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Prof. Reshef Tenne

Prof. Reshef Tenne Is the Recipient of the Israel Prize in Chemistry Research

01.02.2026

Chemistry, Nanoscience, Materials Science

“One of Israel’s most important and prominent scientists, who has made an enormous contribution to materials science and to physical and inorganic...

MRI Gets a Nano-Sized Upgrade

MRI Gets a Nano-Sized Upgrade

19.05.2025

Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science

Weizmann Institute researchers achieve MRI resolution of one billionth of a meter, paving the way for the most detailed images of individual...

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Crystalizing Our Comprehension of Malaria

28.10.2024

Nanoscience, Organic Chemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A definitive atomic structure of the heme crystals made by malaria parasites could lead to better antimalarial drugs

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New Circuit Made of DNA Has Everything Wired In

03.09.2024

Nanoscience, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Technology & Applications, Biotechnology

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers were thrilled when they managed to observe the birth of a protein made by a single DNA molecule: No one had...

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A Molecular Close-Up

13.02.2023

Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science

Weizmann Institute scientists present a new method for imaging individual electrons

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

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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

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