Department of Particle Physics & Astrophysics

Ranny Budnik, Amos Breskin, and Hagar Landsman, together with other members of the XENON/DARWIN and LUX-ZEPLIN collaborations have now joined forces to work together on the design, construction, and operation of a new, single, multi-tonne scale xenon observatory to explore dark matter

Dr. Noam Tal Hod is developing the next generation of particle detectors

At the Weizmann Institute, examination of electromagnetic radiation produced by August’s neutron star collision is helping to explain how relatively rare heavy elements, such as iodine, uranium and gold, may have been created.

Martin Kushner is a self-described ‘serial science lover’: he and his wife, Miriam, travel to the Weizmann Institute from their home in Mexico City at least once a year, meet with scientists from a variety of fields, and often give philanthropically to many of those they meet.

The massive laboratories where scientists probe the nature of the universe—think the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, or the Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory in Shanghai—can cost millions or even billions of dollars to build.

What would you do if you discovered that a big chunk of the universe is missing?

The e-revolution has generated plenty of super-fast electronics to keep us thoroughly busy with the myriad devices we manage on a daily basis.

Dr. Eran Ofek of the Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics and his colleagues have identified an early-warning system for the violent starbursts called supernovae.