Nanoscience

Prof. Jacob Sagiv

Kavli Prize Awarded to Prof. Jacob Sagiv

07.09.2022

Research conducted by Sagiv transformed surface science and has led to applications shaping our daily lives – from medical equipment to computers and...

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The Primordial Soap

03.02.2022

Chemistry, Nanoscience, Organic Chemistry, Evolution and Development

Weizmann Institute scientists disclose comprehensive evidence that life may have originated with lipid nano-scale particles

Hollow crystals captured by scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

The Ins and Outs of Crystals

08.07.2021

Chemistry, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Weizmann Institute scientists decipher the mechanism that leads to unique, hollow-structured crystals having sought-after properties

Fluorescent image of artificial cells on a chip. The differences in genetic composition between cells produced the different colors, which reveal stages in building parts of a virus

Artificial Cells Produce Parts of Viruses for Safe Studies

20.07.2020

Nanoscience, Materials Science, Viruses & Microorganisms, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The Weizmann Institute of Science group demonstrated the production of protein assembly lines on a silicon chip

colorful circles

Cracking Non-Classical Crystal Formation

16.06.2020

Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Some crystals do not come together as predicted. New research explains why

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Crystal Grow?

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Crystal Grow?

08.06.2020

Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Weizmann Institute Scientists have created unique, paradoxical, “yo-yo” crystals

Electric on the Outside

Electric on the Outside

26.05.2020

Nanoscience, Materials Science

Researchers find an electric effect in an unlikely place

polaritons

Blurring the Distinction

13.05.2020

Lasers & Optics, Nanoscience, Materials Science

The marriage of matter and light is revealed through a dark state

The Self-Synthesizing Ribosome

The Self-Synthesizing Ribosome

20.04.2020

Chemistry, Nanoscience, Biochemistry, Genetics, Technology & Applications

This cellular factory-on-a-chip could be used to design, produce and test drugs against antibiotic resistant bacteria

Kinetic energy distribution of molecular fragments

Back in Time

09.03.2020

Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Nanoscience

Measuring echoes of quantum states in a single molecule gives researchers new insight into a unique phenomenon

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Expanding the Limits of the Possible

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Putting Liquid Biopsies on Solid Ground: Cancer Diagnosis from a Milliliter of Blood