https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/computer-studies
January 1, 1999
The first computers Safety first Improving encryption techniques What's in the picture? Cost-effective communication Random questions provide security and privacy New languages that speed computers Pictures speak more clearly than words...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/mathematics-and-biology
January 1, 1999
A greater understanding of the immune system Danger time for asthma attacks A greater understanding of the immune system The body's immune system comprises a very large number of different elements that carry out defined...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/elementary-particles
January 1, 1999
Unknown particle reveals its identity Why the scatter matters When particles collide Deep, inelastic and important The threshold test From the bottom to the top Tohu-vevohu: confusion and chaos All in the family A new theory of beta decay Discovery of...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/astrophysics
January 1, 1999
The riddle of the neutrino An alternative to dark matter The riddle of the neutrino Institute scientists are participating in attempts to solve one of the major puzzles in physic...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/mesoscopic-physics-between-tangible-and-imaginary
January 1, 1999
Into the twilight zone Electrons go ballistic World record-holders in the electron race Chaos in quantum mechanics Conspicuous by their absence Into the twilight zone Weizmann Institute scientists are among the world's le...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/superconductors
January 1, 1999
Concentrated sunlight creates ceramic superconductors A liquid kind of magnetism Concentrated sunlight creates ceramic superconductors Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without resistance. Potential uses for superco...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/nuclear-physics
January 1, 1999
The energy within The riddle of collective movement The energy within Institute scientists contributed to understanding the structure of atomic nuclei by developing methods for the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/soft-materials
January 1, 1999
Soft, solid or hard? Thin membranes caught in suspended animation Soft, solid or hard? Weizmann Institute scientists developed new theoretical approaches that explain the physical processes causing soft-solid materials to behave like sol...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/statistical-mechanics
January 1, 1999
It's just a phase they're going through Another dimension Are traffic jams only natural? Minuscule magnetism Composite materials: more than the sum of their parts? Measuring recoil-free abs...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/electrooptics
January 1, 1999
Nondestructive testing Diffraction makes a difference All on the surface Increasing the flow of information Nondestructive testing Holography is a lensless photogr...