Briefs The anthropocene is upon us The mass of all human-produced materials has grown to equal the mass of all life on the planet, for the first time in our planet's history. Read more about this study by Prof. Ron Milo of the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences. Date: December 31, 2020
Briefs A celebration of excellence and accomplishment The Weizmann Institute awarded seven honorary PhDs to seven extraordinary individuals during the International Board week. Date: November 19, 2020
Briefs Weizmann signs MoU with Mohamed bin Zayed University A memorandum of understanding between the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in the UAE was signed in mid-September. Date: November 11, 2020
Briefs Launching dreams from Lod Shrin Natour Hafi, a recipient of Weizmann’s honorary PhD, has influenced the lives of hundreds of students in the first Arab high school in Lod, where she is principal. Date: November 11, 2020
Briefs When science meets dance When people say to Shahar Binyamini that they do not understand dance, he responds by saying that he doesn’t either. A sneak peek inside the Braginsky Center program. Date: November 11, 2020
Briefs The new normal for internationals on campus The Gershon Kekst International Office is a hub of assistance related to travel, quarantine, and family matters in the midst of the pandemic. Date: November 11, 2020
Briefs Weizmann supporter leads COVID vaccine deal for Latin America Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, now in advanced clinical trials, is being licensed and produced in Argentina and Mexico by Grupo Insud. Date: November 11, 2020
Briefs Targeting COVID-19 Here is a snapshot of just a few of the many ongoing Weizmann projects aimed at overcoming the COVID-19 challenge. Date: November 10, 2020
Briefs Making desert research bloom The Plant Microbiome Project takes root in Israel’s Arava desert, in an initiative that brings researchers and school students together to understand plant ecosystems. Date: October 21, 2020
Briefs Earth's earliest proteins Prof. Dan Tawfik has illuminated one poorly understood part of the evolutionary puzzle: determining what the predecessors of modern proteins looked like. Date: September 9, 2020
Briefs Scent of a memory If you’ve been wracking your brain to retrieve a memory, maybe it’s time to turn your attention to your nose. It could be an important key to memory processing. Date: November 11, 2020
Briefs An ode to science literacy: confronting COVID-19 Where did COVID-19 come from? Why is it dangerous? What does it do to our bodies? Who is most vulnerable? This is just a small sampling of the basic ‘wh’-questions that the Davidson Institute of Science Education has received by the thousands in recent months from anxious people in Israel and beyond. Date: November 12, 2020
Briefs Green thumbs at the campus garden A peek inside the Weizmann Institute’s community garden. Come see! Date: November 11, 2020
Clocking it to Triton Getting to know Triton—just one of 14 moons known to orbit the planet Neptune, Earth’s very... Date: September 6, 2020
The bacteria in cancer Different tumors have different bacteria. What does it mean for treatment? Cancer cells are... Date: June 18, 2020
EMET Prize to Reshef Tenne, Dan Tawfik Scientists’ discoveries have application in aerospace, medical, and chemical industries Date: June 17, 2020
Natan Sharansky gives to Weizmann COVID-19 research Former Soviet refusenik donates his Genesis Prize money to pandemic needs worldwide. Date: June 17, 2020
