Physics

‘Copenhagen’ in Jerusalem revisits the Nazi-era meeting that shaped the nuclear age

Copenhagen in Jerusalem’s Khan Theatre probes truth, memory, and nuclear ethics through the enigmatic 1941 meeting of Bohr and Heisenberg.

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM
The Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen was founded in 1921 as the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Copenhagen by Danish theoretical physicist Niels Bohr.
A mushroom cloud rises above Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands in 1946 handout provided by US Library of Congress; illustrative.

"Extreme, transient conditions": Never-before-seen material found in remnants of nuclear detonation

“Extreme, transient conditions produced by nuclear detonations can generate solid-state phases inaccessible to conventional synthesis,” wrote the researchers.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PROF. YANIV DOVER brings physics-based thinking to the social sciences

Decoding the digital pulse: How Prof. Yaniv Dover maps the flow of information and human behavior

At the Hebrew University Business School, Dover combines data science, psychology, and physics to reveal how information spreads online, shaping interactions, decisions, and modern markets.

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH CANADIAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY
Prof. Yaniv Dover, Associate Professor of Marketing and Vice Dean for Research at the Hebrew University Business School

Patterns of influence: Inside Prof. Yaniv Dover’s physics-inspired view of marketing

WATCH: The Scholar - Insights from the Faculty of the Hebrew University Business School. In conversation with Professor Yaniv Dover, hosted by Maor Zaguri, Acclaimed Israeli Director.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH CANADIAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY

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.

JANUARY 7, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
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.

DECEMBER 7, 2019ByREUTERS
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

NOVEMBER 28, 2019ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
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.

JUNE 24, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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