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


Biological processes linked to aging are vital for the regeneration of heart tissue, study finds

Researchers found that an “aging” mechanism known as senescence is activated for a short period of time following injury to the heart muscle of mice as a vital part of the heart’s healing process.

 Monitor your symptoms carefully if you're at risk of a heart attack

Grapevine May 26, 2024: A noted absence

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 YEHUDIT RAVITZ in doctoral cap and gown, without her customary guitar.

Despite war, Israeli universities rise in global rankings, Hebrew University placed highest

Five out of nine Israeli universities have improved in this year’s rankings, while the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) has come out on top, ranking 66th in the quality of its faculty.

 An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock in front and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

Weizmann Institute to open medical school amid doctor shortage

For years, the Health Ministry has been trying to increase the number of students studying medicine in Israel. The Weizmann Institute has taken initiative.

 The Weizmann Institute is set to open a medical school in October of 2025.

The stars align: Israeli researchers track a supernova in real time

Weizmann scientists chronicle the earliest stages of a supernova.

 This composite image of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant, was assembled by combining data from five telescopes spanning nearly the entire breadth of the electromagnetic spectrum.

A star is dead: Scientists watch supernova in real time - study

Scientists at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science got lucky and managed to spot a star in a nearby galaxy go supernova, able to make a portrait of the star's last days.

Pictured: Supernova 2023ixf occurred in Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. The image was made using telescope data on the nights of May 21, 22 and 23, 2023

The bunny and the hourglass model: A new technique tracks earliest stages of embryonic development

An innovative Weizmann Institute technique for tracking the earliest stages of embryonic development is applied for the first time in rabbits.

 (l-r) Ofir Raz, Prof. Amos Tanay, Dr. Yoav Mayshar and Dr. Yonatan Stelzer.

Weizmann Institute team finds new insight to pituitary disorders

There’s a new Weizmann Institute hypothesis on your hypophysis (pituitary gland)

Zebrafish pituitary, revealing its diverse cell populations: astroglial pituicytes (purple) and two different types of hormone-producing cells (red and green)

Researchers find new way to make animal antibodies safe for humans

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers present a new algorithm to greatly speed up the process of engineering therapeutic proteins to protect against diseases

 (l-r) Ariel Tennenhouse, Lev Khmelnitsky, Prof. Sarel Fleishman, Razi Khalaila

Weizmann Inst. develops first ‘cellular time machine’ to measure body changes

researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot have developed the first technique to measure cellular changes in the body over time.

 Elderly couple, illustrative