this week in The Jerusalem Post, on Monday July 4, NASA’s Juno spacecraft entered...
When observing ants in a group it is easy to see that they work as a team, but how they work has always been a question. Now new research from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel has the answer, especially in relation to ant food transportation. Published in...
A partial human skull unearthed in 2008 in northern Israel may hold some clues as to when and where humans and Neanderthals might have interbred. The key to addressing this, as well as other important issues, is precisely determining the age of the skull. A...
RADIOCARBON DATING AT THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE DETERMINES THE AGE OF FLOWERY GRAVES. A NEW ACCELERATOR TO HELP SOLVE LONG-STANDING ARCHAEOLOGICAL MYSTERIES. REHOVOT, ISRAEL—July 10, 2013—When did people first begin to express their feelings with flowers? It turns out...
WEIZMANN INSTITUTE RESEARCHERS AND THEIR COLLEAGUES SET AN UPPER LIMIT FOR THE THICKNESS OF JET STREAMS ON URANUS AND NEPTUNE REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 16, 2013—What is the long-range weather forecast for the planets Uranus and Neptune? These giants are home to extreme...
Weizmann Institute scientists set a new record for measuring magnetic vibrations using the spin of a single atom: 100 times more accurate than the previous record The lab, though it may seem quiet and insulated, can be as full of background noise as a crowded train...
In a collaborative effort involving 74 researchers from 38 research institutes, scientists have produced the full genome of a wild strawberry plant. The research appeared this month in Nature Genetics. Drs. Asaph Aharoni and Avital Adato of the Weizmann Institute’s...
By Judy Siegel Until now, scientists have been able to identify only two basic types of exploding stars known as supernovae. Now Weizmann Institute of Science astrophysicists and colleagues abroad have observed a third. It is believed that the discovery of this new...