Space & Physics

(l-r) Dr. Ariel Livne, Prof. Benjamin Geiger and Dr. Eran Bouchbiner

How Cells Feel the Stretch

14.08.2014

Space & Physics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Chemistry

To understand how cells orient themselves, Weizmann Institute researchers turned to a model from physics

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

Dr. Yaniv Ziv

Remembering in Time

21.07.2014

Lasers & Optics, Brain & Behavior

Dr. Yaniv Ziv want to know how our brain keeps memories of individual events in order

llustration of the photonic router the Weizmann Institute scientists created. At the center is the single atom (orange) that routes photons (yellow) in different directions

The World’s First Photonic Router

14.07.2014

Quantum Physics

Weizmann Institute scientists take another step down the long road toward quantum computers

Convective clouds forming over the Amazon in a blanket smoke. Image: Prof. Ilan Koren

No Limits to Human Effects on Clouds

08.06.2014

Planetary Science, Environment, Climate

Weizmann Institute research shows how atmospheric particles affect cloud formation in real time

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

William Levine (center), a prominent American diamond merchant, inspecting gemprints during his visit to the Weizmann Institute in 1974, with Prof. Shmuel Shtrikman (left) and Dr. Charles Bar-Isaac (right)

The Fingerprint of a Diamond

19.05.2014

Lasers & Optics, Technology & Applications

Dr. Charles Bar-Isaac turned his fascination with diamonds’ brilliance into a method of identifying individual stones

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Illustration by Yael Leibovitch and Simone Dell’Ariccia

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

Dendrites that developed in a tin battery, seen under an electronic microscope. Source: Shakked Schwartz and Ayan Maity

On the Way to Building Better Batteries

Weizmann Institute of Science Moves to 100% Green Electricity

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We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

Weizmann Institute of Science Moves to 100% Green Electricity

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