Motty Highbloom

Prof. Dan Schachman, who serves as Chairman of the Wolf Prize Foundation, Prof. Moti Haiblum, President of the State Yitzhak Herzog and Minister of Education Yoav Kish. Photo by Press Office, Wolf Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Physics for 2025: Recognition of quantum computing researchers, including Prof. Motti Heiblum of the Weizmann Institute

Prof. Jayendra Jain, Prof. Moti Haiblum and Prof. James Eisenstein won the prestigious award for their contributions to understanding the unique properties of two-dimensional electron systems in strong magnetic fields, and in particular in studying the fractional quantum Hall effect.
An electrical resistance greater than zero was measured in a fractional quantum Hall system that is not polarized, as a result of particles moving against the current

On the edge, against the current

The experimental setup for examining the thermal conductivity of electrons participating in the quantum Hall effect

almost perfect

From right to left: Amir Rosenblatt, Dr. Mitali Banerjee, Dr. Diana Mehlo, Prof. Adi Stern, Dr. Vladimir Umansky, Prof. Yuval Org and Prof. Moti Haiblum. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

regular doses of heat

Collision of matter and antimatter. Illustration: shutterstock

Matter and anti-matter - matter and its opposite

Imaginary particles. Illustration: Weizmann Institute magazine

currents of energy

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Imaginary particles in a quantum world