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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?
spinning illustration

Spin Doctors

13.09.2012
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Chemistry
Spinning molecular gas vortices might have a number of practical applications
(l-r) Ori Katz, Eran Small and Prof. Yaron Silberberg. Under the skin

Fast Focus

06.09.2011
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics
A new method of adjusting laser beams may enable them to focus on a point under the skin
Dr. Nirit Dudovich and Dror Shafir. Ultra-fast lasers freeze molecular action

Shorter and Faster

01.10.2009
Lasers & Optics
What can you see in an attosecond?
(l-r) Vardit Eckhouse, Prof. Asher Friesem, Prof. Nir Davidson and Liran Shimshi

Laser Quest

01.05.2006
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics
A method for combining multiple lasers creates a single beam that is both powerful and sharp
Wet Scans

Wet Scans

01.10.2004
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Technology & Applications, Yeda Technology Transfer
Encapsulating delicate biological samples in a special polymer enables them to be seen under an electron microscope in their natural state

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