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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/higher-end-lower-cost
March 11, 2014
The goal: To create photovoltaic cells that are highly efficient, easy to produce and economical enough to put on every rooftop. If new materials that have recently come onto the solar cell scene live up to their promise, that goal could possibly be met within the n...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/acting-locally-reporting-globally
March 12, 2014
The smallest devices for storing information are qubits – quantum bits. Qubits are all around us – they are in the nuclei of atoms, for example. The trick is to learn to read and use the information they contain. One technology that reads the information in quantum systems i...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/goblet-cells-get-their-germs
March 12, 2014
Inside our digestive system, a thin layer of cells forms one of the body’s most important lines of defense. These cells – the epithelial cells – stand between a population of gut bacteria, the microbiota, which form one of the densest microbial ecosystems on the planet, and...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciencesscience-culture/seeing-unseen
March 18, 2014
Corals are far from the “living rocks” they are sometimes taken to be. Invisible Coral Flows, which won first place in the photography category of the 2013 Science/National Science Foundation International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge, capture...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/backup
April 3, 2014
Every cell has an entire legion of translators providing their crucial service. The work of these highly specialized molecules must be efficient yet accurate; research sho...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/interview-sivan-refaely-abramson-–-mother-major-materials-science-student
April 3, 2014
Sivan Refaely-Abramson is a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Leeor Kronik, Head of the Materials and Interfaces Department. She is 32 years old, married and mother of two. Refaely-Abramson is also a major in an army reserve operations unit. Q: What does yo...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/break-signal
April 3, 2014
The story of the boy who cried “wolf” is more than just a fairy tale. In the story, the more he cried out, the less attention the villagers paid to his cries. That phenomenon, we now kn...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/cooperating-clean-future
April 3, 2014
“Imagine filling up your tank with metal powders and hydrogen. Or maybe lighting your house with batteries that were charged earlier in the day by wind and solar power. I believe this is the future of energy storage.” says Sabrina Sartori, a visiting professor...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/gaining-potential
May 1, 2014
Stem cells, we know, are highly variable. In the embryo, these cells are capable of giving rise to all the types of mature functional cells in the body; the more limited types of adult stem...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teachingcampus/tale-two-tutors
April 9, 2014
PERACH, the student tutoring program initiated at the Weizmann Institute by a few students and their adviser in 1972, is stronger than ever. Last year, some 22,000 university students took up the challenge of tutoring disadvantaged or needy schoolchildren. Since 1991, the program...
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