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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.
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/jerusalem-girls-win-the-telescope/
Mar 07, 2016...
South Korean astronaut Yi So-yeon (center) and two members of the winning team from Jerusalem’s Pelech Religious Experimental High School for Girls
A class ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/deadly-floods-will-be-the-new-normal/
Nov 13, 2017... Global warming will bring deadly storms to Britain and the United States by 2100, a study has found. In warming climates, mid-latitude storms will travel furthe ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/blowing-in-the-stellar-wind/
May 21, 2014... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 21, 2014—When a supernova – the explosion of a giant star – was discovered last year, astrophysicists, with the help of telescopes around th ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/xenon1t-team-sets-limits/
May 30, 2018...
Inside the XENON1T water shield
Dr. Ran Budnik and his team at the Weizmann Institute of Science joined 165 researchers from 27 research institutes around ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/light-exchange/
Sep 04, 2018... Prof. Barak Dayan and his quantum optics lab group. From l-r: Gabi Guendelman, Dor Korn, Niv Drucker, Tal Ohana, Prof. Dayan, Moran Netser, Ziva Aqua, Ori Mor, ... Read more
Oct 30, 2014... Over 40 teams from around the world competed in the Weizmann Institute's 19th International Safecracking Tournament. The competition challenges high school stud ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/colder-and-colder/
Dec 17, 2017...
HEALTH & SCIENCE. (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
When investigating atoms, scientists face a challenge – at room temperature, individual atoms in a gas ha ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/atoms-feel-new-force/
Oct 19, 2017...
N. Matzliah et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. (2017)
Atoms can be pushed, pulled, and trapped using laser beams. The light imparts an optical force on the atom that ... Read more
Mar 02, 2020... The concept of time crystals comes from the realm of counterintuitive mind-melding physics ideas that may actually turn out to have real-world applications. Now ... Read more
Nov 14, 2017...
Storm. (photo credit:ILAN SHOCHAT)
For decades, the Earth’s climate zones have shifted toward the poles due to global warming – and they will continue to d ... Read more
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