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(l-r) Drs. Eyal Rotenberg and David Asaf, Prof. Dan Yakir and Yakir Preisler. Lab on wheels

Environmental Research Goes on the Road

04.11.2011
Environment, Energy, Biotechnology
With the new Biosphere-Atmosphere Research Mobile Lab, researchers now can bring the lab to the forest. 
Old newsprint /Shironeko Euro. History behind the print

Between the Lines

04.11.2011
Environment, Energy
Old paper preserves records of air pollution from over 100 years ago.
Scanning electron microscope images of representative samples of (left) clean diatomite and (right) diatomite composite with zero valent iron (small white dots) and vitamin B12 (not visible)

Pumping Iron

04.10.2011
Environment, Energy, Nanoscience
A new kind of water treatment could break toxic chemicals in the water supply down into harmless compounds.
(l-r) Prof David Cahen and Dr. Pabitra Nayak. Setting limits

A Place in the Sun

13.06.2011
Energy, Materials Science
A new analysis sets the efficiency limits for a  solar cell made with organic molecules.
Satellite image of a marine stratocumulus system, courtesy of NASA

Self-Organizing Clouds

01.02.2011
Environment, Energy, Climate
Some marine cloud systems reveal a puzzling pattern: a nearly perfect grid of cloud cells with hexagonal shapes
illustration: Sunshine

A Source of Safe Energy

17.08.2010
Energy
Research at the Institute is increasing the efficiency of photovoltaics
Prof. Igor Lubomirsky

Saving Up Sunshine

01.05.2010
Energy, Chemistry
A new approach could help save the sun's energy for a rainy day  
Cooling forests can heat too

Cooling forests can heat too

21.01.2010
Environment, Energy
Weizmann Institute scientists show that in one kind of forest, its ‘energy budget’ includes significant reserves of heat    
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

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