Lasers & Optics

organoid with folds

“Brain on a Chip” Reveals How the Brain Folds

19.02.2018

Lasers & Optics, Theoretical Physics, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development

Keeping the tiny "brains" flat enabled researchers to follow the process of wrinkling, step by step

scallop

Mirror Images

04.12.2017

Lasers & Optics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Structural Biology

The optics of a unique underwater visual system are revealed

Red, blue, green in nanolenses

Nanomaterials Offer a New Approach to Correcting Color

07.08.2017

Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science

Computer designed nanostructures do away with the need for multiple lenses

heat transfer in graphene

Very Cold, but Oh-So Sensitive

02.01.2017

Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Quantum Physics, Materials Science

A nanothermometer is thousands of times better at detecting heat transfer at the atomic level

two vacuum chambers and the ultracold results

One in a Thousand

19.12.2016

Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Quantum Physics

Heating up: One ion and thousands of atoms, all at a millionth of a degree above absolute zero

Netalee Efrat and the 3-D parallax barrier

Glasses-Free 3-D

10.11.2016

Lasers & Optics, Robotics and Machine Learning

A new take on old technology could project movies in 3-D to each seat

Prof. Victor L'vov and Dr. Anna Pomyalov

Super Current, Cooling Not Required

27.10.2016

Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Quantum Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science

Electron flow at room temperature might be a dream come true

nanoantennas

Holograms Get the Blues

06.10.2016

Lasers & Optics, Nanoscience, Materials Science

In a new method, gold nanoparticles use infrared light to create blue holograms

cooperation agreement signing

École Polytechnique and the Weizmann Institute of Science Sign Cooperation Agreement

26.05.2016

Lasers & Optics

Scientific exchange has begun with a laser-plasma accelerator lab

thermal equilibrium in coffee

Quantum Memories

03.03.2016

Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Astrophysics, Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Planetary Science, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics

Weizmann Institute scientists suggest a way around the mixing of information in a quantum system

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