2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (109+ words) The Jerusalem Post Professor Ada Yonath died aged 87 on Monday.Yonath won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 and the Israel Prize in Chemistry in 2002.Born in Jerusalem, she worked at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot's Structural Biology and…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (503+ words) Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers have developed a “smart,” plastic-like material that stays liquid until activated by light or gentle heat, enabling safer, more efficient production, printing, and repairs. The discovery, published last month in the peer-reviewed journal Nature…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (440+ words) Modern agriculture also faces mounting challenges from climate change and the rise of fungal diseases that destroy about a third of the world’s agricultural yield, causing economic losses of more than $70 billion per year. Traditional methods of combating plant diseases…...