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Seeing Things Differently: The Secret Life of Our Eyes
Seeing Things Differently: The Secret Life of Our Eyes

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Jan 24, 2023... “Seeing eye to eye” is an expression of harmony, but do different people literally see the same things in the external world? “The short answer is – no,” says Dr. Liron Gruber. “Even the same person sees the same thing differently each time they look at it,” adds Prof. Ehud Ahissar.
After Weizmann mathematicians (headed by Prof. Shimon Ullman) established that a computer algorithm was much worse than humans at interpreting image fragments, Gruber and Ahissar built upon these findings. In an earlier study, they were able to show that, contrary to the widely accepted view, the human eye does not work like a camera, taking passive snapshots. In the new study, Gruber and Ahissar teamed up with computer scientist Ullman to put human vision to the test.

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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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