Featured Newsletter Articles
Physics of Dense Suspensions and the Montecito Debris Flows
SummaryDense suspensions are liquids that contain a large proportion of solid particles, and they exhibit a striking range of behaviors. Understanding this rich interplay of physics is at the frontier of the physics of “soft matter”, and formed the central theme of the “Physics of Dense Suspensions” program that took place at KITP in Spring 2018.
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Douglas J. Jerolmack, Professor of Geophysics at University of Pennsylvania
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2018
Mourning the Loss of Joe Polchinski, Developer of Deep Ideas and Paradoxes
SummaryJoe Polchinski, who passed away Feb. 2, left a tremendous professional and personal legacy, says a friend and collaborator Eva Silverstein
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Eva Silverstein, Stanford University
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018
An Entanglement of Physicists
SummaryAn eclectic gathering at the KITP produces unexpected breakthroughs
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Roger Melko, University of Waterloo Associate Faculty, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018
Remembering Stephen Hawking
SummaryStephen Hawking, who died Mar. 14 — Albert Einstein’s birthday and Pi Day —had a brilliant mind and a puckish sense of humor
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Julie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018
A New Window on the Universe
SummaryKITP hosts a rapid-response program to explore myriad new astrophysical insights from a double neutron star merger
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Julie Cohen, Science Writer, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018
Of Spins, Entanglements and Spooky Actions
SummaryKITP permanent member Leon Balents is appointed to the Pat and Joe Yzurdiaga Chair in Theoretical Physics
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Julie Cohen, UCSB Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018
From a Burrito Bag to Science Magazine
SummaryIt often takes a few years for KITP collaborations to yield
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Thomas Gasenzer, University of Heidelberg
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018
Breaking Science Barriers: How the Munger Residence Makes a Difference
SummaryThe recent KITP Program "Resurgent Asymptotics in Physics and Mathematics" benefited greatly from the Charles T. Munger Physics Residence. Many participants had taken part in previous KITP Programs, staying in random housing locations scattered around town, and all were amazed by the many differences made by the simple fact that the participants now live under the same roof.
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Gerald Dunne, University of Connecticut
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2018