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Astronomers find a surprising clue hidden in Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’

South Korean researchers matched the painting’s crescent moon, Venus and Hyades star cluster to the dawn sky of July 22, 1889; Van Gogh’s letters and historical weather records support the theory, though the work’s actual completion date remains uncertain

Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of Science Education | 10.25.26

Israeli scientists discover surprising link between solar storms and black holes

Technion researchers identify evidence that powerful eruptions near a supermassive black hole are driven by the same magnetic processes responsible for solar storms, revealing a previously unseen connection between the Sun and distant galaxies

ynet Global | 10.22.26

‘It blew my mind’: Israeli scientist recalls work behind 2026 Nobel-winning brain breakthrough

At Stanford, Ofer Yizhar helped turn light into a switch for brain cells, amid late-night messages and risky experiments; with his mentor Karl Deisseroth now a Nobel laureate, he explains the technology's promise for medicine and thought itself

Eitan Gefen | 10.10.26

Red, blue and gold: The science behind Israel’s spectacular sunset

High-altitude cirrus clouds filled Israel’s skies Monday, scattering sunlight through ice crystals and producing vivid colors; high and mid-level clouds are expected again Tuesday, with a chance of drizzle or light rain

Lihi Gordon | 10.05.26

‘Enormous potential’: UK envoy seeks deeper Israel ties in science, technology and trade

Ambassador Simon Walters tours the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor, meeting researchers, investors and industry leaders as Britain seeks new partnerships with Israel in genomics, life sciences, agri-tech, AI and clean tech despite political differences

ynet Global | 09.20.26

Israeli researchers use AI to explain why sinking particles can briefly move upward in liquids

University of Haifa and Tel Aviv University researchers analyzed 321 experiments and used an AI system to derive an equation describing how particles slow, linger and sometimes reverse direction when crossing liquid layers of different densities

ynet | 09.16.26

Mystery solved after 50 years: why multiple black holes can never remain in perfect balance

An international team, including Ariel University’s Prof. Gilbert Weinstein, proved that multiple black holes aligned on a common axis cannot remain stable, as their gravity inevitably disrupts the balance and drives the system’s evolution

Yogev Israeli | 09.08.26

עדה יונת בתמונה שצולמה לרגל קבלת פרס לוריאל-אונסק"ו לנשים במדע, 2008

Ada Yonath gave Israel more than a Nobel Prize: she taught a generation to dream

Opinion: The Nobel laureate who decoded the ribosome became an unlikely cultural icon, bringing science into classrooms and showing young Israelis, especially girls, what curiosity and persistence could achieve

Shai Friedman | 09.01.26

ממסקנות המחקר. "להתמיד ולהתאמץ, גם כשהדרך סבוכה ומתסכלת"

Can psychological beliefs affect IVF success? An Israeli researcher put the theory to the test

Dr. Michal Kreitler found pregnancy rates differed sharply between women who received a belief-focused intervention and comparison groups, but stresses that the findings do not mean women are responsible when IVF fails

Zipporah Roman | 09.01.26

From biomedical discovery to medicines: How Israel can turn research into biotech success

Professor David Adler is launching an initiative to bridge Israeli academia and the pharmaceutical industry, helping researchers turn biomedical discoveries into medicines, successful biotech companies and economic value through stronger industry collaboration

ynet Global | 08.25.26

Why gold never rusts: Scientists uncover its atomic secret

Researchers found that gold atoms rearrange into a hexagonal surface pattern that makes splitting oxygen molecules vastly more difficult

Jonathan Berkheim, Davidson Institute of Science Education | 08.22.26

הדמיה של "כוכב חור שחור", נקודה אדומה בהירה במיוחד ביקום המוקדם שנראית כסוג חדש של עצם אסטרופיזיקלי. היא דומה לכוכב עצום, אך ייצור האנרגיה שלה קרוב יותר לזו שיכול לייצר חור שחור

James Webb discovers mysterious ‘black hole star’ from early universe

MoM-BH*-1, seen just 660 million years after the Big Bang, appears to be a dense hydrogen-helium envelope powered by a massive central black hole and may explain Webb’s mysterious ‘little red dots’

Yogev Israeli | 08.18.26

AI designed a virus, scientists brought it to life

Stanford and Arc researchers used AI to design bacteriophage genomes, producing 16 working viruses that attacked E. coli, a potential step toward fighting antibiotic resistance that also raises urgent questions about biological safety and oversight

Eitan Gefen | 08.15.26

מטא־משטח שפותח במחקר מאפשר להסיט ולעצב קרני אור בתוך פחות מטריליונית השנייה

Israeli-linked breakthrough pushes light control to record speeds

International team including a Tel Aviv University researcher develops an ultrathin metasurface that manipulates light in just 74 femtoseconds — a breakthrough that could accelerate optical computing, ultra-fast communications and quantum technologies

ynet | 07.22.26

Trump’s 'UFO hunter': 'One alien-made object would be science’s greatest discovery'

Israeli-American Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, chosen to lead a scientific panel examining unexplained aerial phenomena, tells ynet the US government may possess evidence of objects it cannot identify and says the goal is to determine their origin conclusively

Sharon Kidon | 07.15.26

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