You are here

Home > Topics > Chemistry > Nanoscience

Nanoscience

Chemistry

Nanoscience
Materials Science
Organic Chemistry
Structural Biology
(l-r) Standing: Dr. Haim Weissman, Dr. Boris Rybtchinski, Elisha Krieg. Sitting: Dr. Eyal Shimoni and Elijah Shirman. Flexible bonds

Better Bonds with Water

30.05.2011
Nanoscience, Organic Chemistry, Yeda Technology Transfer
“Water-hating” molecules that stick together can create changeable, environmentally-friendly materials.
(l-r) Tal Markus, and Profs. Zeev Vager and Ron Naaman. Putting a spin on it

Spinning off DNA

30.05.2011
Particle Physics, Nanoscience
Biological molecules that twist can sort out electrons by their spin.  
An intermediate molybdenum disulfide nanoparticle has an octahedral center and a spherical outer shape

Shine a Light on the Nanoworld

04.04.2011
Nanoscience
When does an eight-sided nanoparticle become a sphere, and how does this affect its potential use? 
Gold-plated serpentine carbon nanotubes

Nanotubes Go for Gold

21.03.2011
Nanoscience
Gold-plated nanotubes are more than pretty designs.
Two-photon autofluorescence image of a live cell incubated with gold nanoparticles, superimposed on a simple transmission image of the cell

Versatile Nanoparticles

14.03.2011
Particle Physics, Nanoscience
The properties of materials on the nanometer scale could revolutionize everything from microscopy to solar collectors.
(l-r) Tamar Yelin, Roy Kazaz, Dr. Oren Tal, Regev Ben-Zvi and Ran Vardimon. Moving through molecules

How to Catch a Molecule

01.02.2011
Particle Physics, Nanoscience
Dr Oren Tal creates electronic components from single molecules
Structure of GroEL, a barrel-shaped molecular machine found in bacterial cells that helps proteins fold; from the lab of Profs. Gilad Haran and Amnon Horowitz

How Can We Get to Know a Single Photon, Atom or Molecule?

30.08.2010
Space & Physics, Nanoscience
  The role of solitary molecules in electronics is likely to grow as the size of components continues to shrink
(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  
(l-r) Ronen Kreizman, Dr. Maya Bar Sadan, Profs. Daniel Wagner, Reshef Tenne and Ernesto Joselevich and Dr. Ifat Kaplan-Ashiri. Defect-free nanotubes

Nanotube News

01.05.2009
Nanoscience
A number of Institute scientists are revealing the unique properties of nanotubes

Pages

Top Stories

See All >
Shutterstock

Shedding Light on the Dark Hours

Credit: Coleen Murphy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Cracking the Code of a Worm's Throat

“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

Shutterstock

Burning Cancer’s Bridges

Press Releases
See All >
11.11.2024
“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”
27.08.2024
The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions
Shutterstock
26.08.2024
A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking