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Paying the Price of Protection
Is the wanton killing of cells in autoimmune disease a case of mistaken identity, or does it arise from an important physiological service? The first is the commonly accepted view – that autoimmune attack is a sort of mistake. But the latter view may be closer to the...
NASA’s Next Destination? The Hope is Neptune as Trident Team Reaches Discovery Program Finals
In 2026 a super accurate clock planned by the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Israeli Space Agency (ISA) and an Israeli company, Accubeat – named The Trident Team – could be on its way to Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, if successful in the Discovery Program where...
‘Sniff Test’ Predicts Recovery of Consciousness in Brain-Injured Patients
If an unconscious person responds to smell through a slight change in their nasal airflow pattern – they are likely to regain consciousness. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by Weizmann Institute scientists and colleagues at the Loewenstein...
The Self-Synthesising Ribosome: A Cellular Factory on a Chip
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science have produced a cellular factory-on-a-chip which could be used to design, produce and test drugs against antibiotic resistant bacteria. The ribosome is a cell’s protein factory and is the only natural machine that...
Weizmann Coronavirus Response Fund – You Can Help
The Weizmann Institute of Science has set up the Weizmann Coronavirus Response Fund which aims to raise approximately $25 million for the urgent dissemination of support to its scientists working on the front lines to find solutions. Everyone in Australia and around...
Self-Monitoring Sense of Smell May Help Detect Coronavirus – Online Tool Developed
Weizmann Institute scientists, in collaboration with the Edith Wolfson Medical Center, have developed SmellTracker – an online platform that enables self-monitoring of an individual's sense of smell – for the purpose of detecting early signs of COVID-19 or in the...
Intermittent Lockdown a Way to Restart the Economy
Weizmann Institute scientists have presented a mathematical model that presents a coronavirus exit strategy and a way to restart the economy after the crisis. Think of dieting. You can fast for two months and lose weight, but you will probably die. Even if you...
Coronavirus by the Numbers
Numerical data sometimes reveal facts that are otherwise concealed within the rushing flow of information from an overwhelming number of sources. Professor Ron Milo and research student Yinon Bar-On of the Weizmann Institute's Department of Plant and Environmental...
Coronavirus Video Series
The Weizmann Institute of Medical Research and Weizmann Australia have produced online presntation and information videos, plus others about Weizmann what science they are doing with regard to Coronovirus and similar. If you are interested in finding out more please...
Two Steps Ahead of the Coronavirus
A method of predicting the coronavirus spread, pioneered and developed by Weizmann Institute scientists, may enable the authorities to focus efforts on areas where an outbreak is anticipated – and relieve measures taken in others. Several countries, including the...
The Weizmann Institute of Science is exploring ways to assist with coronavirus testing
In light of the severe constraints in performing a sufficient amount of coronavirus tests in Israel, the Weizmann Institute of Science decided to contribute significantly to the national mission and use its advanced laboratories to perform coronavirus tests. In...
Neurons Repeat Lessons, Even When We’re Distracted
A diligent student might stay in the classroom during recess to go over the recently learned material instead of playing in the schoolyard. However, new research at the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests that the neurons in a part of the brain called the amygdala...
Austism and Viral Infections in Pregnancy: Are They Linked?
A study in mice by the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests how an acute inflammatory immune response in pregnancy may be tied to autism spectrum disorders. Despite extensive research, scientists are still unsure about the causes of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)...
Applications now open for the 2020 Weizmann International Summer School, Israel
Applications are now open for talented, science-oriented, Australian high school graduates of 2019 to participate in the 2020 International Summer Science Institute (ISSI), at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. ISSI offers a unique opportunity to...
Predicting Immunotherapy Success
One of the frustrations with anti-cancer therapy is that no one drug fits all: Most work well in some people but have little effect in other patients with the same type of cancer. This is as true of the newer immunotherapy treatments as it is of older types of...
Marine Biomass: The Life that Stays Small, Lives Fast, Dies Young
A new census at the Weizmann Institute of Science asks why the oceans have so little biomass compared to land, and shows how small marine producers pull their weight. If you took all the fish in the ocean and weighed them, how much biomass would that be? Now add all...
New Algorithm Predicts Gestational Diabetes
A new computer algorithm can predict during early stages of pregnancy, or even before pregnancy, which women are at a high risk of gestational diabetes, according to a study by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science reported in Nature Medicine. The study...
Weizmann brings out its best in Israel – event report
In November 2019, the first Garvan-Weizmann Symposium was held in Israel, coinciding with the Weizmann Institute of Science’s 70th anniversary celebrations plus the 71st meeting of its international board. Weizmann’s best from around the world attended. View more
Garvan-Weizmann Showcase
In 2016 the Garvan-Weizmann partnership was formalised during an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce NSW mission to Israel, led by the NSW Premier of the time, Mr Mike Baird. A memorandum of understanding was signed and the Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular...
Decoy Molecule Neutralizes a Range of Viruses
A host of disease-causing viruses called ‘arenaviruses’ lurk in animal populations in various parts of the world, sometimes crossing over into humans. When they do cross over, they can be lethal, and few treatments exist. Now researchers at the Weizmann Institute of...
Rhodes Scholarship awarded to former Weizmann Summer School Student
Two-time Weizmann scholar Matt Goh is heading to the University of Oxford after recently graduating with First Class Honours in theoretical physics from the Australian National University (ANU). But not only did Matt graduate, he received the University Medal and was...
Blue-Sky Dye Spells Hope for Improving Heart Function
One day ‘blue blood’ might be synonymous with a way to help the heart heal. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science found that a non-toxic blue dye used in biology labs can help repair damaged heart tissue in mice. The results of this research were recently...
Electrons Imaged ‘Flowing’ Like Water for the First Time
Electrons are often described as ‘flowing’ through materials, but in fact they do not move like a fluid. However this hydrodynamic electron flow had been predicted and now with the help of specially-produced, nanoscopic ‘pipes’, Weizmann Institute of Science...
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