Materials Science

(l-r) Dr. Sidney Cohen, Dr. Iris Visoly-Fisher and Prof. David Cahen. Solar science

The Effect of the Defect

01.10.2004

Energy, Materials Science

Why do defects in certain materials improve their solar-collecting capabilities?

Dr. Roy Bar-Ziv. Gene circuits

Ancient Cast - New Production

01.05.2004

Biochemistry, Genetics, Materials Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The first prototype of an artificial circuit that hooks up genes outside the cell is produced in a Weizmann lab

(l-r) Dr. Alexander Vaskevich, Prof. Israel Rubinstein and Ph.D. student Tali Sehayek. Tube tales

Tubes with a Twist

01.05.2004

Nanoscience, Materials Science, Yeda Technology Transfer

Move over carbon. These new nanotubes are made of gold, silver and other metals

Illustration: increasing water consumption

Water

01.05.2004

Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Weizmann Institute researchers are developing scientific approaches to efficient and sophisticated water management.

illustration: enjoying the sunlight

Solar Energy

01.05.2004

Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

In contrast to fossil fuels, the sun provides a clean, cost-free, and virtually inexhaustible source of energy.

Illusteration: Looking Back on the Institute’s environmental studies

Looking Back, Seeing the Future

01.05.2004

Environment, Environment, Energy, Chemistry, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

We offer here a brief history of the Institute’s environmental studies and a look at the future generation of environmental researchers trained at...

Wet Scans

Wet Scans

15.04.2004

Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Materials Science, Yeda Technology Transfer

The scanning electron microscope (SEM) has been a basic research tool for fifty years, and for those fifty years, scientists have been looking for...

Illustration of Nano: Tools for building a small world

Introduction to Nanoscience

01.03.2004

Space & Physics, Nano Physics, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Tiny dimensions, great expectations. That’s nanoscience in a nutshell

illustration: How “micro” can we go?

Nano Electronics

01.03.2004

Space & Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

For decades, “thinking big” in electronics has meant the pursuit of smaller and smaller goals. Only a short while ago, for instance, the idea of a...

New Type of Nanotube Made of Gold or Silver Created

New Type of Nanotube Made of Gold or Silver Created

26.01.2004

Materials Science

Weizmann Institute scientists have created a new type of nanotube built of gold, silver and other nanoparticles. The tubes exhibit unique...

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