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Science news

Jupiter's Deep Atmosphere

Israeli researchers, collaborating with the research team of spacecraft Juno, illustrate a new map for the structure of the planet

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo5 minMarch 7
Science History

The First Hebrew Computer

We like to take pride in the title "Startup Nation". It all began at the Weizmann Institute of Science, with the WEIZAC computer.

Picture of Carmel ShorCarmel Shor8 minMarch 5
Science news

The Family Tree of Mankind

An American-Israeli study collected important information from data of millions of users on social networks

Picture of Dr. Yonat EshcharDr. Yonat Eshchar4 minMarch 2
Science news

Israeli Study Finds: Smoking Cessation Drugs have Low Long-Term Efficacy

Integration of dozens of studies revealed that the drugs benefit only eight percent of smokers one year post treatment

Picture of Dr. Iddo MagenDr. Iddo Magen4 minJanuary 31
Science news

A Man Before his Time

Findings from a cave on Mt. Carmel indicate that modern man exited Africa tens of thousands of years before previously thought

Picture of Dr. Yonat EshcharDr. Yonat Eshchar7 minJanuary 29
Science news

Towards a Migraine-Specific Drug

Two drugs targeting migraines are in advanced research stages, one of which is being developed by the Israeli Teva pharmaceuticals

Picture of Dr. Iddo MagenDr. Iddo Magen5 minJanuary 8
Women in science

The Woman behind Dark Matter

Vera Rubin, groundbreaking American astrophysicist who shed new light on the motion of galaxies and provided evidence for the existence of dark matter, has passed away

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo7 minDecember 27
Women in science

The Scientist that did not Fall Far from the Tree

Irène Joliot-Curie's 119th birthday, a second generation to the dynasty of great scientists, who won the Nobel Prize with her husband for discovering induced radioactivity

Picture of Dr. Naama CharitDr. Naama Charit7 minDecember 27
Science Education

Communicating Science through the Soul

Fertility researcher Lord Robert Winston came to Israel for a convention about communicating science, including a unique talent show

Picture of Ella YonaiElla Yonai6 minDecember 20
Women in science

The First Woman in Space

53 years since the Valentina Tereshkova's historical flight, the only woman to ever fly alone in space

Picture of Yael GruperYael Gruper7 minDecember 18
Women in science

The Teacher who Changed Mathematics

Emmy Noether was a prominent mathematician, while overcoming discrimination and persecution

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo7 minDecember 14
Women in science

The Overlooked Female Scientist who Found a Peculiar Star

50 years since the discovery of the pulsar, for which the Nobel Prize was not awarded to the scientist who found it, but only to her supervisor

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo6 minDecember 11
Women in science

The Woman who Spread her Wings

Celebrating the 120th birthday of Amelia Earhart, the aviation pioneer who stretched the limits of humanity and lifted them up to the sky

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo8 minDecember 9
Women in science

How many girls can you find in a physics lesson?

In 2017 there are still less girls than boys majoring in sciences. Why? What can we do about it?

Picture of Lihi GiborLihi Gibor10 minNovember 30
Women in science

The Woman who Deciphered the Secret to Life

Ada Yonath, who overcame a childhood of personal and financial obstacles, succeeded where others before her have failed and solved the structure of the cell's protein factory – an achievement that won her the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Picture of Ettay NevoEttay Nevo6 minNovember 28
Science news

First-Seen Neutron Star Collision

The discovery of gravitational waves has provided novel tools for astronomical observations, enabling real-time detection of the high-energy collision and the study of its repercussions. The study also included work by many Israeli scientists

Picture of Gal WinerGal Winer5 minNovember 4
Ask the Expert

How are hurricanes formed?

Is global warming really causing the occurrence of more destructive storms? Is it possible to stop a hurricane or divert it from its route?

Picture of Eran VosEran Vos5 minOctober 31