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(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
Illustration depicting particle collisions

A New Particle Has Been Discovered – Chances Are, It Is the Higgs Boson

03.07.2012
Particle Physics
The long and complicated journey to detect the Higgs boson, which started with one small step about 25 years ago, might finally have reached its goal...
Dr. Hagar Landsman at the geographical South Pole

Workplace: On the Ice

29.05.2012
Astrophysics, Particle Physics
Work on specialized particle detectors takes Dr. Hagar Landsman from Antarctic ice to Italian underground caves.
Results of a collision that could represent a Higgs boson from the ATLAS experiment

Searching for a Particle

30.01.2012
Particle Physics
Weizmann scientists are hoping to see more conclusive signs of the Higgs boson later this year.
Results of a collision that could represent a Higgs boson from the ATLAS experiment

Weizmann Institute Scientists Make Significant Contributions to LHC Findings

13.12.2011
Particle Physics
Extra events in the probable mass range of the Higgs boson provide first hints for its possible existence.
Before and after images of the Messier 100 Galaxy reveal the appearance of SN 2006X, one of the supernovae used in the study. Photos: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Supernova News

25.08.2011
Astrophysics, Particle Physics
New findings on supernovae are changing our understanding of these exploding stars

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