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Atlanta Jewish Academy Students Crack Code
Atlanta Jewish Academy Students Crack Code

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Mar 31, 2016... (Photo courtesy of Jonah Queen) Atlanta Jewish Academy students (from left) Daniella Sokol, Joshua Bland, Jesse Cann and Jonathan Bashary prepare for the physics challenge. Not pictured is team member Maia Dori.
Five students from the Atlanta Jewish Academy Upper School are heading to Israel to complete Tuesday and Wednesday, April 5 and 6, in a real-life application of physics against fellow Jewish students from the North America, Europe and Israel.

TAGS: Community, Education, Physics

Explosive Material: The Making of a Supernova
Explosive Material: The Making of a Supernova

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Mar 15, 2017... In the most common type of supernova, the iron core of a massive star suddenly collapses in on itself and the outer layers are thrown out into space in a spectacular explosion. New research led by Weizmann Institute of Science researchers shows that the stars that become these “core-collapse supernovae” might exhibit instability for several months before the big event, spewing material into space and creating a dense gas shell around themselves. The scientists think that many massive stars, including the red super-giants that are the most common progenitors of the core-collapse supernovae, may begin the process this way.

TAGS: Astrophysics, Space, Physics

Physics on the Edge – Dr. Efi Efrati
Physics on the Edge – Dr. Efi Efrati

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Jul 03, 2019... Meet Dr. Efi Efrati, a member of the Department of Physics of Complex Systems. Dr. Efrati speaks about his research on “geometric frustration,” a physical state that could help us understand a host of phenomena—from the behavior of plastics to how living tissue remodels itself. His work may lead to the design of new materials, improved surgical procedures, and more. Find out why Dr. Efrati believes the Weizmann Institute is “the best place to do science in Israel … perhaps in the world.”

TAGS: Biology, Physics, Materials

Making Science Cool: The Weizmann Institute’s International Safe-Cracking Tournament
Making Science Cool: The Weizmann Institute’s International Safe-Cracking Tournament

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/making-science-cool-the-weizmann-institute-s-international-safe-cracking-tournament/

Aug 06, 2015... Imagine a competition that takes education out of the classroom and brings science to life. Since 1995, the Weizmann Institute’s International Shalheveth Freier Physics Tournament has done just that, transforming the lives of students around the world.
This exciting competition challenges teams of high school students (juniors and seniors) to design impenetrable safes. Over a period of six months, each team works collaboratively to build a locking mechanism for a standard wooden box, based on the laws of physics. Teams are encouraged to get creative with their designs, adding anything from lasers to water, string, ping pong balls, and other objects to make the locking device “uncrackable.” Then, ​each spring, the students travel to the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, for the final round of the tournament, in which teams compete to unlock one another’s safes by solving the underlying physics riddles.

TAGS: Community, Education, Physics

From Rehovot to Jupiter: Weizmann Science in Space
From Rehovot to Jupiter: Weizmann Science in Space

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Aug 01, 2016... Headed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Juno’s mission is to “improve our understanding of the solar system’s beginnings by revealing the origin and evolution of Jupiter.” (Learn more at NASA’s Juno website.)
By learning about the mysterious weather on the giant planet – including the massive, ancient storm known as the Great Red Spot – ​and revealing Jupiter’s structure via magnetic and gravitational measurements, the international consortium of scientists hopes to understand how our corner of the universe was formed.

TAGS: Astrophysics, Space, Physics

It’s a Stretch: Giving Direction to Blood Vessels
It’s a Stretch: Giving Direction to Blood Vessels

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Dec 14, 2018... In this work, the team studies vascular networks formed by a coculture of fibroblasts and endothelial cells embedded in three-dimensional biomaterials experiencing external, physiologically relevant forces. (© ACS)
Israeli scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science recently combined one group’s expertise in tissue engineering with the other’s expertise in the physics of complex systems to understand in detail how mechanical forces can direct the orientation of developing blood vessels.

TAGS: Biochemistry, Biology, Physics, Materials, Blood

Science Tips, July 2014
Science Tips, July 2014

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-tips-july-2014/

Jul 28, 2014... Using the body’s natural virus killers to prevent and treat HIV infection has been problematic until now because of the strong inflammatory response these molecules can stimulate as they get rid of the invaders. Now, collaborative research conducted by scientists at the Weizmann Institute and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have demonstrated how suppressing the activity of these molecules – interferons – around the time of infection could have long-term implications for the course of the disease. Their research appeared in Nature.

TAGS: Genetics, Biochemistry, Physics, Evolution, Immune system, Virus, Quantum theory, Fertility

A Multiple-Impact Origin for the Moon
A Multiple-Impact Origin for the Moon

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/a-multiple-impact-origin-for-the-moon/

Jan 09, 2017... The formation of the Moon has remained something of a puzzle. A leading theory proposes a cataclysmic impact involving a Mars-sized object and a young Earth. But there are some inconsistencies with this scenario. A new study at the Weizmann Institute of Science, based on hundreds of simulations run on a computer cluster, suggests that a more plausible chain of events might involve a number of run-ins with smaller objects. This would have produced smaller moonlets that would have eventually coalesced into the single Moon we have today. The research appeared in Nature Geoscience.

TAGS: Astrophysics, Space, Physics

Israeli Scientist Helps Discover “A Whole New Jupiter”
Israeli Scientist Helps Discover “A Whole New Jupiter”

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/israeli-scientist-helps-discover-a-whole-new-jupiter/

May 28, 2017... This artist’s concept shows the pole-to-pole orbits of NASA’s Juno spacecraft at Jupiter. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI
Less than a year into its planned three-year study of the planet Jupiter, NASA’s Juno research spacecraft  already has revealed or confirmed facts that the Juno Science Team – including Yohai Kaspi of Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science – could only guess at previously.

TAGS: Astrophysics, Space, Technology, Physics

Breaking the Ice in Search of Cosmic Answers
Breaking the Ice in Search of Cosmic Answers

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/breaking-the-ice-in-search-of-cosmic-answers/

Jun 25, 2012... Hagar Landsman-Peles and flags at the South Pole. Photo by Hagar Landsman-Peles
A year and a half ago, after almost a decade of construction, a unique particle detector known as the IceCube Neutrino Observatory was inaugurated at the South Pole.
Particle detectors are meant to smoke out the smallest units of high energy, and this observatory hosts thousands of small detectors, buried in 86 holes, 1.5 to 2.5 kilometers deep across a square kilometer of Antarctic tundra.

TAGS: Astrophysics, Physics

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