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(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”
Super SQUID

Super SQUID

25.11.2013
Space & Physics
A measuring device for superconductors breaks world records  
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
Power Merger

Power Merger

08.10.2013
Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Brain & Behavior, Energy, Nanoscience, Materials Science
Nanocrystals that absorb low-energy photons and emit higher-energy ones could increase solar cell efficiency
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
from the Neil Simon movie "The Odd Couple"

The Odd Couple

17.09.2013
Space & Physics
What makes a material turn from superconductor to superinsulator?
Without the c-Kit gene, colon cancer cells grow in a disorderly, aggregated manner and are invasive (A); when c-Kit expression is restored in these cells, they revert to a more normal organization (B)

The Double Life of a Cancer Gene

15.09.2013
Space & Physics, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A cancer-causing gene can prevent the deadly spread of a tumor at a later point in malignancy
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

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