Kite Pharma sold for $11.9 billion Gilead Sciences Inc. will pay $11.9 billion for Kite Pharma, a California-based company that... Date: August 29, 2017
Innovation leader The Nature Index 2017 Innovation supplement published by the journal Nature ranked... Date: August 20, 2017
Protein “scaffolding” made simple Proteins are the building blocks of life. But single genetic mutations can cause proteins to... Date: August 14, 2017
Prenatal stress raises risk for binge eating among offspring Prof. Alon Chen discovers the influence of prenatal stress on binge-eating disorder. Date: July 6, 2017
The Weizmann House The residence that Dr. Weizmann called home is being re-opened to the public, after undergoing a... Date: June 28, 2017
Beating binge eating While the symptoms of binge-eating disorder usually first appear in adolescence, a new study... Date: June 8, 2017
Saving hearts A new study has uncovered a molecule in the hearts of newborns that appears to control the... Date: June 5, 2017
Journey Of The Developing Brain We usually think of the immune system as the body’s police force, vigilantly patrolling for... Date: May 28, 2017
Who will teach the teachers? Given the rapid pace of scientific discovery today, school textbooks aren’t enough to keep... Date: May 28, 2017
The social networks of ants Ants can lift far more than their body weight. However, when a particle of food is too heavy for... Date: May 10, 2017
Bacteria for biofuel “The materials contained in the plant cell wall comprise the most abundant source of renewable... Date: May 10, 2017
In sickness and in health Men and women have almost identical genomes. Why then, do men and women have distinct, sex-... Date: May 9, 2017
Lighting the way At the heart of the Sparks of Science Program in Memory of Moshe Pergament is the belief that... Date: April 12, 2017
Goodbye to jetlag A light reduction of cabin pressure—or more specifically, moderate, short-term reductions in... Date: April 12, 2017
The chemistry of creation You don't often hear your local news broadcaster say "Folks, today's pH value of the ocean is 6.... Date: April 6, 2017
The next hacking danger? Imagine a living room that switches off the lights when everybody’s gone to bed. A clothes iron... Date: April 6, 2017
Lighten up The retention of fearful memories—as occurs in post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD—can bring... Date: April 6, 2017
Keeping data private in a public world Israel is a world leader in data security, and that leadership can be traced directly to the... Date: April 5, 2017
The brain’s GPS Even without sensory input such as ecolocation, bats can navigate thanks to a special class of... Date: March 26, 2017
‘Girls Choose Science’ airs on Israeli TV A new television series representing a collaboration between the Davidson Institute of Science... Date: March 26, 2017