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(l-r) Dr. Benjamin Friedrich, Prof. Samuel Safran, Dr. Yair Shokef and Elon Langbeheim. Looking underneath

Just Stiff Enough

26.04.2011
Stem Cells, Materials Science, Structural Biology
Developing cells “feel” what is underneath and take shape accordingly
Dr. Igor Lubomirsky

When "Miniature" Becomes "Different"

02.09.2010
Materials Science
The fields of microelectronics and satellite communications eagerly await new and more efficient materials that may one day be developed based on...
Scanning electron microscope image of a sea urchin spine undergoing repair after breakage.

Can Biology Teach Us to Design Better Materials?

30.08.2010
Materials Science
  Scientists look to biology to learn how living organisms create the amazing variety of forms and substances found in nature, and to apply...
(l-r) Dan Bracha, Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv, Dr. Shirley Daube and Dr. Amnon Buxboim. Close quarters

Crowd Control

08.08.2010
Biochemistry, Genetics, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Weizmann Institute scientists provide new tools to realistically manipulate genes in lab experiments.  It might prove to be an essential step...
(l-r) Dan Bracha, Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv, Dr. Shirley Daube and Dr. Amnon Buxboim. Close quarters Wall-free compartments might keep gene activities in order

Crowd Control

01.05.2010
Genetics, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Genes may work best in closely-packed, open compartments  
A nanotube serpentine observed by scanning electron microscopy

Order Through Chaos

01.10.2008
Nanoscience, Materials Science
Snaking nanotubes might be used to  create any number of tiny devices
What We Are Doing About: Alternative Energy

What We Are Doing About: Alternative Energy

01.07.2008
Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
Creating environmentally friendly fuel from trash might be the ultimate recycling feat  
New Nanotube Structures

New Nanotube Structures

27.05.2008
Nanoscience, Materials Science
Weizmann Institute Scientists Create New Nanotube Structures  
Top: The cell pulls to maintain a fixed stretch in the gel. Middle: If the gel is externally stretched, the cell can reduce the force it exerts. Bottom: If the gel is alternately stretched and relaxed, the frustrated cell cannot "decide" how much force to exert. This results in the cell orienting perpendicular to the stretch direction

Two-Way Stretch

01.10.2007
Materials Science
Cells in biomaterials respond to the speed with which the material is stretched
(l-r) Prof. Antoine Kahn, Dr. Oliver Seitz, Prof. David Cahen and Dr. Ayelet Vilan. Changing chemical bonds

Introducing Impurity

01.10.2007
Chemistry, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Doping nanomaterials improves their electrical properties

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