Weizmann Institute of Science

Israel Makov opens a window into six decades of collecting and championing Israeli art

A new book opens a window into Israel Makov's collection of nearly 400 works, tracing six decades of passion for Israeli art and support for artists before they gain recognition.

ISRAEL MAKOV at the ‘Viewpoints’ book launch.
ASAPH AHARONI

Climate change is stripping nutrients from food, global study with Israeli expert warns

LIVE IMAGING of ear tissue shows that blocking the Notch pathway disrupts stable cell structure, forcing green supporting cells to transform into red hair cells.

Breakthrough Israeli study finds potential path to reversing hearing loss

AVIV SHOSHANY (left) and Prof. Gideon Schreiber.

Israeli, Czech scientists recreate COVID-19’s evolutionary journey in a test tube


Exposure to tears leads to lower aggression in males - study

Weizmann Institute researchers: Women have a powerful weapon in their eyes against men’s aggression

 Painting of woman –  Researchers discover that just like in mice, human tears contain a chemical signal that blocks conspecific male aggression.

Why people with diabetes are more prone to respiratory risk - study

New Weizmann Institute study reveals how high blood sugar makes lung infections worse.

 Lung tissue of a diabetic mouse (right) contains fewer immune cells (small purple dots) than that of a non-diabetic animal (left).

Newly discovered autoimmune disorder disrupts tooth enamel development

Celiac disease in children might be associated with sensitivity to a protein abundant in dairy products.

 Scanning electron microscope images of the enamel layer enveloping mouse teeth. Top: Normal enamel matrix. Bottom: Enamel structure that developed abnormally in the wake of attacks by autoantibodies against enamel proteins.

14 Days: New Embassy

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 Papua New Guinea opens embassy in Jerusalem.

Avoiding detection: How cancers evolve to escape immune system responses

In a study by the Weizmann Institute of Science, researchers pulled out a previously unknown mechanism that allows cancer cells to slip by immune system defenses.

Tissues from mice transplanted with lung cancer cells. When PSME4 levels are high (left, top and bottom), the tumors grow bigger, cancer-fighting killer T cells (white) are reduced (top) and regulatory T cells (green) that inhibit the immune response are more abundant (bottom), compared with regular

50 Influential Jews: The Protest Leaders - No. 4

Prof. Shikma Bressler, Eynat Guez, and Eyal Naveh are championing the fight against judicial reform.

Eynat Guez, Eyal Naveh, and Shikma Bressler.

Israeli scientists grow human embryo models from stem cells

Breakthrough could promote new research directions on early pregnancy failure, birth defects, infertility and the production of replacement tissues and organs.

 Israeli scientists grow human embryo models from stem cells

Israeli scientists find forgotten immune strategy to fight viruses - study

Different species have a forgotten innate protein that has the ability to fight off viruses, according to a study by the Weizmann Institute of Science.

 An illustrative image of a virus.

Where do Israeli universities rank among the world's elite schools?

Haifa's Technion was ranked 4th among European technological universities.

 A campus view of the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, on February 19, 2019.

Male, female brain cells react differently to stress - Israeli study

The findings could lead to a better understanding of health conditions affected by chronic stress including anxiety, depression, and even obesity and diabetes.

 Stress (illustrative).