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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...
Dr. Omer Kneller (left) and Chen Mor direct a laser beam before it enters the experimental setup. The experiment required a powerful laser beam that could produce exceptionally short, attosecond light pulses. Photo: Noa Yaffe

Matter at the Crossroads

13.03.2025
Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics
A new Weizmann Institute method reveals how lasers can instantly alter the properties of matter
The experimental setup in Prof. Roee Ozeri’s lab

When an Ion Met an Atom

20.08.2024
Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics
The creation of a strange, “long-distance” molecule sheds light on chemical reactions taking place near absolute zero
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When the Light Particle Saw the Light

06.06.2024
Quantum Computing, Particle Physics
A Weizmann Institute study of photons in quantum computing made a surprising discovery: When photons collide, they create vortices
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The Age of Screen Enlightenment

21.04.2023
Particle Physics, Theoretical Physics, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
​A collaborative study of a key property of light may help double screen luminescence
Close-up diagram of the quantum twisting microscope in action. Electrons tunnel from the probe (inverted pyramid at the top) to the sample (bottom) in several places at once (green vertical lines), in a quantum coherent manner

The Quantum Twisting Microscope: A New Lens on Quantum Materials

22.02.2023
Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics
A clever take on the science of twistronics offers new ways of exploring quantum phenomena
The experimental set-up

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
Electrons on the Run

Electrons on the Run

23.12.2022
Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics
On chirality, tunneling and light fields
A Wolf-Rayet star and the nebula surrounding it captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Gal-Yam and colleagues are the first to discover a rare-type supernova originating from this star // NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

Going Out with a Bang

12.01.2022
Astrophysics, Particle Physics
A first-of-its-kind exploding star – thought to have existed only in theory – was recently discovered
An example of a nano-grating design

A Vortex in a Nanometric Teacup

30.11.2021
Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers generate, for the first time, a vortex beam of atoms and molecules

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