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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...
Dr. Ernesto Joselevich

Tiny Giants

01.11.2003
Nano Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Computer chips made of nanotubes could be a 100 times smaller and faster than those of today    
An electric current can flow forever in superconductors because nothing in them wears it down

Electricity's Free Ride

01.11.2003
Materials Science, Biotechnology
An electric current can flow forever in superconductors because nothing in them wears it down    
Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz

Malaria's Achilles' Heel

01.10.2003
Biochemistry, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Materials Science, Structural Biology
Uncovering the mechanism of malaria-fighting drugs
Prof. Shimon Reich. Superconductors as age detectors

Lead Artifacts Disclose Their Age

01.10.2003
Materials Science, Scientific Archaeology
Turning ancient lead into a superconductor reveals it age

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