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When Molecules Change Shape: How Slow Can They Go?

22.03.2018
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Organic Chemistry
The findings may help explain the chemistry of biological molecules in outer space
micro crystals

Solar Materials Found to Be Self-Healing

26.02.2018
Environment, Energy, Materials Science
These materials can bring us one step closer to a sustainable future
Zoomed-in xSPEN diffusion data arising from a human frontal lobe (dashed square regions) containing the optic nerve indicated by the yellow arrows

The X-SPENdables: Addressing the Most Challenging Tissues in Magnetic Resonance

21.02.2018
Lasers & Optics, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Chemistry, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A new MRI method developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science improves our ability to study the brain and other non-homogeneous tissues
Heat release in graphene. Zeldov lab

The Defects That Heat

04.01.2018
Quantum Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Ultra-precise measurement of the energy released by electrons in graphene reveal a new atomic scale heating mechanism 
Drs. Elisabetta Boaretto and Tobias Richter. In the foreground is a Natufian hearth at Shubayqa, Jordan

Uncovering Varied Pathways to Agriculture

05.12.2017
Scientific Archaeology
New dates for a 15,000-year-old site in Jordan challenge some prevailing assumptions about the beginnings of permanent settlement
scallop

Mirror Images

04.12.2017
Lasers & Optics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Structural Biology
The optics of a unique underwater visual system are revealed
Nanoallotropes of gold viewed with transmission electron microscopy (top) and electron tomography (bottom)

All That Glitters on the Nanoscale

30.10.2017
Nanoscience, Materials Science
A new method for fabricating nanostructured metals may lead to smaller electronic devices
The hourglass like energy-momentum relation in a Weyl material

Closer to Understanding the Mysteries of the Universe

04.09.2017
Astrophysics, Particle Physics, Materials Science
In Dr. Binghai Yan’s research, novel materials pave the way to new discoveries in physics
Fluorescently labeled actin in a cell exhibiting circular ruffled membrane structures

Reshaping the Surface: Wave Fronts Ruffle the Cell Membrane

28.08.2017
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Structural Biology
A new model for the formation of crucial membrane structures revises the picture of cell dynamics 
wavy trajectory

The Breaking Point

23.08.2017
Materials Science
What happens at the moving edge of crack?

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