Revising the Genetic Message after It Is Sent

Revising the Genetic Message after It Is Sent

Dr. Schraga Schwartz and his group are revealing in unprecedented detail a mechanism for controlling gene activity 20.11.2017   (l-r) Drs. Ronit Nir, Modi Safra, Aldema Sas-Chen and Schraga Schwartz are revealing new means of regulating the genes DNA is sometimes...
Freedom and Order in Our Inner World

Freedom and Order in Our Inner World

How does the brain impose boundaries on free recollection? 16.11.2017 Category selective visual responses recorded intracranially in patients undergoing epilepsy monitoring. Electrodes located in these brain region show selective responses to faces. When the pa Try to...
All That Glitters on the Nanoscale

All That Glitters on the Nanoscale

A new method for fabricating nanostructured metals may lead to smaller electronic devices 30.10.2017 Nanoallotropes of gold viewed with transmission electron microscopy (top) and electron tomography (bottom) Nature supplies us with dramatic lessons on the importance...
How Enzymes Behave “At Home” in the Cell

How Enzymes Behave “At Home” in the Cell

A first-ever study of enzyme efficiency inside living cells reveals a surprising constraint on their activities 24.10.2017 Enzyme activity in a cell: Enzymes are red, the final product, which is fully converted within several minutes, is blue (see movie below) Some...
Crashing Neutron Stars Observed for the First Time

Crashing Neutron Stars Observed for the First Time

Weizmann Institute scientists help confirm and analyze the star merger 16.10.2017 This artist’s impression shows two tiny but very dense neutron stars at the point at which they merge and explode as a kilonova. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser An international...