Weizmann Institute

A new study has highlighted a key link in the chain of how plastic pollution travels, demonstrating how microplastics can be swept across the surface of the seas by winds that carry them upward into the atmosphere, and into remote parts of the ocean.

One argued silver lining of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels is that plants will be better off. But a new study has found that the more extreme heat and drought brought on by climate change would cancel out most of the benefits for trees.

Researchers have created bacteria that can effectively eat air. By carefully directing the evolution of E. coli in the lab, the team managed to wean them off their preferred diet of sugar, and make the switch to carbon dioxide in the air around them.

Respiratory diseases are extremely prevalent, with more than 35 million sufferers in the US alone. Now, a team from the Weizmann Institute of Science has worked to create a new treatment for repairing damaged lung tissue, using the procedure for bone marrow stem cell transplantation as a template.

Researchers are claiming a stem cell research breakthrough that would allow a baby to be created from the skin cells of two adults, no matter their gender. From this, scientists have produced precursor cells for sperm or ova that may allow same gender couples to produce offspring.

In an effort to enable blind people to navigate their surroundings more safely and effectively, researchers have turned to rat whiskers.

Israeli scientists have developed a technology that can see through frosted glass and similar media.

The Weizmann Institute has announced a new approach to extracting image detail from low-resolution digital images.

Researchers of Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science demonstrate experimental means to trick immune system to treat autoimmune disease in mice.

Fruit fly are being used as inspiration for reshaping how computer networks communicate.

New research from scientists at the Weizmann Institute’s Neurobiology Department suggests that women's tears may be a chemo-signal that discourage sexual arousal in men.

The EU funded €5.4 million BIOTACT project is seeking to replicate the rat’s highly efficient whisker system, which can accurately determine the shape of objects and help capture prey.