Astrophysics

Prof. Eli Waxman.

Star Bright

01.10.2006

For the first time, astrophysicists managed to observe a supernova from just 160 seconds after the event began

Time in Space

Time in Space

30.08.2006

Real-time observations of a supernova explosion through NASA's Swift satellite have confirmed theoretical research carried out by Prof. Eli Waxman...

Prof. Shaul Hanany. The end of the world as we know it

Peeking Back in Time

01.10.2004

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Scientists more or less agree on how the Universe began. But how will it end?

Stars pulled into the crowded perimeter of a supermassive black hole sometimes collide. Simulation of a collision between two stars.

Riding a Black Hole

01.05.2003

A ten-year study suggest the mass at the center of the Milky way is a supermassive black hole

Simulation of a collision between two stars. Simulations by Dr. Tal Alexander, Weizmann Institute of Science

Zooming Star Points to Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way

16.10.2002

The scientists tracked, for the first time, a star completing an orbit around a known unusual source of radiation (a black hole candidate) in the...

Prof. Eli Waxman

A Window of Opportunity in the Sky

01.05.2002

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Particle detectors twice the size of the Eiffel Tower sunk deep in the Antarctic ice may be the next frontier in space exploration

Message In a Bottle

Message In a Bottle

01.05.1998

After conducting experiments in a giant ion storage facility in Germany, Prof. Daniel Zajfman built a desktop version for use in his Institute lab

Light Shed on Radiation from Outer Space

Light Shed on Radiation from Outer Space

01.10.1995

Could high-energy cosmic rays and gamma-ray bursts be produced in the same cataclysmic events?

Mysterious Radiation Bursts Explained

Mysterious Radiation Bursts Explained

01.10.1994

Do mysterious gamma ray bursts take place at the death of neutron stars or at their birth?

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A fluorescent microscope image of the biochip with its numerous minuscule compartments, each presenting a different antigen – making it possible to simultaneously test the interactions of all these antigens with a human antibody

The Biochip Built for the Next Pandemic

From the Volcanic Crater to the Lab: A Lesson in Survival

Human lung cancer tissue under a microscope. The enzymes (yellow) that unmask the immune-activating molecules are found near the TREM2 receptors (red) of the tumor-assisting macrophages. This targeted unmasking can prevent damage to healthy tissues

Turning the Tumor’s Shield into a Sword

A bacterial cell (elongated shape in the center) inside a glioblastoma tumor cell, as seen through an electron microscope. The black dots within the bacterium are engineered antibodies carrying gold particles that bind specifically to a component found only in bacterial cell envelopes and not in human cells

Bacteria on the Brain

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