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August 2017

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In Leukemia, Cells That Cause Recurrence Are Present from the Start

Life Sciences

Analyzing cancer stem cell populations in first-time patients enabled researchers to predict who was most likely to suffer a relapse

Leukemic cells like these could arise from a few stem cells with protective mutations

Give Me a Break: Chromosomal Breaks Facilitate Precise Breeding in Plants

Life Sciences

Using the plant's own DNA repair mechanisms could help breeders select the traits they want

When the scientists induced a break in the gene coding for the synthesis of the red pigment lycopene, many tomato plants bore fruits that were yellow, whereas some of the fruits had yellow (mutant) and red (intact) sectors

Minerals in a Family of Asteroids Reveal Martian Roots

Space & Physics

A new Institute study suggests "Trojan" asteriods were born in a giant impact

Artist's illustration of the origins of Mars Trojans in a giant impact

Verdict in the Cell: A Last-Minute Molecular Mechanism Prevents Cellular Death

Life Sciences

Prof. David Wallach and his group reveal a protein that can kill a cell or save it

Prof. David Wallach. Proteins slated for destruction or removal from the cell are temporarily contained in small vesicles within a multivesicular body (the large circular structure in the center). Right: In the absence of the MLKL protein, this “housekeeping” function is disrupted, and the vesicles intended for carrying the proteins further fail to develop properly. Viewed under an electron microscope

Paying Attention to Reflexes

Life Sciences

How does attention direct the subconscious actions of our sensory organs?

(l-r) Prof. David Harel, Tess Oram, Dr. Dana Sherman and Prof. Ehud Ahissar are paying attention to the ways our conscious and subconscious brain regions interact

Made at the Institute

The Human Test for Computer-Written Code

Math & Computer Science

How will we know if we can trust machine-written software? A Weizmann alumnus is showing how to test such systems reliably

Crash-avoidance systems: What constitutes a reliable test?

From Around the Web

CREATE for Stem-Israel Collaboration Creates Shared Science Education Platforms

BDS | Building Dialogue through Science

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Michigan and Israel, science education graduate students are exposed to new ideas, methods and cultures.

Dr. Tom Bielik (top, left) and an international group of students and researchers met for a science education workshop

Nano Comics - The Third Generation

Scientists take a lesson from a pop idol -- getting heart cells to reinvent and renew themselves

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Science for All - Davidson Institute of Science Education

The Disappearing Adolescent Brain

As one approaches adolescence, the brain undergoes major structural and ‎hormonal changes. Recent studies explain the biology of adolescents in ways that ‎were previously confined to psychology.‎

Who Will Live and Who Will Die?

In order to maintain our health, the body is constantly making life and death decisions regarding billions of cells, New research reveals ‎these mechanisms and how they can be utilized in medicine.

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