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…