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Pakistani physics gold medalist’s death sparks fraud investigation over fake US scholarship

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered a thorough investigation, describing Ejaz’s death as “extremely tragic."

Pakistani physics gold medalist Laiba Ejaz.
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Wolf Foundation, Herzog announce 2026 Wolf Prize Laureates in medicine, physics, chemistry, math

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018.

Scientists identify nearby 'super-Earth' as promising candidate in search for alien life - study

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.

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


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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