Particle Physics

Prof. Gregory Falkovich. An electric current behaving like a fluid forms a vortex (white arrows) that generates a characteristic circular heat pattern (red and orange)

Against the Current

28.02.2016

Space & Physics, Particle Physics, Theoretical Physics

Can electrons flow like liquid?

Supernova 3C58, first observed in the year 1181 AD by Chinese and Japanese astronomers, imaged by the Chandra telescope in X-ray emissions. NASA/CXC/SAO

Seeing a Supernova in a New Light

29.06.2015

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Ultraviolet observations may shed new light on exploding stars

A small black hole gains mass: Dense cold gas (green) flows toward the center of a stellar cluster (red cross in blue circle) with stars (yellow); the erratic path of the black hole through the gas (black line) is randomized by the surrounding stars

All-You-Can-Eat at the End of the Universe

11.08.2014

Astrophysics, Particle Physics, Theoretical Physics

A new model shows how early black holes could have grown to over a billion solar masses

The first electron microscope (Saul, RCA – EMU - 2A). (l-r) John Fany, Prof. David Danon and Dr. Yehuda Marikovsky, 1956

Someone to Operate It and a Place to Put It

03.08.2014

Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Life Sciences, Technology & Applications

The story of the first electron microscope at the Institute

An illustration showing the magnetic field lines of two electrons, arranged so that their spins point in opposite directions

Measuring the Smallest Magnets

28.07.2014

Particle Physics, Quantum Physics

Weizmann physicists measured magnetic interactions between single electrons

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”

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