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A Glimpse at the Origins of Life Through a Deceptive Mirror
19.05.2026
Particle Physics, Nanoscience, Organic Chemistry, Evolution and Development

Scientists may have solved a 150-year-old puzzle about why life favors one mirror-image molecule over another

Prof. Ron Naaman
Prof. Ron Naaman
08.08.2021

Prof. Ron Naaman has been elected a Member of the Academia Europaea and Admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
 

Prof. Ron Naaman
Prof. Ron Naaman
01.12.2019

Prof. Ron Naaman is the recipient of the Meitner Humboldt Research Award

Opposite Attraction: Magnets Separate Mirror-Image Crystals
Opposite Attraction: Magnets Separate Mirror-Image Crystals
09.09.2019
Materials Science

The method may be used to purify drugs and numerous other chemicals 

spin up, spin down
Putting a Spin on Safer Drugs, Fertilizers and Pesticides
07.06.2018
Nano Physics, Nanoscience

Sorting out right- and left-handed molecules magnetically could improve industrial processes

chiral molecules select electron spins
Controlling Electron Spin for Efficient Water Splitting
13.02.2017
Nano Physics, Quantum Physics, Energy, Nanoscience, Materials Science

The method could lead to solar-based production of hydrogen for fuel 

Dr. Sidney Cohen
Staff Scientist: Dr. Sidney Cohen
10.10.2016
Nanoscience, Materials Science, Science Teaching

A chemist takes on the challenge of online science education

chiral spin selection
Spin Filters
20.06.2016
Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

Biological molecules may hold the key to “spintronic” applications

Prof. Ron Naaman
Prof. Ron Naaman
09.12.2014

Prof. Ron Naaman was awarded the Kolthoff Prize from the Technion

 
Prof. Hasan Dweik of Al-Quds University (left), Dr. Ami Shalit, Director of the Feinberg Graduate School (left, upper row) and students from Al-Quds and Weizmann, participants in the Social Sciences and Humanitarian Affairs Master’s Program of the Sapienza University of Rome, at the Weizmann Institute of Science several years ago
A Bridge to Peace
02.02.2014
Materials Science, Structural Biology, Science Teaching

Israeli and Arab scientists meet over chemistry

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