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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.
Dr. Ilan Koren. In the clouds. Cloud photo: Tamar Deutsch

Eat, Prey, Rain

04.10.2011
Environment, Climate, Chemistry
What do a herd of gazelles and a fluffy mass of clouds have in common?
The Insomniac City Cycles | Ran Slavin. Still from film, 2004-2009

Dancing with the Light

13.09.2011
Biochemistry, Plants and Agriculture
On the molecular scale, plants are in constant motion as they adapt to a changing environment
clouds. Photo: Tamar Deutsch

Eat, Prey, Rain

24.07.2011
Environment, Chemistry
A new model for the dynamics of clouds and rain shows they behave like prey and predator
(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.
(l-r) Drs. Olga Davydov and Nardy Lampl, Prof. Robert Fluhr, Drs. Ofra Budai-Hadrian and Thomas Roberts. Secrets to growth

Keeping Pace with the World’s Food Demand

21.03.2011
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Plants and Agriculture
Understanding plants’ survival systems could help reduce agricultural losses. 
Woodland strawberry. Image courtesy of H. Zell, Wikimedia commons

Wild Strawberry Secrets Revealed

22.02.2011
Genetics, Plants and Agriculture
Institute scientists make a significant contribution to the wild strawberry genome.
Paper Archives Reveal Pollution’s History

Paper Archives Reveal Pollution’s History

08.02.2011
Environment, Chemistry
A new source of climate records is as close as the nearest university library: Back issues of magazines reveal the rise in atmospheric CO2 from...

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