Name: Discovery in the archives reveals Argentina is in the Weizmann Institute's DNA by WeizmannVoices
Duration: 15 min 53 s
Description: The Argentinian-born Weizmann chemist Prof. Ernesto Joselevich usually makes his discoveries at the nano-scale level in his lab. But his latest 'ah-ha' moment came in the form of an old family connection to Dr. Chaim Weizmann himself. And it happened exactly 100 years later.

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The Argentinian-born Weizmann chemist Prof. Ernesto Joselevich usually makes his discoveries at the nano-scale level in his lab. But his latest 'ah-ha' moment came in the form of an old family connection to Dr. Chaim Weizmann himself. And it happened exactly 100 years later.

Discovery in the archives reveals Argentina is in the Weizmann Institute's DNA

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Discovery in the archives reveals Argentina is in the Weizmann Institute's DNA

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