August 31, 2026
Nobel Prize laureate Ada Yonath passed away
תמונה: ויקיפדיה
Professor Ada Yonath passed away at the age of 87.
Yonath was one of Israel's leading scientists and worked at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
In 2009, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
End of Hebrew Preview
For an immersive experience with the full text, translations, pronunciation, a personal dictionary and other interactive features, download our mobile app
She studied the ribosome – a tiny component of the cell that produces proteins. Her research helped to understand how antibiotics work and how bacteria develop resistance to them.
Yonath was born to a poor family in Jerusalem. Many scientists thought her research would fail, but she did not give up. For decades, she paved new paths in science and became an inspiration in Israel and around the world.