Protecting Our Planet
Basic Science for a Clean Energy Future: The Alternative Energy Research Initiative
Prof. David Cahen addresses the urgent need to develop new sources of energy and the Weizmann Institute’s proactive approach to the issue.
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“Cooling” Forests can Heat, Too: The energy budget of a forest includes significant heat reserves
Weizmann scientists have found that the Yatir Forest directly absorbs and retains heat, thus complicating the idea that forests help cool the earth by removing CO2.
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Don't Bury It, Recycle It!
Short-term solutions to carbon dioxide emissions, a main culprit in global warming, include such schemes as burying carbon dioxide from smokestacks deep in the ground...
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Power without Pollution
Prof. Igor Lubomirsky looks for clean ways to meet the world’s demand for energy, while also researching methods for distributing wind and solar power.
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Cross Flow
Researchers from Weizmann, Stanford Uni. and Jordan, have joined forces, through a NATO Program, to study how water flows and mixes in the body of water that lies...
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Basic Science for a Clean Energy Future: The Alternative Energy Research Initiative
Prof. David Cahen addresses the urgent need to develop new sources of energy and the Weizmann Institute’s proactive approach to the issue.
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Developing Better Solar Cells
Scientists from the Weizmann Institute are exploring new methods for making solar cells a viable energy source.