Physics

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

Schrödinger’s cat is a famous thought experiment used to describe the complex nature of quantum mechanics, but it can also be used to explain the incoherent nature of antisemites.

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

A mechanical clock

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

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

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


What are mysterious cosmic objects shining brighter than the sun?

They produce way more energy than the sun and appear to break a physical boundary called the Eddington limit - now scientist found a possible explanation.

 Swift X-ray observations of galaxy NGC 5408 indicate its ultraluminous X-ray source undergoes periodic changes every 115.5 days. This cycle, astronomers suspect, is linked to the orbit of a donor star around a middleweight black hole, as shown in this artist's view.

How did Earth get its water? Exoplanet research raises new theories

Israeli-born scientist says study is the first step in determining whether there is life on planets beyond our solar system.

Satellite view of Israel and the Middle East

Astrophysicist claims to be close to building a time machine

Professor Mallet spent his life researching time travel in order to be able to go back and visit his dead father - now he claims he invented a time machine.

 A wormhole (illustrative).

The quietest place on earth will drive you insane

In 2015, Microsoft built a room that is now officially designated in the Guinness Book of Records as the quietest place on Earth.

 Radio frequency anechoic chamber, Antennas Research Group, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. The interior surfaces are covered with pyramidal Radiation Absorbent Material (RAM) which are made of rubberized foam impregnated with mixtures of carbon and iron.

Israeli scientists shed light on mysterious matter jets in space - study

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan have re-examined the data and now apparently solved the puzzle.

 An example of a pulsar, a neutron star emitting beams of electromagnetic radiation (Illustrative).

Laser experiment breaks record crossing University of Maryland hallway

The experiment, which made a hole in the wall and fired the laser into the 50-meter long hallway, set a new record

 A laser is sent down a UMD hallway in an experiment to corral light as it makes a 45-meter journey.

The collision of stars rockets scientists' understanding of physics

Scientists have detected cosmic "bursts" which indicate the occurrence of a celestial event where stars collided, merged and collapsed into a black hole.

Artist's impression of neutron stars merging, producing gravitational waves and resulting in a kilonova

New CERN data dismisses apparent anomaly in Standard Model of Physics

While earlier data from CERN found that beauty quarks weren't behaving as expected, new analysis shows the prior data was flawed.

A general view of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment is seen during a media visit at the Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in the French village of Saint-Genis-Pouilly near Geneva in Switzerland, July 23, 2014

'Dark photons' may be what makes up dark matter - study

"Dark photons" could help explain why cosmic intergalactic filaments are hotter than predicted by the Standard Model of Physics.

 Dark matter and gas (Illustrative).

Schrodinger's black hole? Bizarre quantum properties of stellar bodies revealed

A team of researchers found that a simulated black hole could have multiple masses simultaneously.

 The collision of two black holes - a tremendously powerful event detected for the first time ever by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO - is seen in this still image from a computer simulation released in Washington February 11, 2016