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Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the future of humanity.
Feb 11, 2019...
Prof. Oded Aharonson and the Beresheet lunar craft
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—February 11, 2019—After an enterprise lasting nearly a decade, the Israeli unmanned Moon ... Read more
Dec 15, 2015... Five Gregory School students will travel to Israel to participate in the Shalheveth Freier International Physics Tournament this April. The team will build a sa ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/when-the-earth-shakes/
Sep 01, 2003... How many people can say that their job is directly related to those long, glorious days of childhood, when the only responsibility you had was to be home in tim ... Read more
Jul 23, 2015...
Six of eight atomic ions trappedin a quantum state in the lab of Dr. Roee Ozeri
As large objects, we’re limited to existing in one place, and one state, at ... Read more
Dec 13, 2011... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—December 13, 2011— Today’s announcement from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva points to promising signs for the existence of th ... Read more
Jan 21, 2019... Under general relativity, a black hole is inescapable. Once something travels beyond the event horizon into the heart of the black hole, there’s no return. So i ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/xenon1t-dark-matter-experiment-launched/
Nov 12, 2015...
The Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory’s Hall B, with illuminated building and water tank in the back
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 12, 2015—There is five times ... Read more
Mar 28, 2018...
Prof. Avishay Gal-Yam
Many stars die with a whimper, subsiding into cool, small stars, but the most massive go out with a bang. These giants produce elemen ... Read more
Jun 19, 2017... The Spring Citadel was excavated in the City of David National Park by dozens of researchers led by Professor Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa and Eli Shu ... Read more
Feb 24, 2020... In October 2019, Google announced that its quantum computer, Sycamore, had done a calculation in three minutes and 20 seconds that would have taken the world’s ... Read more
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