Space & Physics

Prof. Shaul Hanany. The end of the world as we know it

Peeking Back in Time

01.10.2004

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Scientists more or less agree on how the Universe began. But how will it end?

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 1: MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 1: MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION

01.09.2004

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

Contrary to popular belief, getting cancer is not so easy.

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 2: TUMOR GROWTH

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 2: TUMOR GROWTH

01.09.2004

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

Even after a malignant transformation has occurred, the budding tumor is a microscopic lump that doesn’t do much harm until it begins to expand...

Top (l-r): Dr. Ernesto Lozano-Tellechea, Dr. Shesansu Sekhar Pal, Prof. Micha Berkooz, Prof. Ofer Aharony. Middle: Dr. Bartomeu Fiol, Dori Reichmann, Tomer Volansky. Bottom: Assaf Patir, Boaz Katz

Life on a String

31.08.2004

Particle Physics

Physicists are striving to show that all known particles are the product of an ancient component, which they’ve dubbed a “string,” and that all the...

Prof. Lucio Frydman. Ultrafast NMR

NMR - the Movie

01.05.2004

Space & Physics, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Chemistry

New approach captures the “heart of matter” - at record speed

Weizmann Wins International “Pretend Experiment”

Weizmann Wins International “Pretend Experiment”

01.05.2004

Particle Physics

In preparation for the real search for the Higgs boson, physicists around the world practiced finding clues among huge numbers of simulated...

Wet Scans

Wet Scans

15.04.2004

Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Materials Science, Yeda Technology Transfer

The scanning electron microscope (SEM) has been a basic research tool for fifty years, and for those fifty years, scientists have been looking for...

Illustration of Nano: Tools for building a small world

Introduction to Nanoscience

01.03.2004

Space & Physics, Nano Physics, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Tiny dimensions, great expectations. That’s nanoscience in a nutshell

illustration: How “micro” can we go?

Nano Electronics

01.03.2004

Space & Physics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

For decades, “thinking big” in electronics has meant the pursuit of smaller and smaller goals. Only a short while ago, for instance, the idea of a...

Weizmann Institute and Cambridge University Tie for First Place in Physics Competition

Weizmann Institute and Cambridge University Tie for First Place in Physics Competition

05.01.2004

Particle Physics

Over 2,000 physicists from about 50 countries are preparing for an experiment that will take place in CERN (on the Swiss-French border),...

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Hunting Down Giant Viruses That Attack Tiny Algae

Couples Therapy

Couples Therapy

Crystals in zebrafish eye

A Secret Recipe for Colorful and Versatile Animal Crystals

Photo credit: NASA

Stormy Findings and Hot Discoveries

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The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions

A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking

Navigating the Digestive Tract