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Weizmann Institute of Science

From the Chairman’s desk

«It is my pleasure to welcome you to the website of ECWIS, the the European Committee of the Weizmann Institute of Science. We are a non-profit organization, dedicated to furthering the development of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.

History has repeatedly shown that curiosity-driven research leads to unexpected breakthroughs and has a meaningful long-term impact on all of us. Our goal is to enable such scientific research and raise financial means to support the work of our scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, for the future of humanity.

This website aims to share with you a glimpse of the broad and fascinating science that comes from the Weizmann Institute. Through this website, I invite you to step into a magical journey. A journey in the footsteps of human curiosity, passion and knowledge, a journey to learn and come closer to understanding the mysteries of life and the secrets of the universe.

Thank you and enjoy the WOW – Wonders Of Weizmann Institute of Science.»

Bob Drake, Chair of ECWIS and Vice Chair of the International Board of the Weizmann Institute of Science

Bob Drake

Chair of the International Board and Chair of the European Committee, Weizmann Institute of Science

 

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4 Feb, 2026

Prof. Igal Talmi, 1925–2026

Prof. Igal Talmi, a leading pioneer of Israeli science and a founder of nuclear physics research in Israel, passed away today, just days after his 101st birthday. Less than two weeks ago, his wife of 77 years, Chana Talmi (née Kivelewitz), passed away at the age of 100. Talmi was among those who deciphered the structure of the atomic nucleus, and several of the theories and computational methods he developed are still in use today. During his doctoral research in Switzerland, under the supervision of the Nobel Prize laureate Prof. Wolfgang Pauli, he developed a method that substantially simplified calculations in the nuclear shell model. A…

2 Feb, 2026
For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet. Now, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have revised that knowledge using new data and…
1 Feb, 2026
The Israel Prize laureate for 2026 in the field of Chemistry Research and Chemical Engineering is Prof. Reshef Tenne of the Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Department at the Weizmann Insti…
29 Jan, 2026
What determines how long we live – and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for decades scientists believed that the heritability of human lifespan was relatively low co…
15 Jan, 2026
More than two decades ago, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science made an intriguing discovery. Deep within the whisker follicles of rats, they identified a class of sensory neurons that b…