Quantum Physics

(l-r) Dr. Vladimir Umansky, Prof. Israel Bar-Joseph and Dr. Michael Stern

Liquid Phase

07.01.2014

Quantum Physics

How can a hole become an atom-like particle that “flows”?

Drawing by Ron Weinstock, a student at the Henry Ronson ORT High School in Ashkelon

Atoms Take a Bath

01.01.2014

Quantum Physics, Chemistry

Machinery based on single atoms may be able to bend the laws of thermodynamics

Beneath the Surface

Beneath the Surface

01.01.2014

Space & Physics, Quantum Physics, Chemistry

Surprises awaited physicists probing the “filling” of a unique “sandwich”

3-D rendering of real measured data of conductance through novel nanotube electronic devices

The Smallest Crystal

08.10.2013

Space & Physics, Nano Physics, Quantum Physics

The attempt to create a crystal made of electrons led Dr. Shahal Ilani and his team to an advance in nanotube production

The experimental system: two supersonic valves followed by two skimmers. The blue beam passes through a curved magnetic quadrupole guide, and the merged beam (purple) enters a quadrupole mass spectrometer. B is a front view of the quadrupole guide

Quantum Effects in Cold Chemistry

18.11.2012

Quantum Physics, Chemistry

A first at the Institute: chemical reactions at near absolute zero

The experimental system: two supersonic valves followed by two skimmers. The blue beam passes through a curved magnetic quadrupole guide, and the merged beam (purple) enters a quadrupole mass spectrometer. B is a front view of the quadrupole guide

Weizmann Institute Scientists Observe Quantum Effects in Cold Chemistry

12.10.2012

Space & Physics, Quantum Physics, Chemistry

At close to absolute zero, chemical reactions take on new features

Majorana

A Thing and Its Opposite

12.09.2012

Quantum Physics

A particle that is its own antiparticle, first proposed in 1937, has made an appearance in a Weizmann lab

(l-r) Dr. Zohar Komargodski, Prof. Adam Schwimmer and visiting Prof. Alexander Zamolodchikov. Extra dimensions

Proof of Inequality

16.02.2012

Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics

Weizmann scientists give promising proof for a 23-year-old quantum physics theory

Ion trap in the lab of Dr. Roee Ozeri

Tiny Vibrations

17.08.2011

Quantum Physics

Institute scientists built an amplifier comprised of a single ion that breaks all records for measuring magnetic vibrations

Ion trap in the lab of Dr. Roee Ozeri

Listening with One Atom

25.05.2011

Quantum Physics

Weizmann Institute scientists set a new record for measuring magnetic vibrations using the spin of a single atom: 100 times more accurate than the...

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