ISI Desk

ISI Desk

Weizmann (Israel): The Ocean’s Living Carbon Pumps

When we talk about global carbon fixation –“pumping” carbon out of the atmosphere and fixing it into organic molecules by photosynthesis – proper measurement is key to understanding this process. By some estimates, almost half of the world’s organic carbon…

Tel Aviv University: Slowing the Biological Clock

TAU study finds neutralizing an immune system gene could improve the success of fertility treatments in women. Difficulty in conceiving a child is a major challenge for one in seven heterosexual couples in America, especially for those over the age…

Weizmann (Israel): tumors might grow faster at night

They emerge at night, while we sleep unaware, growing and spreading out as quickly as they can. And they are deadly. In a surprise finding that was recently published in Nature Communications, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers showed that nighttime is…

Israel: The winners of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation In Alternative Fuels for Transportation are announced – The $1 million prize is the largest awarded in this field

On October 6th, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Science, Technology and Space Minister Yaakov Peri announced the winners of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation:  Professor Michael Grätzel from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and Professor Thomas…