Tag: Weizmann Institute

Women and men in sync hormonally in January and August

Our minds may be affected by winter’s long nights or spring flowers, but what about our bodies? A new study at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel reveals that our hormones also follow a seasonal pattern.

Computers now understand how to print smell

The scent of a woman? From being able to realistic flower or sea aromas to your vacation pictures on social media, giving computers the ability to interpret odors in the way that humans do could have an impact on environmental monitoring and the biomedical and food industries.

Why awesome girlfriends suddenly go psycho

Oxytocin, a peptide produced in the brain, is complicated in that way: a neuromodulator, it may bring hearts together or it can help induce aggression. Or in other words, why perfectly normal partners turn psycho.

‘Queen of Mean’ Leona Helmsley’s Trust to Fund Solar Energy Research in Israel

Known as the 'Queen of Mean' because of her tyrannical behavior towards just about everyone who crossed her path,...