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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have discovered how organisms thrive at temperatures above 80 degrees Celsius. “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative,” wrote H. G. Wells. This principle – that survival requires change – was mastered...
New research at the Weizmann Institute of science shows a new class of immune-activating molecules can awaken anti-tumour immunity by targeting the tumour’s own defences. Immunotherapy, which harnesses our body’s own immune system to fight cancer, has revolutionised...
New research quantifying wildlife has revealed the human impact – that 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. Wolves roaming the Mongolian steppes...
Weizmann researchers, together with Beilinson and Rambam physicians, have revealed that diverse bacteria reside within brain tumours, potentially affecting treatment efficacy and even patients’ survival. Like a bouncer guarding the entrance to an exclusive nightclub,...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...