Chemistry

Zeno's Quantum Paradox Reversed: Watching A Flying Arrow Increase Its Speed

Zeno's Quantum Paradox Reversed: Watching A Flying Arrow Increase Its Speed

04.06.2000

Is motion an illusion? Can 'glimpses' freeze radioactive decay? For over 2,500 years, scientists and philosophers have been grappling with...

Molecular Footprints And Memory Squeeze-Downs

Molecular Footprints And Memory Squeeze-Downs

16.05.2000

Nanoscience, Materials Science

Is your music collection taking up too much space? How would you like to pack all of your music onto a single CD? Weizmann Institute scientists have...

Prof. Ada Yonath.

Ribosomal Revelations

01.05.2000

Structural Biology

Key progress by Weizmann Institute scientists in the race to unravel the ribosome's structure

Ayelet Vilan. Bringing about organic control

Going Organic - Electronically

01.05.2000

Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Organic molecules may be the future of electronics. Weizmann Institute scientists are leading the way

Dr. Gitay Kryger, Prof. Israel Silmam, and Prof. Joel Sussman

Breaking the Bonds

01.05.2000

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Scientists attempting to catch an enzyme in action got unique 3-D footage of radiation damage, instead

A First: Scientists Control The Properties of Semiconductor Devices Using Organic Molecules

A First: Scientists Control The Properties of Semiconductor Devices Using Organic Molecules

09.03.2000

Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Weizmann Institute scientists have made an important step towards harnessing organic molecules to future electronics. Reported in the March 9th issue...

X-ray radiation from a synchrotron source can rapidly damage, in a very specific way, the structure of a protein, as seen by X-ray crystallography. The four images represent a series of electron density maps collected from the same protein crystal. Protein degradation is indicated by the disappearance of the disulfide bond (yellow bar, surrounded by empty blue cage) linking the carbon chains (white balls). These images represent the first-ever recording of experimentally-induced chemical bond breakage usin

Weizmann Institute Scientists Capture The First-Ever 3D Visualization Of How Molecules Break Apart When Exposed To X-Rays

27.01.2000

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Structural Biology

Their findings may yield future measures for preventing radiation-induced health damages.

Survival of the Neatest

Survival of the Neatest

01.10.1999

Structural Biology

Stress makes some proteins get themselves in order

Semiconductor, Heal Thyself

Semiconductor, Heal Thyself

01.10.1999

Materials Science

How does a semiconductor material repair itself, even in outer space?

How the Nose Knows

How the Nose Knows

01.10.1999

Structural Biology

Smell receptors in our nose have a small "keyhole" whose shape can be altered to accept new odor molecules

Pages

Top Stories

Dumpster Diving in Cancer Tissue Uncovers an Immune Evasion Mechanism

A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a human embryo at day 12 has all the compartments typical of this stage. The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta

Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells

Peripheral sensory neurons in a laboratory dish

Unlocking a Secret Nerve Cell Regenerator

Surviving on an Empty Battery

Press Releases

Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells

Surviving on an Empty Battery

A “Jupiter” Hotter than the Sun