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Not Just the Carbon Cycle
Posted by Weizmann Science Writer on July 24, 2012 You’ve heard of the carbon cycle, maybe even the nitrogen cycle. But have you given much thought lately to the sulfur cycle? New research in last week’s Science suggests that we should be paying a bit more attention to the way this element moves through the atmosphere, biosphere, oceans and land. Over the last 500…
Weizmann Science News: Autism, Rain Clouds and a Universal Cancer Therapy
Posted by Weizmann Science Writer on July 24, 2011 Today’s science news from the Weizmann Institute covers research in neurobiology, environmental science and cancer immunology. • In the first, scientists identified a likely biological marker for autism that shows up even in very young children. Diagnoses of autism are generally not possible so early, as the signs typically appear gradually throughout the first 3-4…
Who Says Scientists Don’t Drive Trucks?
Posted by Weizmann Science Writer on April 11, 2011 These guys are as adept with a lug wrench as they are with a mass spectrometer. Prof. Dan Yakir (second from right) and members of his group had to become licensed truck drivers to operate their newest equipment – which is all packed into a custom-built truck for hauling around the country. Until now, Yakir…
The Social Life of Phytoplankton
Posted by Weizmann Science Writer on February 22, 2011 Some of the best moments in my job as a Weizmann science writer are the times when a scientist I’m interviewing slips in a finding that shifts my understanding of how the world works. Not long ago, for instance, I was speaking with a researcher about his work on phytoplankton. Now, the fact that phytoplankton…