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The Missing Black Holes

22.06.2017
Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Theoretical Physics
Why do we not see midsized black holes in the Universe? 
Physicists

Neutral Particles Pack Heat

03.04.2017
Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics
Proving a 20-year-old theory, scientists show that imaginary particles carry the same energy as real ones
stopwatch 0000

Solving the Quantum Time Problem

20.03.2017
Space & Physics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics, Molecular and Cell Biology
New theoretical research yields surprising conclusions about quantum systems  
friction

Geometry Matters in Friction

04.01.2017
Theoretical Physics, Materials Science
A new theory explains why and how asymmetry in the bulk geometry of sliding bodies can weaken the friction between them
Midge swarm and star cluster

Insect Swarms May Resemble Star Clusters

11.08.2016
Space & Physics, Theoretical Physics, Environment, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A new theory developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Stanford University uses a gravitational model to explain the collective behaviour of...
Staff Scientist: Dr. Ehud Fonio

Staff Scientist: Dr. Ehud Fonio

14.07.2016
Theoretical Physics, Brain & Behavior
What can a physicist learn from ants? 
(l-r) Prof. Elisha Moses, Prof. Menahem Segal and Dr. Yaron Penn

Neuron Networks Lead by Consensus

23.05.2016
Theoretical Physics, Brain & Behavior
Neurons may synchronize their oscillations to produce signals
thermal equilibrium in coffee

Quantum Memories

03.03.2016
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Astrophysics, Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Planetary Science, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics
Weizmann Institute scientists suggest a way around the mixing of information in a quantum system
Prof. Gregory Falkovich. An electric current behaving like a fluid forms a vortex (white arrows) that generates a characteristic circular heat pattern (red and orange)

Against the Current

28.02.2016
Space & Physics, Particle Physics, Theoretical Physics
Can electrons flow like liquid? 
spinning molecules heat up

When Spinning “Superrotors” Collide

08.02.2016
Theoretical Physics
Spinning molecules form a microscopic "centrifuge"

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The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap

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The ions in the center of the cluster are cooled to the lowest temperatures, and can then be further accelerated in the ion beam trap
18.09.2017
Colder and Colder
Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)
18.09.2017
Genomic Recycling: Ancestral Genes Take On New Roles
Cancerous tumor tissue under a microscope:
18.09.2017
Altitude Training for Cancer-Fighting Cells

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