Organic Chemistry

illustration: heating up of the Earth (global warming)

Climate

01.05.2004

Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Organic Chemistry

Several research projects in the Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Department at the Weizmann Institute are aimed at understanding our...

Illustration: increasing water consumption

Water

01.05.2004

Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Weizmann Institute researchers are developing scientific approaches to efficient and sophisticated water management.

Illusteration:green chemistry

Green Chemistry

01.05.2004

Environment, Environment, Organic Chemistry

The smartest way to cut pollution is to prevent it. That’s the motto of “green” chemistry, a relatively new initiative to devise processes that...

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...

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...

Deinococcus radiodurans

Lord of the Ring

01.05.2003

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Plants and Agriculture, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology

What gives a bacterium the ability to withstand 3000 times more radiation than humans?

Radiation-Resistant Organism Reveals Its Defense Strategies

Radiation-Resistant Organism Reveals Its Defense Strategies

09.01.2003

Space & Physics, Viruses & Microorganisms, Organic Chemistry

The secret to its strength is a ring Weizmann Institute scientists have found what makes the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans the most...

Profs. David Milstein (left) and Ronny Neumann. Chemistry goes green

Catalyzing Change

01.10.2002

Environment, Organic Chemistry

New catalysts for industrial processes that produce water as their only waste product

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