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W particle produced in a collision in the ATLAS experiment, triggered by Weizmann-made detectors (red lines). Image: the ATLAS Experiment at CERN

Where Does Mass Come From?

30.08.2010
Particle Physics
The hunt is on for solving the riddle of the source of mass in the Universe  
(l-r) Dr. Roee Ozeri, Profs. Adi Stern, Yaron Silberberg and Nir Davidson

Will Quantum Physics Revolutionize the Digital World?

30.08.2010
Quantum Physics
Computers based on quantum mechanics might complete, reasonably quickly, calculations that would take today’s computers a million years
Structure of GroEL, a barrel-shaped molecular machine found in bacterial cells that helps proteins fold; from the lab of Profs. Gilad Haran and Amnon Horowitz

How Can We Get to Know a Single Photon, Atom or Molecule?

30.08.2010
Space & Physics, Nanoscience
  The role of solitary molecules in electronics is likely to grow as the size of components continues to shrink
Three-dimensional structure of an enzyme, serum paraoxonase (PON1), which has been mutated in the lab of Prof. Dan Tawfik through directed evolution to endow the enzyme with new functions

What Makes Proteins Tick?

30.08.2010
Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
From solving the structure of crystallized proteins to creating computer simulations of protein dynamics, Institute scientists employ a wide variety...
An Explosive Pair

An Explosive Pair

20.05.2010
Space & Physics
The discovery of a new type of supernova may shed light on some universal mysteries  
Distribution of skeletal proteins in an artificial membrane resembling a long bacteria: The spontaneous curvature of the proteins (purple) drives them to move together to form rings that coalesce, increasingly constricting the membrane

A Prize for Crossing Boundaries

01.05.2010
Space & Physics, Structural Biology
"Multidisciplinary research" takes on new meaning in one student's work  
The Big Blow-Up

The Big Blow-Up

03.12.2009
Astrophysics
The first observations of the explosion of a star around 200 times the size of our sun reveals a new type of supernova    
Prof. Mordehai Milgrom

Looking Forward to interpreting the movements of galaxies

01.11.2009
Astrophysics, Quantum Physics
Prof. Mordehai Milgrom: "Of course, I enjoy the recognition brought about by my discoveries; but what is much more gratifying to me is the process I...
Dr. Avishay Gal-Yam

Looking Forward for revealing how stars explode

01.11.2009
Astrophysics
Dr. Avishay Gal-Yam: "We've already discovered two new types of supernovae and continue to search for more. As we take part in the international...
Prof. Yoseph Imry

Looking Forward to envisioning free-flowing electric current

01.11.2009
Quantum Physics
Prof. Yoseph Imry: "Soon after the Weizmann Institute was founded, my friends and I rode our bikes from Tel Aviv to Rehovot to visit the new...

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