Math
Wolf Foundation, Herzog announce 2026 Wolf Prize Laureates in medicine, physics, chemistry, math
President Isaac Herzog and Acting Chair of the Wolf Foundation Council, Prof. Osnat Luxenburg, announced the eight Wolf Prize winners at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.
5 games that will bring back children's math knowledge before returning to school
Years of slipping test results: What’s dragging down US students?
Great Pyramid of Giza was built over course of 20 years, using multiple ramps, new study claims
Israel improves slightly in international math and science ranking
Israeli students ranked 9th in math and 16th in science among the 39 participating countries.
High school math bears greatest impact on future earning, study reveals
High school students who take up 5-unit and 4-unit level math courses earn higher wages than their peers. Even those who get poor grades on such levels earn more than students who excel at lower ones
Prof. David Kazhdan becomes first Israeli to win the Shaw Prize
Prof. David Kazhdan is one of the great luminaries of the representation theory, his originality and knowledge are incomprehensible.
Coronavirus: Understanding it is as easy as fourth grade math
Many of us are afraid of numbers to begin with. If we add those worries to our fears of a lethal virus, we can quickly understand why restoring numerical context is essential.
Israeli all-girls math team wins silver, two bronze medals
The team is composed of silver medal winner Noga Friedman, bronze winner Nicole Grossman, bronze winner Maya Kleinshtien and Roni Hazan.
Hebrew University Professor wins Abel Prize - the 'Nobel of Math'
Professor Furstenberg survived Kristallnacht, eventually moving to Israel in 1965 and helping to establish the State as a global centre of mathematical excellence.
Israeli team invents automated method to summarize texts
With the right business partner, the patented technology solution is expected to be on the market soon.
Book review: A ‘computer’ who broke the ‘ceiling’
In ‘Reaching for the Moon,’ a NASA mathematician who broke the color barrier surveys her career
MIT and Israeli universities join forces to research STEM with new fund
The fund will grant awards of up to $30,000.
New Bedouin math project aims to reduce social gaps in math studies
The project, the first-ever Social Impact Bond (SIB) of its kind, will focus on promoting math studies as a way to decrease social inequality.
