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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
Capturing a single photon from a pulse of light:

Tapping Particles of Light

24.11.2015
Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Chemistry, Nanoscience, Quantum Computing
Weizmann Institute scientists single out individual photons
A unique method of shaping the ultrashort pulses enables them to act as “many beams in one”

The One-Beam Solution

01.09.2015
Lasers & Optics
Giving shape to an ultrafast laser pulse enables new optical methods
Thin transparent plates give this sea sapphire its iridescent color

A Marine Creature’s Magic Trick Explained

01.09.2015
Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Biochemistry, Materials Science, Structural Biology
Crystral structures on the sea sapphire's back appear differently depending on the angle of reflection
The first electron microscope (Saul, RCA – EMU - 2A). (l-r) John Fany, Prof. David Danon and Dr. Yehuda Marikovsky, 1956

Someone to Operate It and a Place to Put It

03.08.2014
Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Life Sciences, Technology & Applications
The story of the first electron microscope at the Institute
Dr. Yaniv Ziv

Remembering in Time

21.07.2014
Lasers & Optics, Brain & Behavior
Dr. Yaniv Ziv want to know how our brain keeps memories of individual events in order
William Levine (center), a prominent American diamond merchant, inspecting gemprints during his visit to the Weizmann Institute in 1974, with Prof. Shmuel Shtrikman (left) and Dr. Charles Bar-Isaac (right)

The Fingerprint of a Diamond

19.05.2014
Lasers & Optics, Technology & Applications
Dr. Charles Bar-Isaac turned his fascination with diamonds’ brilliance into a method of identifying individual stones
Power Merger

Power Merger

08.10.2013
Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Brain & Behavior, Energy, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Nanocrystals that absorb low-energy photons and emit higher-energy ones could increase solar cell efficiency
(l-r) Yoav Lahini, Mor Verbin, Yaacov Kraus, Oded Zilberberg and Zohar Ringel

Materials on the Edge

11.12.2012
Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics
What happens when five physics students from four different labs put their heads together?

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