Physics

Why trusting physics, not politics, once kept Iran in check - opinion

We backed the Iran nuclear deal not out of trust in Tehran but trust in physics. A decade later, Iran’s program is stronger, and the cost of abandoning diplomacy is clear.

People protest against the nuclear deal reached with Iran before U.S. Vice President Joe Biden meets with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center to discuss the deal on Sept. 3, 2015 in Davie, Florida.
A woman sleeping with her shoes on

Physicists pinpoint mechanism behind familiar basketball shoes squeak

A MEMBER of a neo-Nazi party gives a salute outside a speech by Richard Spencer on the campus of Michigan State University on March 5

Schrödinger’s Jew: How antisemitism is more absurd than quantum mechanics - opinion

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A revolution in the skies: How a curved wing saves airlines millions of dollars


Black hole photo bolsters Einstein's theory of general relativity

Einstein's theory just got a whole lot harder to beat.

First ever image of a black hole

Technion researchers reveal mini-tornados in fluid jets in world first

The phenomenon in practice can be seen in the way a jet of water from a faucet bends when run across the surface of a spoon.

Coandă jet (blue) flowing over a curved surface.

Scientists identify 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus

"Our work shows that some of that interior heat is still able to reach the surface even today. Venus is clearly not so geologically dead or dormant as previously thought."

Two coronae, ring-like structures formed when hot material from deep inside the planet rises through the mantle and erupts through the crust, are observed on the surface of Venus in a 3-D rendition provided to Reuters July 20, 2020. The one of the left, named Aramaiti, is one of at least 37 coronae

Bar-Ilan University hones the power of multiple magnetic states

These types of advancements could be used towards storing data, magnetic sensing as well as neuromorphic computing.

Bar-Ilan University researchers have shown that relatively simple magnetic thin film structures of N crossing ellipses can support two to the power of 2N magnetic states -- much greater than previously thought -- and demonstrated switching between the states with spin currents.

TAU team controls terahertz waves to better detect cavities, explosives

The team’s discovery could lead to the development of novel methods of non-destructive analysis in arenas ranging from medicine to security, including identifying dental caries or explosive devices.

Shay Keren-Zur, May Tal, and Prof. Tal Ellenbogen

Fix climate crisis because Earth is all we've got, Physics Nobel prize winner says

"So we better spend our time and energy trying to fix it than trying to imagine that we will ... destroy it and leave it," he said.

Nobel laureates attend a news conference at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm

Handwritten letter by Albert Einstein up for auction in Jerusalem

The letter, written in June 1950, addresses Ernst Gabor Strauss' concerns over Einstein's Theory of Everything

Albert Einstein receiving from Judge Phillip Forman his certificate of American citizenship.

Israel ready to host the 2019 International Physics Olympiad

Delegates from 78 countries from Europe, Asia and the Americas will participate in the competition.

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