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Materials science

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Crystal Grow?
08.06.2020

Weizmann Institute Scientists have created unique, paradoxical, “yo-yo” crystals   

each point in a carefully designed nematic elastomer sheet deforms along its pre-programmed direction
18.06.2019

What do unique liquid-crystal materials and wrinkle formation have in common? Dr. Hillel Aharoni investigates

Heat release in graphene. Zeldov lab
04.01.2018

Ultra-precise measurement of the energy released by electrons in graphene reveal a new atomic scale heating mechanism 

wavy trajectory
23.08.2017

What happens at the moving edge of crack?

Beneath the Surface
01.01.2014

Surprises awaited physicists probing the “filling” of a unique “sandwich”

Prof. Valeri Krongauz
12.09.2010
In the 1960s, Institute scientists discovered photochromism, a reversible change in the color of materials due to exposure to light...
Scanning electron microscope image of a sea urchin spine undergoing repair after breakage.
30.08.2010

 

Scientists look to biology to learn how living organisms create the amazing variety of forms and substances...

illustration: Sunshine
17.08.2010

Research at the Institute is increasing the efficiency of photovoltaics

Sea urchin digging teeth are designed to stay sharp
04.05.2009

Sea urchins dig themselves hiding holes in the limestone of the ocean floor using teeth that don’t...

(l-r) Profs. Stephen Weiner and Lia Addadi and Julia Mahamid. Like shell, like bone
01.05.2009
Scientists reveal a fleeting stage of bone formation

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