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...
Although new trees are cropping up in many places around the globe in an effort to fight climate change, it has become apparent that not all types of forests are created equal. A new study piloted by Weizmann Institute scientists suggests that planting trees that are...
Though they may seem rock solid, the ancient sedimentary rocks called iron formations – the world’s chief economic source of iron ore – were once dissolved in seawater. How did that iron go from a dissolved state to banded iron formations? Dr Itay Halevy and his group...
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 circadian clocks of mice. If confirmed in humans, the research could help...