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Answering a Question That Has Bugged Ecologists for Decades
Answering a Question That Has Bugged Ecologists for Decades

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Feb 03, 2023... REHOVOT, ISRAEL— February 3, 2023 Arthropods crawl and buzz around us in the wild and on farmlands, on the street and at home, under our floors and in our plumbing systems, even in our food and on our bodies. But while we often are inconvenienced by this group of invertebrates – which comprises more than a million species, including all insects – their absence would be catastrophic: Arthropods are ecosystem engineers that pollinate our crops, turn over agricultural soils and sustain an enormous diversity of predators, from warblers to wolverines, that feed on them directly or indirectly.

TAGS: Environment, Climate change, Plants, Biology, Earth, Nature

NASA to Launch Israel’s First Space Telescope Mission, ULTRASAT
NASA to Launch Israel’s First Space Telescope Mission, ULTRASAT

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Feb 21, 2023... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—FEBRUARY 21, 2023 NASA will launch Israel’s first space telescope – the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite, or ULTRASAT – into high-Earth orbit in early 2026, as part of a newly signed partnership between United States’ NASA and Israel's Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology.
ULTRASAT, a premier project of the Israel Space Agency (ISA) in the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science, is expected to revolutionize scientists’ ability to detect and analyze transient events in the universe, such as neutron star mergers and supernova explosions.

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The Quantum Twisting Microscope: A New Lens on Quantum Materials
The Quantum Twisting Microscope: A New Lens on Quantum Materials

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Feb 22, 2023... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—FEBRUARY 22, 2023 One of the striking aspects of the quantum world is that a particle, say, an electron, is also a wave, meaning that it exists in many places at the same time. In a new study, reported today in Nature, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science make use of this property to develop a new type of tool – the quantum twisting microscope (QTM) – that can create novel quantum materials while simultaneously gazing into the most fundamental quantum nature of their electrons. The study’s findings may be used to create electronic materials with unprecedented functionalities.

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Weizmann Institute scientists discover tool for the science of twistronics
Weizmann Institute scientists discover tool for the science of twistronics

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Feb 22, 2023... One of the striking aspects of the quantum world is that a particle is also a wave. Quantum particles exist in many places and forms at the same time.
In a study titled “The Quantum Twisting Microscope” just published in the journal Nature, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot made use of this property to develop a new type of tool – the quantum twisting microscope (QTM) – that can create novel quantum materials while simultaneously gazing into the most fundamental nature of their electrons. The study’s findings may be used to create electronic materials with unprecedented functionalities.

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Across the Universe: Israeli Tech to Reach Deep Space for the First Time
Across the Universe: Israeli Tech to Reach Deep Space for the First Time

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Apr 14, 2023... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—April 13, 2023 — The journey to Jupiter has begun. The European Space Agency’s unmanned spacecraft JUICE (short for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) is launching today from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. JUICE’s voyage, the ESA’s most ambitious mission to date, will be particularly lengthy: Upon reaching Jupiter’s orbit by 2031, it will embark on a four-year mission to investigate three of Jupiter’s moons – Callisto, Europa and Ganymede – as well as the composition of Jupiter’s atmosphere

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ESA's JUICE Mission: Israeli technology to head to Jupiter
ESA's JUICE Mission: Israeli technology to head to Jupiter

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Apr 13, 2023... The European Space Agency's (ESA) landmark JUICE mission is set to depart for Jupiter on Thursday, April 13 – and some Israeli-made technology is on for the ride.
The Israeli participation is funded by the Israel Space Agency, which is under the auspices of the Science and Technology Ministry.
The JUICE mission, which stands for Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer, is set to embark on a 900 million-kilometer journey to the largest planet in the solar system, where it will spend four years exploring the moons of Ganymede, Callisto and Europa.

TAGS: Astrophysics, Space, Water, Earth, Collaborations

The Weight of Responsibility: Biomass of Livestock Dwarfs That of Wild Mammals
The Weight of Responsibility: Biomass of Livestock Dwarfs That of Wild Mammals

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Apr 26, 2023... We often think that our world is an infinite realm comprising great plains, jungles, and oceans, teeming with wild animals featured in memorable nature shows like the BBC’s Planet Earth. But the first global census of wild mammal biomass, conducted by Weizmann Institute of Science researchers, reveals the extent to which our natural world – along with its most iconic animals – is a vanishing one.
An earlier, widely-discussed study by researchers from Prof. Ron Milo’s lab in Weizmann’s Plant and Environmental Sciences Department showed that in 2020, the mass of human-made objects – anything from skyscrapers to newspapers – had surpassed the planet’s entire biomass, from redwood trees to honeybees. In the latest study, the researchers offer a new perspective on humanity’s rapidly increasing impact on our planet, seen in the ratio between humans and domesticated mammals, and wild mammals.

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Prof. Ilan Koren Studies How Climate Change Affects Clouds
Prof. Ilan Koren Studies How Climate Change Affects Clouds

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May 04, 2023... How will climate change affect clouds, which are an important component of the climate system? At this critical point for planet Earth, the role of science and its ability to provide transformative scientific solutions to our planet’s most pressing crisis is pivotal. Weizmann Institute scientists are tackling core issues affecting climate change and are engaged in sustainability research that is driven by an unprecedented sense of urgency. For the future of humanity

TAGS: Environment, Climate change, Water, Earth, Weather, Nature

Prof. Leeor Kronik Studies Materials that Can Harness Solar Energy and Self Heal
Prof. Leeor Kronik Studies Materials that Can Harness Solar Energy and Self Heal

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/prof-leeor-kronik-studies-materials-that-can-harness-solar-energy-and-self-heal/

May 04, 2023... How can intelligent use of the sun's energy help deal with climate change? At this critical point for planet Earth, the role of science and its ability to provide transformative scientific solutions to our planet’s most pressing crisis is pivotal. Weizmann Institute scientists are tackling core issues affecting climate change and are engaged in sustainability research that is driven by an unprecedented sense of urgency. For the future of humanity

TAGS: Environment, Climate change, Earth, Solar power, Nature, Intelligent Materials

Dr. Yael Kiro Studies the Dead Sea to Better Understand Global Warming
Dr. Yael Kiro Studies the Dead Sea to Better Understand Global Warming

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/video-gallery/dr-yael-kiro-studies-the-dead-sea-to-better-understand-global-warming/

May 04, 2023... The Dead Sea and Global Warming - Weizmann Institute researchers study what happened to the Dead Sea levels 120,000 years ago to predict what will happen in the future due to climate changes. At this critical point for planet Earth, the role of science and its ability to provide transformative scientific solutions to our planet’s most pressing crisis is pivotal. Weizmann Institute scientists are tackling core issues affecting climate change and are engaged in sustainability research that is driven by an unprecedented sense of urgency. For the future of humanity

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