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Weizmann Institute

A preventive procedure performed on mice protected them from the damage of a future heart attack. The surprising findings redraw the boundaries of knowledge about the regenerative abilities of the heart
There is lab2 – a new sustainability initiative putting used scientific equipment back into the market
The biomass of cows, pigs, sheep and other farm animals is currently 30 times greater than that of all elephants, elk and other wild land mammals combined
Weizmann Institute of Science scientists present the rotating quantum microscope
The space telescope, a flagship project of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Israel Space Agency, will be launched in 2026 and is expected to revolutionize space exploration
Weizmann Institute scientists present a new method for imaging a single electron
Not only breast cancer: mutations in the BRCA gene, which are especially common among Ashkenazim, increase the risk of various types of cancer - also in men. The institute's scientists reveal how they turn healthy cells in their environment into partners
In a first calculation of its kind, the weight of all the insects, spiders and their terrestrial relatives in the world was found
In response to environmental and intracellular changes, the proteins in our body don a variety of costumes that change their properties and make their identification difficult. The institute's scientists have developed a ground-breaking search engine capable of efficiently identifying these proteins
Weizmann Institute scientists offer a solution to a 50-year-old mystery
Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered that certain fish are born with immunity to stressful situations, which accompanies them throughout their lives and is even inherited. The findings may pave new directions for the treatment of post-trauma
Unprecedented abilities to produce thousands of enzymes pave the way for a green industrial revolution
The institute's scientists created a simulation of the activity of nerve cells in the retina based on the eye movements of subjects while trying to identify a whole based on its parts. Identifying the whole or not identifying it was characterized by distinct patterns of activity
The scientists of the institute and their research partners showed that the chance of an electron to pass through a tunnel at the junction between a molecule and a light field, and the manner in which it will do so, depend to a large extent on the chirality of both the molecule and the light
A day after Prof. Dan Toufik's death, his hypothesis about the origin of life was significantly strengthened
The scientists of the institute discovered a surprising involvement of the intestinal mucus in the absorption process of copper - a metal that, like iron and zinc, is necessary for our bodies, but can be dangerous.
The research findings illustrate how changing the synapse map may lead to a change in behavior
The scientists of the institute reveal: this is how viruses pile up on the immune system of bacteria
Weizmann Institute of Science scientists and their research partners have mapped the presence of fungi in 35 different types of cancer ■ The fungi that live inside the cancerous tumors may facilitate the detection, diagnosis and perhaps even the treatment of cancer
Israeli scientists participated in the DART asteroid interception project
A significant boost to the protoribosome theory - a tiny molecular pocket made of RNA that appeared in the ancient soup and encouraged connections between amino acids
Weizmann Institute of Science scientists presented the possibility of reliable and accurate blood tests for cancer diagnosis
Not only desperate bacteria - even cancer cells facing extinction may activate an SOS response and develop drug resistance
New research done in bats reveals far-reaching dynamic capabilities of neural networks