Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009

01.05.2010

Prof. Ada Yonath awarded prize for revealing the structure of the ribosome

Distribution of skeletal proteins in an artificial membrane resembling a long bacteria: The spontaneous curvature of the proteins (purple) drives them to move together to form rings that coalesce, increasingly constricting the membrane

A Prize for Crossing Boundaries

01.05.2010

Space & Physics, Structural Biology

"Multidisciplinary research" takes on new meaning in one student's work

(l-r) Dan Bracha, Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv, Dr. Shirley Daube and Dr. Amnon Buxboim. Close quarters Wall-free compartments might keep gene activities in order

Crowd Control

01.05.2010

Genetics, Nanoscience, Materials Science

Genes may work best in closely-packed, open compartments

Prof. Daniella Goldfarb

Looking Forward to improved methods for probing enzyme activity

01.11.2009

Biochemistry, Chemistry

Prof. Daniella Goldfarb: "My dream is to develop EPR methods that can reveal enzymatic activities occurring in short (millisecond) time scales...

Dr. Barak Dayan

Looking Forward for a future quantum technologies

01.11.2009

Quantum Physics, Chemistry

Dr. Barak Dayan: "I want to learn how to control single photons in the way we control electrons today. Once we can do that, the fields of...

Prof. Ada Yonath

Looking Forward to deciphering the secrets of protein manufacture

01.11.2009

Structural Biology

Prof. Ada Yonath: "Ribosomes are the essence of life. In the future, we would like to understand how the very first ribosomes came into being."

Dr. Boris Rybtchinski

Looking Forward to create self-assembling solar collectors

01.11.2009

Energy, Organic Chemistry

Dr. Boris Rybtchinski: "In the future, I hope we'll be smart enough to replace the burning of coal and oil with advanced self-assembling systems that...

Prof. David Milstein. Hydrogen in three easy steps

Just Add Water

01.10.2009

Energy, Organic Chemistry

A new method for splitting water may lead to cleaner fuel in the future

Sea urchin digging teeth are designed to stay sharp

Sea urchin digging teeth are designed to stay sharp

04.05.2009

Structural Biology

Sea urchins dig themselves hiding holes in the limestone of the ocean floor using teeth that don’t go blunt. Weizmann Institute scientists have now...

(l-r) Profs. Stephen Weiner and Lia Addadi and Julia Mahamid. Like shell, like bone

Turning to Bone

01.05.2009

Biochemistry, Structural Biology

Scientists reveal a fleeting stage of bone formation

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