Moon Formation Challenged
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...
New Device Measures Heat in the Very Cold
Recently reported in Nature, a new device developed by Weizmann Institute scientists can take the temperature of nanometre-sized materials – like those that will form the basis of new quantum electronics –...
Combined Research Tools Create New Molecular Microscope
What combinations of mutations help cancer cells survive? Which cells in the brain are involved in the onset of Alzheimer’s? How do immune cells conduct their convoluted decision-making processes? Researchers...
Mixing the Perfect Cocktail
Drug cocktails, such as those to treat cancer, like the alcoholic versions served at your local bar, are best when the proper ingredients are mixed in the right proportions. And...
Why the so-called ‘Internet of Things’ is keeping scientists up at night
Imagine a living room that switches off the lights when everybody’s gone to bed. A clothes iron that, if left on in an empty house, sends a message to your...
New Research May Help Future Dieters Keep the Weight Off
Following a successful diet, many people are dismayed to find their weight rebounding – an all-too-common phenomenon termed ‘recurrent’ or ‘yo-yo’ obesity. Worse still, the vast majority of recurrently obese...
Upping Oxygen Levels Could Reduce Jet Lag
New Weizmann Institute of Science research just published in Cell Metabolism and reported in the Times of Israel plus other media, has found that changes in surrounding oxygen levels can reset...
‘Time Machine’ Reveals Protein Evolution
Discovering how proteins originated and developed is the focus of research in the lab of Professor Dan Tawfik of the Weizmann Institute’s Biomolecular Sciences Department, and where, with the help...
New Method – CoChIP- is Deciphering ‘Epigenic Tags’ that Determine Cellular Fate
Weizmann Institute scientists have developed a new method for deciphering ‘epigenetic tags’ which are coded instructions that determine cellular fate. Recently reported in Nature Biotechnology, the method is unlocking the secrets...
“The ability to transform failures into a learning process is important”
On 14 September 2016 The Korean Economic Daily e-mail interviewed Professor Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute of Science. This was in commemoration of Global HR Forum, held in...
Weizmann Part of Earth-like Planet Discovery
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,...
Mutated P53 Can Turn Against Cancer – New Findings
New research from the Weizmann Institute of Science on mutations of the protein p53 – which when itself is a tumour suppressor, but when mutated aids cancer growth – indicates...
Stress-coping Mechanism Could Help Us Make Friends
Weizmann Institute scientists have revealed how a molecule in the mouse brain can regulate social behaviour. Reported in Nature Neuroscience, the research suggests that a molecule involved in regulating stress in...
Our Eyes are on Jupiter
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...
Viral Infection in Pregnancy Linked to Autism and Schizophrenia Risk
New research in mice from the Weizmann Institute of Science may help explain how viral infection in pregnancy raises the risk of autism and schizophrenia in the child. Recently published...
Bacteria Makes Fuel from CO2
Weizmann Institute of Science scientists have engineered bacteria that can create sugar from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Recently reported in Chem Europe the researchers posed the question: Is...
It’s a Molecular Secret Message
A molecular invisible ink is now available. Called a molecular-scale messaging sensor (m-SMS), this is part of a secure, chemically based system designed to transmit and reveal secret messages. Created by...
Not Knowing You’re Learning
At some point in our lives we have all had to consciously use our brains to learn at school, university and work – dreaming of how great it would be...
Stressing Material Exchange
How does stress, which can cause our bodies to divert resources from non-essential functions, affect the basic exchange of materials that underlie our everyday life? Weizmann Institute of Science researchers...
Weizmann Born Prostate Cancer Therapy in Advanced Trials
A new prostate cancer drug called Tookad®, which is currently approved in Mexico for early–stage treatment, is now undergoing advanced trials in Israel and Europe, with European approval hoped for...