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Running muscles may be predominantly fast- or slow-twitch

Completing the Metabolite Picture

27.05.2014
Particle Physics, Chemistry, Technology & Applications
A new MRI-based method can detect metabolite levels in real time
UGC 9379 galaxy imaged in the Sloan digital sky survey before the supernova explosion (left) and by the Palomar Observatory robotic telescope and by the Palomar Observatory robotic telescope afterward (right)

Blowing in the (Stellar) Wind

21.05.2014
Astrophysics, Particle Physics
Researchers analyze the elements emitted from an unusual star just before it exploded  
Prof. Michael Elbaum and Dr. Sharon Grayer Wolf

Stark Contrast

11.05.2014
Particle Physics, Life Sciences, Molecular and Cell Biology, Chemistry, Materials Science
Hazy microscope images get clearer with a “flashlight” approach
Prof. Eli Waxman

Think Positive

18.03.2014
Astrophysics, Particle Physics
What is the number of the positrons in the galaxy?
Mapping of size distributions of a mouse’s gray matter by quantum-controlled proton MRI. (l) Brain proton MRI; (c) mean cellular size; (r) distribution peak

Acting Locally, Reporting Globally

12.03.2014
Particle Physics, Quantum Physics
From quantum physics to biology, a new approach to magnetic resonance turns protons into “spies”  
(l-r) Profs. Zeev Vager and Dirk Schwalm and Dr. Oded Heber

Molecules Tip Their Hands

16.01.2014
Particle Physics
A method developed at the Institute is rejuvenated; a molecular quiz is solved
Detectors for high-energy cosmic neutrinos are buried under the Antarctic ice

Visitors from across the Universe

08.10.2013
Particle Physics
High energy neutrinos from the Universe’s far reaches carry clues to their mysterious sources
Platinum wires attached to a single organic molecule (center) can be elongated into a chain a single atom thick

Down to the Wire

02.09.2013
Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry
The smallest electronic devices will require wires the thickness of an atom
(l-r) Yoav Lahini, Mor Verbin, Yaacov Kraus, Oded Zilberberg and Zohar Ringel

Materials on the Edge

11.12.2012
Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics
What happens when five physics students from four different labs put their heads together?
Alternative Energy Research Initiative (AERI)

New Grant to Fuel Solar Energy Research

24.10.2012
Particle Physics, Environment, Energy, Materials Science, Benefiting Humanity
The Helmsley Charitable Trust will fund joint research between the Weizmann Institute and the Technion

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An illustration showing four modular enzyme fragments (highlighted) that Weizmann Institute’s CADENZ method can combine to generate active enzymes at a hitherto unseen rate

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Look on the Bright Side of Earth
An illustration showing four modular enzyme fragments (highlighted) that Weizmann Institute’s CADENZ method can combine to generate active enzymes at a hitherto unseen rate
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Building Better Enzymes – by Breaking Them Down
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Expanding the Limits of the Possible