Space & Physics

NMR - The Movie

NMR - The Movie

24.02.2003

Space & Physics, Chemistry

Ten construction workers will often get a job done faster than one. But in digging a deep well, for instance, ten workers are a waste of human...

Radiation-Resistant Organism Reveals Its Defense Strategies

Radiation-Resistant Organism Reveals Its Defense Strategies

09.01.2003

Space & Physics, Viruses & Microorganisms, Organic Chemistry

The secret to its strength is a ring Weizmann Institute scientists have found what makes the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans the most...

Simulation of a collision between two stars. Simulations by Dr. Tal Alexander, Weizmann Institute of Science

Zooming Star Points to Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way

16.10.2002

The scientists tracked, for the first time, a star completing an orbit around a known unusual source of radiation (a black hole candidate) in the...

Dr. Vladimir Umansky, Prof. Moty Heiblum, Dr. Yungchul Chung, and Dr. Diana Mahalu. Negotiating skills

The Physics of Bargaining

01.10.2002

Particle Physics

What hidden logic allows nature to bend its own rules?

Left: One sting divides into two. Right: two strings unite

Pulling the Strings

01.10.2002

Particle Physics, Theoretical Physics

String theory is music to physicists' ears

Prof. Eli Waxman

A Window of Opportunity in the Sky

01.05.2002

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Particle detectors twice the size of the Eiffel Tower sunk deep in the Antarctic ice may be the next frontier in space exploration

Dr. Michael Elbaum

Opening the Gates

01.01.2002

Space & Physics, Life Sciences, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Materials Science

Dr. Michael Elbaum of the Weizmann Institute’s Material and Interfaces Department studies the passage of molecules through the cell’s...

Dr. Nir Davidson

Atoms in the Dark

01.01.2002

Particle Physics

What precisely happens when an atom sheds its particle form and changes into a wavy guise? When does this happen and why? These basic questions, at...

Prof. Yaron Silberberg

Secrets of the Third Harmony

01.01.2002

Lasers & Optics

Prof. Yaron Silberberg, the Head of the Weizmann Institute’s Physics of Complex Systems Department, has a vision: to take a penetrating look inside...

Structure of a retinal protein (purple) and its key co-worker (blue)

The Chemistry of Vision

01.01.2002

Particle Physics, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Organic Chemistry

It was long believed that the rotation of the "retinal molecule" was the first stage in vision. However, Prof. Mordechai Sheves of the Weizmann...

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