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


Scientists warn that the Earth’s rotation is accelerating, making Wed. shortest in living memory

However, days were significantly shorter between 1 and 2 billion years ago, only 19 hours long.

A mechanical clock

The alchemist of innovation: Prof. Muhammad Y. Bashouti’s pioneering research at BGU

"I will keep searching for answers": Prof. Bashouti’s nanotech innovations at BGU pave the way to the future.

 PROF. MUHAMMAD Y. BASHOUTI: On the cutting edge at BGU.

WATCH: 'They teach you to think outside the box'

Joel Bar-El, Chairman & Co-Founder of Trax retail and TAU alumnus in conversation with Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post.

 Joel Bar-El, Chairman & Co-Founder, Trax Retail and Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post

Supernovae give rise to black holes or neutron stars, finds Israeli-led team

The connection was long suspected, but the direct link was elusive until now.

 An artistic illustration of a black hole in space.

New findings about the early universe - 50 million years after the Big Bang

Tel Aviv University astronomical breakthrough: The history and contents of the universe can be determined using radio telescopes on the moon.

 This artist’s impression shows a distant gas cloud that contains different chemical elements, illustrated here with schematic representations of various atoms.

The 'demon particle': Have scientists discovered the impossible? - study

Massless, invisible demon quasiparticles may help scientists better understand how superconductivity works.

 Atom (illustrative)

US researchers decipher secrets behind Benjamin Franklin’s paper money

Not only Poor Richard’s Almanack and Pennsylvania Gazette – American founding father Benjamin Franklin also worked to prevent the counterfeiting of Colonial bills.

 Prof. Khachatur Manukyan and his team employed cutting-edge spectroscopic and imaging instruments to get a closer look than ever at the inks, paper and fibers that made Benjamin Franklin’s bills distinctive and hard to replicate.

For first time, scientists use neutrinos to create 'ghostly' map of Milky Way

The new mapping method may allow astronomers to study previously obscured parts of the galaxy and of the universe.

 An artist’s composition of the Milky Way seen through a neutrino lens (blue).

Israeli astrophysicists may have solved the mystery of early massive galaxies

A new theoretical model made by Israeli astrophysicists reveals an excess of massive galaxies, in contrast to previously accepted theories.

 Artist's impression of the surroundings of a supermassive black hole (Illustrative).

How does Jupiter appear in different colors?

Magnetic oscillations produce the different colored bands and interact with the massive storms on Jupiter's surface.

 This photo of Jupiter, taken from the Hubble Space Telescope on June 27, 2019, features the Great Red Spot, a storm the size of Earth that has been raging for hundreds of years.