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Illustration showing the unmanned spacecraft JUICE in the vicinity of Jupiter (center). On the right: the moons Callisto and Europa; on the left: Ganymede and Io (yellow), Jupiter’s volcanically active moon that is not included in the mission’s core program (Courtesy of the ESA)

Across the Universe: Israeli Tech to Reach Deep Space for the First Time

13.04.2023
Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Planetary Science
The Ultra Stable Oscillator, designed for an experiment led by Weizmann Institute scientists, is at the forefront of ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter
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New Eyes on the Sky

26.03.2023
Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Planetary Science
The most powerful survey telescope in the world is being constructed in the south of Israel
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
ULTRASAT

NASA to Launch Israel’s First Space Telescope Mission, ULTRASAT

21.02.2023
Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Planetary Science
A Weizmann Institute of Science and Israel Space Agency flagship, the instrument will enter orbit in 2025; it’s expected to revolutionize research of...
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
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Look on the Bright Side of Earth

23.01.2023
Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Environment, Climate
Why do Earth’s hemispheres look equally bright when viewed from space? Weizmann Institute scientists offer a solution to this 50-year-old mystery
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
Winter storms in the Southern Hemisphere / NASA Worldview

Harder Winters, Stronger Storms

26.05.2022
Planetary Science, Environment, Climate
New data reveals climate change might be more rapid than predicted
Optical elements required to create laser pulses that can control trapped ions. Photo: Freddy Pizanti

Israel Joins the Quantum Computing Club

22.03.2022
Quantum Computing, Quantum Physics
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers present Israel’s first quantum compute
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

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