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Zoloto | Shay Id Alony. Installation, painted wood, 2006

Black Hole Swing

12.09.2011
Astrophysics
When two black holes get close, what are the chances they will meet and emit gravitational waves?
(l-r) Ori Katz, Eran Small and Prof. Yaron Silberberg. Under the skin

Fast Focus

06.09.2011
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics
A new method of adjusting laser beams may enable them to focus on a point under the skin
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
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)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)

Are Stellar Explosions Created Equal?

22.08.2011
Astrophysics, Particle Physics
Scientists recheck a standard model for supernovae on which cosmic distance measurement is based
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
(l-r) Ofer Vitells, and Profs. Amos Breskin, Eilam Gross and Ehud Duchovni. Waiting for dark matter

Still at Large: WIMPs

29.06.2011
Particle Physics
A search for possible dark matter candidates has narrowed the possibilities. 
Full Lunar Eclipse at the Clore Garden of Science

Full Lunar Eclipse at the Clore Garden of Science

12.06.2011
Astrophysics
  This Wednesday evening, June 15, the Clore Garden of Science will be open from 21:00 for a viewing of the lunar eclipse. The event will include...
M51 supernova. Photo: Ilan Manulis, Martin Kraar Observatory

Weizmann Institute Observatory Captures Images of a New Supernova

06.06.2011
Astrophysics, Particle Physics
The exploding star, in a galaxy near ours, shows signs of an atypical composition. 
(l-r) Tal Markus, and Profs. Zeev Vager and Ron Naaman. Putting a spin on it

Spinning off DNA

30.05.2011
Particle Physics, Nanoscience
Biological molecules that twist can sort out electrons by their spin.  
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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