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Nano Electronics

01.03.2004
Space & Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
For decades, “thinking big” in electronics has meant the pursuit of smaller and smaller goals. Only a short while ago, for instance, the idea of a...
New Type of Nanotube Made of Gold or Silver Created

New Type of Nanotube Made of Gold or Silver Created

26.01.2004
Materials Science
Weizmann Institute scientists have created a new type of nanotube built of gold, silver and other nanoparticles. The tubes exhibit unique...
New method tracking single atoms may lead to improved drug design

New method tracking single atoms may lead to improved drug design

05.01.2004
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology
Prof. Irit Sagi and her team are using new and innovative methods developed at the Weizmann Institute to see real time “video clips” of enzyme...
Dr. Ernesto Joselevich

Tiny Giants

01.11.2003
Nano Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Computer chips made of nanotubes could be a 100 times smaller and faster than those of today    
An electric current can flow forever in superconductors because nothing in them wears it down

Electricity's Free Ride

01.11.2003
Materials Science, Biotechnology
An electric current can flow forever in superconductors because nothing in them wears it down    
Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz

Malaria's Achilles' Heel

01.10.2003
Biochemistry, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Materials Science, Structural Biology
Uncovering the mechanism of malaria-fighting drugs
Prof. Shimon Reich. Superconductors as age detectors

Lead Artifacts Disclose Their Age

01.10.2003
Materials Science, Scientific Archaeology
Turning ancient lead into a superconductor reveals it age
Deciphering Gaucher's Disease

Deciphering Gaucher's Disease

01.10.2003
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology
New finding may lead to more effective – and affordable – treatments
Glucocerebrosidase

Weizmann Institute Scientists Solve the 3-D Structure of the Enzyme Involved in Gaucher Disease

02.06.2003
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology
The discovery may help design effective therapies for the genetic disease that mainly affects Ashkenazi Jews    
Deinococcus radiodurans

Lord of the Ring

01.05.2003
Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Plants and Agriculture, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology
What gives a bacterium the ability to withstand 3000 times more radiation than humans?

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