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Illusteration: Looking Back on the Institute’s environmental studies

Looking Back, Seeing the Future

01.05.2004

Environment, Environment, Energy, Chemistry, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

We offer here a brief history of the Institute’s environmental studies and a look at the future generation of environmental researchers trained at Weizmann

Biological Computer Diagnoses Cancer and Produces the Drug -- in a Test Tube

Biological Computer Diagnoses Cancer and Produces the Drug -- in a Test Tube

28.04.2004

Biochemistry, Math & Computer Science, Mathematics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Weizmann Institute scientist’s vision: Microscopic computers will function inside living tissues, performing diagnosis and administering treatment.

Salty Scans

Salty Scans

15.04.2004

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Wet Scans

Wet Scans

15.04.2004

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

A Rose By Any Other Name

A Rose By Any Other Name

15.04.2004

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Research at the Weizmann Institute yields clues to the question: “Do we experience seeing in the same way as others?” A rose is a rose is a rose, but do we and the artist and poet all see the...

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:"Buckyball" discovery

Nano Materials

01.03.2004

They sound like characters in a miniature fantasyland: fullerene, nanotube and quantum dot. But these and other nanosized particles may give rise to a host of real-life technologies.

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 personal computer, phone, and wireless web wrapped...

Illustration: Biologists and miniaturized humans

Nano Biology

01.03.2004

Having devised nanomachines capable of manipulating single atoms and molecules and begun to apply these technofeats to modify the material world around us, scientists are now shifting their gaze...

New Type of Nanotube Made of Gold or Silver Created

New Type of Nanotube Made of Gold or Silver Created

26.01.2004

Materials Science

Weizmann Institute scientists have created a new type of nanotube built of gold, silver and other nanoparticles. The tubes exhibit unique electrical, optical and other properties, depending on...

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