Items tagged with “nanoscience”
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Tubes with a Twist
2009-09-21T12:57:05-04:00
Having set out to study the passage of biological molecules through different membranes, Institute scientists recently came up with something entirely different—a new type of nanotube built of gold, silver, and other ...
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Sensing Material Defects
2009-09-21T12:50:13-04:00
Material failure is a grave concern in man-made structures. Wind, friction, extreme temperatures, and a range of other mechanical and environmental stresses are all in a day's work for planes, bridges, skyscrapers, sate...
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Quasiparticles and Quantum Computers
2009-07-01T18:16:00-04:00
In research that could be a first step toward creating powerful, highly stable quantum computers, Prof. Moty Heiblum's team in the Weizmann Institute's Department of Condensed Matter Physics has demonstrated—for the f...
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Thinking Small
2009-06-01T12:29:00-04:00
Tomorrow's computer might be a quantum one based on the physics of particles smaller than atoms. No one is quite sure what a quantum computer should look like, or even whether it's possible to build a functional one; but s...
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Thin Films on a Scale
2008-06-01T13:05:00-04:00
Time equals money. But so does weight—when it comes to the films used in computers and optical telecommunications. Shaving off pounds from these devices could mean huge benefits for microelectronics as well as for satell...
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Crystal Clear
2008-06-01T13:02:00-04:00
In November 1895, German physics professor Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen was in his laboratory studying light phenomena generated by discharging an electrical current in a vacuum glass tube when, to his utter disbelief, he sudde...
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Scientific Method
2007-12-01T10:19:00-04:00
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Beyond the Parts List
2006-06-01T17:10:00-04:00
A new international project combines nanoscience and mechanics with biology in a new approach to biomedical research Even the most inveterate tinkerer must occasionally consult the instruction manual. Unfo...
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America 2025: Precision Rx
2005-05-02T15:19:00-04:00
In medicine's DNA age, doctors will make pre-emptive, targeted strikes on disease. In one way, medicine hasn't changed much over the millennia: Doctors still wait for patients to feel sick before beginning treatment of an ...
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The President's Report 2004
2004-12-01T06:09:00-04:00
Dear Members of the Weizmann Institute Family, When friends of the Weizmann Institute—and of Israel—ask me for some good news from our region, I have no difficulty in responding. The irrepressible energy and boundless ...
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Just Rolling Along
1997-11-01T04:54:00-04:00
A smooth, friction-free future may be in the offing—for machinery, that is. Prof. Reshef Tenne and his team in the Materials and Interfaces Department have created a new kind of lubricant that promises to cut friction in...