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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

Longevity may begin before birth, new research suggests

A new international research initiative argues that aging medicine should look far earlier than midlife, examining how pregnancy, infant sleep, early nutrition and childhood growth may affect health decades later

Eitan Gefen | 07.14.26

A family dinner led two Israeli scientists to a clue about life’s origins

A joint study by Prof. Michal Sharon of the Weizmann Institute and her brother Prof. Yossi Paltiel of the Hebrew University suggests magnetism may have influenced two chemical 'fingerprints' of life: molecular chirality and isotope ratios

ynet | 07.11.26

Israeli breakthrough may speed up searches, simulations and AI learning

Tel Aviv University researchers developed an ‘adaptive resetting’ method to control random processes, with potential applications in algorithms, machine learning, molecular simulations and the study of complex biological systems

ynet | 07.07.26

'We thought it was a stroke': The rare disease that 'eats the brain'

A year after Yaarit Bitton was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, her daughter Chanel watched her lose speech, recognition and the person she had been; doctors say the incurable brain disorder is rare, but Israel sees a higher rate than many countries

Or Hadar | 07.02.26

Can yesterday’s criteria identify tomorrow’s women scientists?

In the age of AI, many girls may already possess the interdisciplinary strengths future science demands - but these talents must be recognized and nurtured if they are to open doors to technological and scientific careers

Ruth Shoham/Davidson Institute of Science | 07.01.26

Why Einstein’s photoelectric effect still powers modern science and solar energy

121 years after Einstein’s landmark paper on the photoelectric effect, the discovery that light arrives in photons still underpins modern physics, from solar panels to quantum theory, and explains how frequency, not intensity, releases electrons

Jonathan Berkheim, Davidson Institute of Science | 06.26.26

Can AI catch itself lying? New tools spot hallucinations from inside the model

Researchers propose methods to detect LLM failures by analyzing internal signals, including activations, attention patterns and output probabilities, using specialized deep learning models that outperform standard probes and generalize across models

ynet Global | 06.17.26

תמונה מורכבת של מרכז שביל החלב, המשלבת נתוני רדיו מ-ALMA ונתוני קרני רנטגן מטלסקופ החלל צ'נדרה

50-year mystery solved: Scientists confirm powerful wind blowing from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

Radio observations revealed a giant cone-shaped cavity at the center of the Milky Way, providing the clearest evidence yet of an energetic wind from Sagittarius A* and offering an unprecedented glimpse into the galaxy's hidden heart

Yogev Israeli | 06.07.26

As in many other areas of human culture, the world of scientific prizes is still dominated largely by male researchers and white academics. An image showing the number of women who won the Nobel Prize from 1901 to 2025; in many years, there was not a single female laureate

Do scientific prizes reward excellence or reinforce bias and outdated myths?

From Nobel Prizes to the Darwin Medal, science has no shortage of honors for outstanding researchers, but who decides what counts as outstanding — and by what standards?

Orr Peleg/Davidson Institute of Science | 05.24.26

Testing how far cloning can go in mice

Over nearly two decades, researchers explored how far repeated cloning could go before accumulated genetic errors made it impossible to produce a healthy clone genetically identical to the original mouse

Gal Haimovich/Davidson Institute of Science | 05.15.26

What causes cloud iridescence? The science of rainbow-colored clouds

Cloud iridescence is a rare optical phenomenon in which sunlight interacts with tiny particles in clouds, creating rainbow-like colors that turn the sky into a striking display

Yogev Israeli | 05.06.26

'Reshef Tenne is one of the most important and distinguished figures in Israeli science' — Tenne over the years

Layers of excellence: Reshef Tenne's long and winding road to the Israel Prize

From a tent in a kibbutz to the Israel Prize in Chemistry, the path of Weizmann Institute scientist Reshef Tenne has been shaped by obstacles, as well as by curiosity, creativity and deep expertise in two-dimensional materials

Jonathan Berkheim/Davidson Institute of Science | 04.29.26

From childhood dream to Israel Prize: Shulamit Michaeli’s path in RNA science

Shulamit Michaeli receives the 2026 Israel Prize in life sciences for pioneering research on parasite RNA; Her work has advanced understanding of infectious diseases and may lead to new treatments

Maayan Eilon Ashkenazy/Davidson Institute of Science | 04.27.26

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