Science

May 27, 2026, 4:27 pm

In step toward immortality, Israeli scientists say they can ‘rewind’ aging in mouse livers

SIRT6 ‘longevity’ protein reverses DNA structure in new peer-reviewed study by researchers at Bar-Ilan University and US National Institute on Aging; treatment seeks to extend healthy human lifespan

By Diana Bletter

Dr. Nir Asch, a doctor and researcher in the psychiatric department of Rambam Health Care Campus. (Courtesy/Rambam Spokesperson's Office)

February 19, 2026, 8:48 am

In breakthrough, Israeli scientists use deep-brain stimulation to counter schizophrenia

Novel study by researchers at the Rambam Health Care Campus could help 21 million people worldwide suffering from the severe lifelong mental disorder

By Diana Bletter

The Barnard 68 nebula, located in the constellation Ophiuchus, approximately 400 light-years from Earth. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Dr. Shmuel Bialy of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and his team measured the signals emitted from this nebula as a result of molecular hydrogen excitation by cosmic rays for the first time. (Courtesy/ European Southern Observatory, via The Times of Israel)

February 6, 2026, 1:42 pm

A star is born: Israeli team detects stellar-creation particles 400 light-years away

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers measure cosmic rays in far-off Barnard 68 nebula; study opens ‘new field of astrophysics research’

By Diana Bletter

Prof. Alon Monsonego, head of the Neuroimmunology Lab at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (Courtesy)

December 2, 2025, 9:43 am

Medical Holy Grail: Israeli researchers isolate elusive cells that may slow down aging

Prof. Alon Monsonego’s lab finds that ‘T helper’ blood cells, abundant in ‘super-centenarians’ in high-life-expectancy zone in Japan, may point the way to longevity

By Diana Bletter

Dr. José-Alain Sahel holds the PRIMA implant. (Photo courtesy of UPMC)

October 31, 2025, 4:35 pm

Pitt researcher helping restore sight through groundbreaking implant

Older adults experiencing irreversible blindness may now be able to see thanks to a system relying on a wireless retinal implant and high-tech glasses

By Adam Reinherz

Simon Fischler, center, with Dr. Ben Ben Avraham, left, and Prof. Leor Perl, right, after Fischler's groundbreaking emergency heart surgery at Rabin Medical Center. (Courtesy/Rabin Medical Center)

August 25, 2025, 12:52 pm

Israeli doctors perform 1st ever emergency mitral valve repair on heart transplant patient

33 years after Simon Fischler, 47, had a heart transplant, Rabin Medical Center team conducts procedure, attempted only twice before, but never on a patient in cardiogenic shock

By Diana Bletter

A female moth lays her eggs on a leaf. (Credit: Tel Aviv University)

July 15, 2025, 8:58 am

TAU researchers discover first evidence of auditory interaction between plants and animals

"This is a vast, unexplored field — an entire world waiting to be discovered.”

By JNS Staff

Itay & Beyond scientists and researchers at a lab at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. (Courtesy photo via The Times of Israel)

February 24, 2025, 3:32 pm

Israeli scientists fuse ‘brain tissue’ and electronic chips to test autism treatment

Biotech startup uses AI analysis of a ‘brain-on-a-chip’ made from stem cells to predict drug efficacy for neuropsychiatric disorders, expedite testing and development

By Sharon Wrobel

As part of election in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Jeffrey Brodsky inscribes his name in a book of inductees. (Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Brodsky)

January 3, 2025, 4:13 pm

Getting to know: Jeffrey Brodsky

University of Pittsburgh professor, cell biologist, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

By Adam Reinherz

Illustration of the sunshade being developed by Cool Earth at the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, in northern Israel (YouTube screenshot via The Times of Israel)

August 2, 2024, 2:13 pm

Israeli scientist proposes massive space sunshade to cut global temperatures by 2.7ºF

Yoram Rozen, head of Technion’s Space Research Institute, seeks $15 million to launch prototype; ‘If we can’t show that it can work technologically, then nobody else will do it”

By Sue Surkes

Basya Taub at the Jerusalem Science Competition’s Culminating Program in Chicago (Photo by Leah Boyarskiy)

April 5, 2024, 2:34 pm

Yeshiva Girls School’s Basya Taub places in top five in contest for neuroscience research

Taub examined the question of whether providing probiotics and gut-healthy food could be considered a form of tzedakah.

By Abigail Hakas

A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. (Photo by NASA/Aubrey Gemignani via Flickr at https://rb.gy/7f5sna)

March 28, 2024, 5:49 pm

Path of totality is leading locals to Ohio for April 8 eclipse

Next time it will be this good in Cleveland is 2444

By Adam Reinherz

Team members check on a honeycomb statue of the emperor Hadrian at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 2023. (Photo courtesy Israel Museum/ Natalie Peselev Stern via The Times of Israel)

August 4, 2023, 8:42 am

Making a buzz: Honeybees recreate ancient statue of Hadrian in Jerusalem

Tens of thousands of bees produce honeycomb replicas of the Roman emperor’s bronze bust in a project that combines technology, archaeology and nature

By Rinat Harash

Avi Loeb on a scientific expedition off of the coast of Papua New Guinea in June 2023 to identify parts of a possible interstellar meteor that crashed in 2014. (Photo courtesy of Avi Loeb)

July 27, 2023, 10:03 am

Avi Loeb’s claims of finding possible alien technology are polarizing scientists

Funded by a crypto mogul, the Israel-born Harvard professor says a meteor that exploded off the coast of Papua New Guinea may be the first interstellar object found by humanity

By Rich Tenorio |

Mayor Bill Peduto designates Pittsburgh as a "Fast-Track" city. Photo courtesy of Jewish Healthcare Foundation

December 6, 2021, 1:34 pm

Pittsburgh joins coalition to end HIV

Efforts to end a 40-year-old epidemic moved one step closer with Pittsburgh's designation as a "Fast-Track" city. The next step, say experts, is getting tested.

By Adam Reinherz