Weizmann Institute of Science and Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists have discovered that stem cell maturation can also serve as an immune defence mechanism. We all begin life as a collection of embryonic stem cells that have a remarkable ability to mature into...
New evidence from the Weizmann Institute of Science and collaborators in the United States, suggests that ice has been accumulating on the Moon for 1.5 billion years – and reveals the most promising places to find it. More than half a century after the last crewed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 have discovered hundreds of molecules that promote nerve regeneration in mice – and may even encourage growth in brain neurons. Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal...
Just days after their laboratories were damaged in the Iranian attack of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Professors Liran Shlush and Amos Tanay today publish a study expected to advance the field of blood cell medicine. What if a blood test could reveal the pace of...
New research from the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals that the nervous system can sense fat tissue and that blocking this ability protects mice from metabolic disorders. Popular belief holds that our senses gather information only about the external world, but...
Blocking Mitch – an energy-control protein – prevents fat accumulation in human cells Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have discovered.
Research quality at the Weizmann Insitute of science is now placed sixth in the world in biomedical sciences – and tenth across research fields overall – by the 2024 Leiden Ranking. Weizmann maintains its status as one of the world’s leading research institutions...
A Weizmann Institute study of photons in quantum computing has made a surprising discovery: When photons collide, they create vortices. Vortices are a common physical phenomenon. You find them in the structure of galaxies, tornadoes and hurricanes, as well as in a cup...
Weizmann Institute of Science Research has discovered that autophagic organelles actively restrict the size of their mouths – but what does that signify? Autophagy literally means ‘self-eating’ and is a cellular cleaning-out process that maintains our bodies in good...
Weizmann Institute of Science scientists have discovered two small molecules that can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice, slowing and even reversing the effects of Huntington’s, which is incurable. The human brain is a well-guarded control centre. Its system of...
An international crowd-sourced campaign to discover an anti-COVID-19 drug has created a blueprint for the accelerated, patent-free development of drugs to treat viral threats to humanity. The results of the campaign, COVID Moonshot – co-led by Professor Nir London of...
Sometimes anticancer antibodies press on the gas and the brakes at the same time. New research from the Weizmann Institute of Research in Israel might help them accelerate better. When driving, putting a foot on the gas or brake pedal controls the car’s speed. This...
The Weizmann International Summer Science Institute (ISSI) in Israel is back and applications are now open for budding, young Australian science students who are studying at University this year, to attend the program from 4-27 July 2023. The ISSI offers a unique...
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have produced the first global estimate of the combined weight of all land insects and related arthropods. Arthropods crawl and buzz around us in the wild and on farmlands, on the street and at home, under our floors...
New research from the Weizmann Institute of Research shows that changes to the extracellular matrix could point to the future development of inflammatory bowel diseases. The morbidity rate of inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis...
A new study of lab-grown neurons by the Weizmann Institute of Research reveals a new regulatory mechanism for keeping the On-Off switches in our brain in balance Our brain has On and Off switches for all its activities, and maintaining a balance between the two is...
Bacteria that cause life-threatening infections sometimes resort to the nastiest ploy of all: Stealing the human body's defence weapons and exploiting them to their own advantage. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have now uncovered one such...
Research at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, focused on uncovering the activities organs, tissues and cells responsible for our body’s stress response has revealed new cells and possible new drug targets. Chronic stress is a...